Apple Thread - The most overrated technology brand?

[Gar For Archer]

The only thing I want that I can't get on my MacBook is a good cbr/cbz cataloging program. Otherwise, Mac software covers my needs.

I use YACreader on my iPad and it’s great. I believe they have a desktop app as well for Mac and Windows.

 

[talk talk talk]

I use YACreader on my iPad and it’s great. I believe they have a desktop app as well for Mac and Windows.

It's OK, but it's no ComicRack.

 

[Never Scored]

See that's what a lot of people like you aren't taking in account:

Yeah, the integration tools can be substituted with other stuff, but if you don't want to bother yourself about it and have it come out of the box, it works pretty much flawlessly with Apple. Write down a note on my phone, finish it after work on my iMac, or leave myself a post-it note on my iPad from my iMac to remember to do shit when I'm back in class, all of my shit gets automatically backed up to iCloud so whatever I'm working on I just pick any of them and can keep working. The whole suite is like that, literal plug'n'play instead of having to deal with various websites and setting up other apps.

A lot of people would rather not deal with the headache of having to do all of that shit. On top of it you don't have to worry about firewalls, viruses, etc... Yes yes I know they exist but they are still something you don't have to worry about unless you fuck outside of the ecosystem, and 99% of people have no reason to.

Take that in account, and keep in mind that a lot of the people who can afford to spend that kind of money on electronics tend to be older, in their 40s and 50s or plus. I have my mother who's about to retire, got her an iPad which she loves and doesn't have the same problems she does with her windows laptop, and even my grandmother can pick up her iPad and knows how to deal with at shit and she's over 90 and the biggest piece of electronics she's used before is basically the tv remote (and grandma ain't fucking with anything except on/off changing channels and volume).

Add that on top of the fact that those are durable and are really unlikely to shit the bed on you and that it's quite common for people to keep using a mac for 7+ years or so. Between ease of use, quality, integration and the fact you won't have to do any maintenance, it justifies the price tag for a whole lot of people who can simply afford it. Why not pay $500-$1000 bucks extra if you're going to avoid having to deal with a lot of shit you don't want to?

You've listed a bunch of shit like firewalls the average person doesn't have to worry about anyway, but you're convinced they do because Apple's marketing is effective and it has worked on you. Congrats.

That's the same reason people go to garages instead of learning how to fix their own cars and saving a shit ton of money. If you can afford it and don't want to be bothered, what's wrong with that?

You're coming off like someone arguing that you should take your car to the dealership for repairs and pay exorbitant labour fees as if that's the only option available besides fixing it yourself when, you know, you could just take it to a cheaper garage with less overhead.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

There are few things as retarded as latching on an analogy, starting to make inferences from it, and argue about the content of said fucking analogy instead of what it's related to.

 

[Never Scored]

There are few things as exceptional as latching on an analogy, starting to make inferences from it, and argue about the content of said fucking analogy instead of what it's related to.

There are few things as retarded as not being able to figure out someone only expanded on your original analogy to point out the flaw in your original reasoning. You compared people buying Apple products to people who take their car to the garage instead of fixing it themselves. I said using that analogy was like someone arguing the only garage in existence is the most expensive one. I expanded on the analogy in this way because the Chromebook/Android ecosystem is literally exactly the same, except cheaper. Chromebooks are the cheaper garage. You just log into a Google account instead of an Apple account and all your shit is there out of the box.

I understand your analogy perfectly. The entire argument in your post was seemingly predicated on the idea that the simplicity of logging into an Apple account and getting all your shit out of the box does not exist elsewhere when it does.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

You thick cunt, let me draw a simpler picture for you:

I illustrated my point that "a lot of people who can afford it would rather pay extra to have tranquility of mind and not having to deal with shit themselves" with a common analogy most people can relate with: going to a car mechanic instead of dealing with shit themselves even though they could definitely learn and practice basic maintenance themselves. That's it. That's where the analogy stops.

