I write this article out of pure frustration with Apple’s products and their company philosophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve been a PC user for most of my life, I even dipped my toes into Linux here and there, but I’m far from a Microsoft Windows fan.
My most hated feature is probably the windows registry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So in 2010 I switched to Apple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the longer I started using Apple products, I noticed the poor quality.<\/p>\n\n\n
My Mac Pro was broken out of the box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My iPhone experience wasn’t any better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My first iPad I updated a became unusable slow.
I had to throw it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I bought a iPad Mini.
After a while I reset the iPad and I couldn’t install any apps.
Again, dynamic obsolescence, it became unusable.<\/p>\n\n\n
Let’s talk Apple specific Apple features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple’s marketing has always been outstanding.
Hey have built an image for themselves to create quality products.
And people still believe that, even after they have used them … that’s some powerful marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n
Apple claims to be a green company as a unique selling point, but they are green-washing, instead of being actually green (source<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beforehand Apple did included headphones and chargers in the boxes of iPhones. Apple claims to recycle iPhones when you return them to Apple. Apple touts themselves to be the innovator. The iPod? The iPhone was revolutionary in 2007, but was it new? The iPad? The Apple watch? The Vision Pro? The M-chips? Apple is a good improver, but not inventor. What actual innovations were made to the iPhone since the iPhone 4?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only thing that Apple is good at inventing is 5 million incompatible standards for cables to connect, with equally 5 incompatible connector plugs and 10 million converter plugs sold for $80!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apple is also good in inventing file formats that nobody supports. When Apple doesn’t know a good answer to a question, security is always the answer when the real answer is: money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Years ago Apple had beef with the FBI. Did you know that Apple scans your devices for installed apps? Someone developed a tool called “little snitch” which showed this behavior (see reddit<\/a>). Apple is master at inventing connection standards, and then dumping them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I probably forgot at least 30 standards in this list. I have a drawer full of Apple converter cables and dongles. Apple was the first to introduce it at a time that there was hardly any cables or hardware available with the standard. Ow, and you needed 1 USB-C port to charge. With the introduction of the USB-C laptops, all of a sudden the mag-safe connector was ditched. In my days at the computer store, the number 1 issue that people brought in their laptop for: they tripped over their power wire and broke the motherboard connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mag-safe was by far the best feature of the macbook. It’s just mind boggling how Apple bullies their users, and everyone accepts it.<\/p>\n\n\n Apple’s behavior has become so bad that governments have to step up. The EU asked manufacturers for a standard to change phones in 2009 (source<\/a>), is was USB. Apple developed dongle (what a surprise), which nobody bought. What a pathetic piece of a company you are to be THIS anti-consumer that the EU has to force companies to act normal.<\/p>\n\n\n To open up Apples App store, the EU has to force Apple by law to open up for other App stores (source<\/a>). The USA sued Apple (source<\/a>) for anti competitive monopolistic behavior. Butterfly keyboards were introduced in 2015. The butterfly keyboards broke by the tens of thousands (source<\/a>). They did not switch back in 2017. Apple Macbooks are notorious for having bad thermals. This was a new laptop he bought. Apple ignores users and being arrogant about it. For “premium” products with a premium price, this happens a lot. Apple is really good in convincing people to buy their stuff. Over the years I got so tired of buying new stuff constantly, just to keep up with. Apple tries to get you into their non-industry standard eco system. But your hardware is not compatible with the world. Coming from a company based in “the land of the free”.<\/p>\n\n\n The 30% cut on the app store is high. I’m just taking one of the ridiculous Apple rules here, but there are many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why can’t you delete Apple’s default apps (yes, I know the same is true on Android). It is a really simple feature to implement, it works for other apps. Why is usability NOT <\/strong>the focus? Again, just one of the numerous examples I could name. The iPhone was introduced in 2007 with faulty autocomplete. Android’s auto complete works like a charm: it predicts my most used word combinations, and does not replace automatically. That feature in and of itself is worth buying an Android for. Why is usability NOT <\/strong>the focus? You are not Apple’s friend when you pay them a hefty sum each year. I’m not saying that other companies don’t have their problems and need to recall products. I find that reprehensible for a luxury company that pats itself on the back in their marketing over-and-over again for the quality and attention to detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s just face it: their products don’t work and their service department refuses to fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2020 I switched back to Windows and Android to great relief. I’m fed up with Apple’s arrogance, I hope that people start seeing Apple for what they really are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this point Apple become a parody of itself. Yes, stupidity is bankable, Apple figured that out a long time ago. My experience I write this article out of pure frustration with Apple’s products and their company philosophies. I’ve been a PC user for most of my life, I even dipped my toes into Linux here and there, but I’m far from a Microsoft Windows fan.My most hated feature is probably the windows registry. 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They ditched it, and increased the price of the iPhones.
Now you have to pay extra for that for chargers and headphones.Chargers and headphones are separately packed and have to be shipped separately.
That’s not green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Apple actually destroys those iPhones (source<\/a>).
And when the company that should destroy the phones resold them in China, Apple sued them (same source<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\nLack of innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n
But what have they actually invented?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No MP3 players, like the Diamond Rio was first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, PDAs (Windows CE) with phone capabilities existed for a long time.
But I admit, they did it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, tablet-like devices with Windows XP and touchscreens existed before that.
