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  • mechoman444@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is your personal most hated company or corporation?
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    22 hours ago

    I get where you’re coming from, but most of these points don’t actually prove Apple is pushing tech forward in a meaningful way.

    • Apple moving away from x86. Sure, switching to ARM-based chips is impressive, but it’s not innovation; it’s adaptation. ARM processors were already gaining traction, and Apple just executed well. They didn’t invent ARM chips, they just used their massive resources to optimize for their closed ecosystem.

    • Face ID changed device usage. Did it, though? Biometric authentication wasn’t new when Face ID launched, and plenty of people still prefer fingerprint sensors for speed and convenience. Apple also took years to implement under-display Touch ID, something others had already done.

    • Longevity of Apple computers. Their hardware is solid, but at what cost? Non-upgradable, non-repairable, and absurdly expensive. A MacBook lasting longer is irrelevant when a PC can be upgraded for half the cost over the same period. Apple deliberately makes self-repairs difficult, which contradicts the claim of “higher quality.”

    • Integration between devices. It’s good, but only if you’re 100% in the Apple ecosystem. Outside of it, their products lose functionality. “Local processing” and “E2E encryption” aren’t Apple innovations—they just market them better. Google and others had secure encryption and local AI processing long before Apple made it a selling point.

    • No new devices but still “pushing tech forward”. You can’t claim innovation while admitting they haven’t released new groundbreaking products. Apple refines, but they rarely disrupt anymore. The Vision Pro is a niche luxury toy, not an industry-changing device.

    Apple’s business model is to extract as much money as possible from its captive audience while making sure everything outside their walled garden is inconvenient. That’s not innovation thats control.

  • mechoman444@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is your personal most hated company or corporation?
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    1 day ago

    Apple.

    They take advantage of their uncharacteristically loyal customer base unapologetically.

    They are no longer innovative they haven’t come out with a new product at least one thats good in decades and the only thing keeping them afloat is the iPhone. Their computers are overpriced trash and aside for those two products they have literally nothing else to offer. Apple TV has no purpose and is completely pointless and the VR headset they make has almost no applications that are useful.

    Albeit they make a really good USB c to USB c cable that being said it’s ridiculously overpriced.

  • mechoman444@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Sooo, where did the blatant Nazism suddenly come from?
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    3 days ago

    a quick response from chatgpt

    "Ah yes, the classic ‘this is trash because it’s AI’ argument, as if the merit of an analysis is determined by its origin rather than its content. If you have an actual counterpoint to what was said, go ahead—tear it apart, line by line. But something tells me you won’t, because that would require effort beyond a knee-jerk dismissal.

    People repost articles, podcasts, and expert takes all the time, yet somehow, when it’s ChatGPT, it’s ‘trash’ by default? If the analysis is wrong, prove it. Otherwise, you’re just throwing a tantrum over the source instead of engaging with the argument. Try harder."