If I had used "hiring a landscaping company instead of mowing your own lawn", or "going to a fancy restaurant instead of cooking a meal", you are the retard barging in and saying that someone should be hiring the teenage boy from three houses down who really wants to go to prom and is willing to do it for cheaper or how Outback Steakhouse would make the same meal for cheaper and almost as good as you drooled all over the fucking carpet

Just shut the fuck up.

 

[Never Scored]

I illustrated my point that "a lot of people who can afford it would rather pay extra to have tranquility of mind and not having to deal with shit themselves"

I know this is your point. There are other devices that let you do this out of the box which is why I replied. Like, do you have a learning disability or...?

 

[Internet War Criminal]

You fucking autist. You latched on one of the multiple points of me explaining why people buy mac products, and you're acting like that's my whole fucking conclusion or what the overall analogy was about. On top of which, you're wrong as well.

Fuck you are dumb.

 

[Never Scored]

Fuck you are dumb.

I mean, you're the one that thinks an average person has to worry about their firewall.

*Edit*

I understand your analogy perfectly. The entire argument in your post was seemingly predicated on the idea that the simplicity of logging into an Apple account and getting all your shit out of the box does not exist elsewhere when it does.

I illustrated my point that "a lot of people who can afford it would rather pay extra to have tranquility of mind and not having to deal with shit themselves" with a common analogy most people can relate with: going to a car mechanic instead of dealing with shit themselves even though they could definitely learn and practice basic maintenance themselves. That's it. That's where the analogy stops.

 

[Splinters RCVD ✞]

'Calendar/Reminder
Contacts/Face Time/Messages/Mail
Photos
Notes
Pages/Numbers/Keynotes
Books
Podcasts
Music'

In Google you have

Calendar, Contacts/Duo/Hangouts/Google Chat, Photos (as files), Docs, Sheets, (All three stored in Drive if you want), GPlay Books, Google Podcasts, GPlay Music and Youtube, the latter of which has a vastly larger music repository than AMusic and iTunes combined.

All these sync and are stored online, and GDrive can do auto-backup. They require minimal or no setting up. Having the comfort of not pressing a few buttons in the Play Store and license prompts does not justify paying 3-6 times as much for a phone or tablet.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

... holy shit are you all autistic. Oh yeah right I just remembered the subforum.

I didn't say that it was the only reason, I named five different reasons, including the fact amongst many others that those are all out of the box ready to use. And let's not act like all those apps are equivalent and just as good.

I never said the only reason why people do is that, you fucking mongs. The integrated apps, user friendly interface, quality, length of life, not having to download and install of that shit in the first place, etc.

Fuck off back to Reddit if all you wanna do is rant about how apple sucks and is for hispters and you're the real nerds with your linux set ups.

 

[Never Scored]

... holy shit are you all autistic. Oh yeah right I just remembered the subforum.

I didn't say that it was the only reason, I named five different reasons, including the fact amongst many others that those are all out of the box ready to use. And let's not act like all those apps are equivalent and just as good.

I never said the only reason why people do is that, you fucking mongs. The integrated apps, user friendly interface, quality, length of life, not having to download and install of that shit in the first place, etc.

Fuck off back to Reddit if all you wanna do is rant about how apple sucks and is for hispters and you're the real nerds with your linux set ups.

Apple is literally for faggots and white women who do detox diets.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Great job basing your personality on the electronic devices you use, keep on consoooooming.

 

[Splinters RCVD ✞]

I explicitly said before that I do not think Apple devices are rubbish and all their users are morons. I entertain no delusions of a Linux Master Race, there are toxic, acid-brained spergs there too, plus using Linux does not make anyone inherently a better techie, nor did I say or ever think so.
Google services work out of the box on the web, or you can install them with a few clicks.
I deleted my reddit account months ago, and I never plan to make another one.

 

[Never Scored]

Great job basing your personality on the electronic devices you use, keep on consoooooming.