I admit, they were bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, Pebble had one before Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, the Quest existed already for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big improvement is noteworthy, but not an invention.
You might consider the follow-up chips of the M1: the M2 and M3 a downgrade, despite Apple’s misleading marketing.
The M2 and M3 were slower than M1 with heavy tasks like video editing (source<\/a>) and DAWs for music producers (source<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When did Apple actually invent something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
And dumping them equally hard when it doesn’t suit them anymore for financial gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Security as excuse for everything<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Privacy <\/h2>\n\n
Little snitch<\/h3>\n\n\n
They didn’t want to give the FBI the tools to unlock an iPhone, because of “privacy”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They do, and don’t want you to know about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then Apple went out of their way to make sure to that Little Snitch couldn’t see what Apple was doing anymore by hiding processes for programmers.<\/p>\n\n\nConverter Cables<\/h2>\n\n
Ditching standards<\/h3>\n\n\n
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No company in the world invents so much, only to drop it a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I go somewhere, I need a suitcase full of dongles and converter cables, just because I bought into the Apple ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\nUSB-C on laptops<\/h3>\n\n\n
But instead of using 1 port USB-C, the other USB-A, you had to use a converter dongle.
Because the only ports available was USB-C and nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So you were also down 1 port (of the only 2) by default.
“Why would you be so stupid to want more?”
That’s just bullying your users.<\/p>\n\n\nLosing magsafe<\/h3>\n\n\n
Mag-safe was a magnetic connection that automatically detached when you bumped the cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In which universe did you think it was wise decision to ditch it?<\/p>\n\n\n\nCircumventing the law<\/h2>\n\n\n
It’s so sad …<\/p>\n\n\nUSB on iPhones<\/h3>\n\n\n
So in 2014 it became law to change phones with USB.
Every single manufacturer complied, except one: Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So to force Apple on its knees, the EU had to make the law more strict in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEU digital markets act<\/h3>\n\n\n
So, like they did with USB, they tried to circumvent it, by making it extremely hard for 3rd parties to do so.<\/p>\n\n\nUS monopoly<\/h3>\n\n\n
Again, the government needs to step in to make Apple behave.<\/p>\n\n\nLack of quality<\/h2>\n\n
Butterfly Keyboards<\/h3>\n\n\n
The keyboard used a different mechanism (butterfly) than the traditional scissor mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of fixing the issue in 2016, or switching back to scissor, Apple used it on more laptops!
You can’t make this stuff up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They did not switch back in 2018.
They did not switch back in 2019.
They switched back in 2020 (source<\/a>).
5 years they sold garbage to their users with their fancy marketing, and people kept buying it.<\/p>\n\n\nOverheating issues<\/h3>\n\n\n
But there were a particular batch of Macbook Pro’s (yes for the professionals) in 2018 that were bad, like this YouTube video<\/a> by music producer Jon Sine shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple eventually made him buy a new laptop, instead of fixing the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n“you are doing it wrong”<\/h3>\n\n\n
Like Steve Jobs said: “You are doing it wrong”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
But blaming the users for their mistakes, is just lack taking of accountability.
If they really had quality on top of mind, these mistakes wouldn’t happen over and over and over again.
Apple is cutting corners and still charging a premium, because they feel empowered by paying customers that justify their behavior.<\/p>\n\n\nPunishing users for not buying enough<\/h2>\n\n\n
But if you don’t buy enough, they are not your friend anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
I realized that Apple products have a really small lifecycle, smaller than what is normal in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\nCompatibility<\/h2>\n\n\n
Being it AirPlay, iCloud, or ALAC music files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple limits your freedom of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnti consumer behavior<\/h2>\n\n
Not being able to repair or expand<\/h3>\n\n
The 30% cut<\/h3>\n\n\n
But the problem is not as much as the ridiculous 30% as much as the fact you don’t have an alternative to reduce those costs.
You can’t offer consumers an alternative payment option.
Apple abuses their monopoly on the app store.<\/p>\n\n\nDeleting apps on Home<\/h3>\n\n\n
Why do you need to make a folder manually to get rid of all the bloatware in there that you don’t need (technically it still takes up space).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Apple went out of your way disable it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arrogance!<\/p>\n\n\nAutocomplete still doesn’t work<\/h3>\n\n\n
Why is the first thing I need to do when I buy a $1500 iPhone is to disable autocomplete, because otherwise it imagines stuff I don’t want to type?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Decades have passed, why does it still not work?
Why does it automatically replaces words while a type, without asking me for permission?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It predicts what I want to type in the future, not replace something I didn’t ask for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something that DOES work for 3x less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arrogance!<\/p>\n\n\nDynamic obsolence<\/h2>\n\n\n
Apple’s planned obsolescence via software infuriates me, especially when their marketing claims for them to be “green”.
The arrogant, anti consumer behavior is what further killed my Apple enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n
The Samsungs and Microsofts have their fair share of problems.
But it happens surprisingly more often with Apple than with other companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Windows and Android are far from perfect, but at least it works!
It’s more than I can say from Apple iPhones, iPads and iMacs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But not many people have figured this out yet.
By all means, buy their new iPhone that is exactly the same as last years.
I’ll keep my Apple stock and enjoy other people’s stupidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It made them one of the richest companies in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"