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Costs Less? When That Happened? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (13 children)

What small handful of things?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)
  1. Best trackpads. By far. Gaming? Use a controller. I will die on this hill.
  2. All of their OSes are a great user experience. They're stable, they're intuitive, and--most importantly--they're aesthetically pleasing.
  3. Logic Pro.
  4. Actually, basically every app that Apple makes is pretty good. I would swap out the majority of the software on my Pixel for Apple apps if it wasn't proprietary and exclusive.
  5. iPhone videos are outstanding. My Pixel can't match my old 13 Pro's video, and it's a newer phone. Photos are also slightly worse here, but not after some editing.
  6. Objectively better build quality ~~if you ignore planned obscelecense~~. My MacBook just feels well built. It feels sturdy and durable ~~even if a speck of dust can kill the display~~, and every factor of the build is just better than anything else available. Phones are mostly up to spec, but my Pixel just doesn't feel as nice as my old iPhone, especially the objectively worse button and camera layout.

Mostly everything else? No. I can't install cool FOSS projects on my phone, or know what's running on it. I prefer Linux as an OS, but not any DE compared to macOS. I've also had some periods where stuff doesn't just work, such as iCloud fucking my free space and wiping almost my entire system when I try to fix the issue as per instructions I was given by an employee. Then, there's just that Apple is gross. I don't need to explain that, or anything about repair. Else.. the closed source software is excellent closed source software. The unrepairable, proprietary hardware is excellent hardware.

They're just a few steps from being better than any other company or project.. a couple of several thousand mile long steps.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Number one is because they've patented the trackpad sol noone else can use the newer style. Number 6 is madecompletely moot by the high price and the fact that many other vendors have laptops with BETTER build quality. Especially if you factor in all the engineering missteps they seem to constantly make.

Doubt me? Just look up Luis Rossman teardown videos. He'll show you actual macs from customers, that he takes appart onscreen, and shows you exactly how Apple makes extremely basic engineering mistakes.

Don't like him? Look up anyone else that gets under the hood of Apple products without being in Apple's cultish parts program.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Other vendors with better build quality? Show me some examples with evidence.

A louis rossman video is not evidence. All that tells us is that apple has made some mistakes in some of their products.

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