*Gets really worked up in slapfights defending Apple products*
*Calls other people consooomers*

Ok bro. Have fun washing Tim Cook's cum out of your asshole.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Glad to hear, but that that was just one example out of many in terms of convenience. It's not like I'm here to defend Apple, I just hate when people can't formulate proper arguments and debate shit, doesn't matter what it's about. Anyway, to conclude my point: I just got a new iPad.

Took it out of the box, clicked on the first screen, logged my ID, and it automatically transferred everything fom my older iPad in about 10-15 minutes. Folders, icons, apps, everything was set-up exactly as my other iPad was. When I switch phones in the future, the same thing is gonna happen, and with one extra step, whenever I buy my new iMac it's also gonna be the same way (though obviously it'll take a bit longer to transfer everything). Then I know that I'm good for the next 5-7 years where I won't have to worry about anything, not losing data, not shit crashing on me, etc...

You don't have that shit without a whole lot more work with Windows, and forget about it with Linux.

Yeah sure if I invested time into 1) looking into phones and selecting the one that's gonna have the shit I want and need 2) do the same thing with tablets 3) shop for a desktop computer and for a monitor and look at all of the details for what I need in terms of work, then install the shit I need on all three of them to sync them, and do a whole lot more of maintenance, and save some money....

Fuck that, I would just rather pay more, not have to worry and know that everything I need I already have through Mac and Final Cut and Logic Pro are gonna be working perfectly instead of having to find equivalents for the other programs and plugins I'm gonna have to use.

Even if I didn't deal with video and audio editing, paying more so I have machines that are gonna last me 7 years on average (that's how long before I switch them) without ever having a single problem and being able to switch to new devices seamlessly the way I can also switch from one to another while working seamlessly as well?

Yeah I'm stick with what I have. I'd rather pay extra and have all those hours of my life doing shit that I would enjoy more, like pointing out Never Scored is a fedora wearing faggot who is probably a proud atheist and has shitty facial hair. He's in IT so he's either really fat or rail thin, obviously.

edit: lol see what I mean about people who can't argue for shit 'I know u r but what am I?'. Newfags are the worst.

 

[Splinters RCVD ✞]

Great job basing your personality on the electronic devices you use, keep on consoooooming.

We are consoooming?
Allow me to tell you something. For the price of the cheapest new iPhone you could buy:

-A decent android phone
-A good protective case
-A pair of very good headphones
-A powerbank
-Youtube premium, so you can listen to stuff online
And
-Still have enough for a good bottle of Scotch and a nice pizza
-Keep a little for change or whatever

All with services just as good as Apple's.

Edit: Google services work out of the box and a new Android can also accept a pre-existing ID. To transfer stuff, put it up on Drive and then manually download it. Linux browsers can handle it too. From Windows to Linux, just use a pendrive. I wouldn't pay 6 times the money for a phone, even if its a spec-wise decent phone, for 15 minutes of comfort.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

We are consoooming?

Not you, him, and people who base their personality on the products that they buy or don't buy.

I buy what I buy because it works for me, I do not give a shit what other people do, I don't have any opinion of people who prefer linux or windows over apple, that doesn't define personalities or what people are like because I'm not an autistic teenager.

 

[Never Scored]

edit: lol see what I mean about people who can't argue for shit 'I know u r but what am I?'. Newfags are the worst.

Great job basing your personality on the electronic devices you use, keep on consoooooming.

Just shut the fuck up.

Fuck you are dumb.

You fucking autist.

K

Yeah I'm stick with what I have. I'd rather pay extra and have all those hours of my life doing shit that I would enjoy more, like pointing out Never Scored is a fedora wearing faggot who is probably a proud atheist and has shitty facial hair. He's in IT so he's either really fat or rail thin, obviously.

Based on how reactionary you are about all this, there is a 1 in 100 chance you've touched a boob.

 

[Splinters RCVD ✞]

''They are overpriced, overhyped rigs mostly used by snobs, hipsters and people who shake their money at others.''

I still maintain this position of mine from earlier. That money is just not worth it so I can click 10 buttons instead of 12. (Last one is sarcastic exaggeration of course, but you get the idea.)