genuinely curious as to why people choose that brand, are alternatives really that bad?
As I see it:
- you pay for the hardware and software, which is fine, but
- if you want to upgrade the OS, you have to pay once again, but this doesn't work if your hardware model stops being supported. Why pay for something with a limited life expectancy?
- you cannot get rid of bloatware, only hide it
- software is made specifically to be only compatible within their ecosystem. If you want to build up on existing software and hardware, you either stay in their system and keep paying them or start anew with a freer alternative.
- I find it ridiculous they use fancy names to name even their support staff instead of just calling it support staff. Why make things complicated?
- I don't understand why they use pentalobe screws instead or regular ones (with a line or a cross section)
Feel free to correct me, I may be misguided.
Phones and computers. I don’t exclusively use apple stuff, but I do use it. I use it because it’s useful and does what I need.
Everyone replied to all your points already, so I won’t. Out of curiosity though, what were your expectations? All software and hardware has limited life expectancy, all software packages have bloat you can’t get rid of, no software from one platform will work easily on another, companies call standard stuff goofy names all the time and security screws have been around forever. What were you hoping it would be like and what is like that?
As always, holler if you need a hand. It’s mind melting trying to adapt to a new system.