@arcana @a7 @meso To bury the war axe once and for all, here's an almost definitive list of all the issues I have with Apple in its products:
Hardware:
- good specs, above average build quality, mediocre longevity, almost zero repairability for the price
- MacBook Air: Overpriced for what you get, barely usable default config, no Windows support - unusable for my usecase (VMs aren't enough)
- MacBook Pro: Even more overpriced, Pro in Apple speak means the above average user, no Windows support - unusable for my usecase (VMs aren't enough)
- iMac: No thank you, all All-in-ones are terrible no matter the manufacturer
- Mac Mini: Not that bad
- Mac Pro: Extremely overpriced, zero repairability - cannot be marketed to the pro market
- Repeated design failures that weren't acknowledged and fixed; when they get fixed not everyone can get them fixed and there's usually some caveat attached. That mentality isn't new at all (iPhone 4 antenna problems)
- iPad *: Drawing only, no other use cases for me, absolutely garbage OS (more on that below)
- iPhone: Overpriced, tightly integrated into the Apple ecosystem, unusable with an account, more spying than configured Android system (non-default settings), bad OS
- Apple Watch: Watches are for keeping track of time, I want my notifications everywhere I go; Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged, device for selling health data to insurance companies
Software:
- Heavily catered to non-technical users, barely customizable for more technical users
- macOS: Lacks basic functionality that even some lightweight Linux DEs have (where is window snapping), default options suck for me, the app dock is bad in my opinion, uncustomizable to fit my workflow, gets in my way, right click disabled by default, I'm way too stupid to use macOS
- iOS: Per app settings in the system settings menu and the inconsistency between non-system apps settings vexes my greatly, inability to freely move application icons -> uncomfortable to use on the larger devices, default settings suck (especially camera settings), inability to freely sideload apps (may change in the future), inability to uninstall system packages that I will never use (hiding them in some random widget off-screen isn't a proper solution), no Android-like app drawer - I don't want all the apps on the screen at all times
- iPadOS: same as iOS, but even worse; should have been replaced with macOS for a long time
Community:
- Oi mate, Apple makes much better products than X
- If something is wrong, the community always blames itself instead of Apple for Apple's failures
If I want to buy something overpriced as Apple, it should provide something that the competition doesn't have and Apple just doesn't provide that. I'm not interested in their ecosystem between the devices, I want my devices separate. For somethings like todo lists and calendars I have my own Nextcloud hosted for less than iCloud.
For example Framework laptops provide that "something". They are overpriced, but they are easily repairable.
Thanks for reading my effortpost and rant in one, have a nice rest of your day.