• Skiptrace@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    They would make more money if they would do what consumers actually want.

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      1 year ago

      You say that as if they’re not constantly breaking records for sales. Clearly, the majority of people are just fine with how Apple is handling things…

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        1 year ago

        The majority really couldn’t care less about any of this; they want their phone to be reliable, predictable and have enough social media apps to let ‘em kill time.

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          1 year ago

          Which is exactly why this makes sense for most people. I trust Apple with my payment info and love that every app doesn’t have its own payment and subscription platform. To me, it’s a huge plus that the experience of making a purchase on the iPhone is identical 100% of the time and is reliable 100% of the time. Epic is just as troublesome when it comes to my trust and the last thing I want is what happened on Steam - the Steam part is awesome but then everyone and their mother wants their own launcher, transaction system, and achievement system. That sucks ass.

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            1 year ago

            From what I’ve seen, most of the people asking for this aren’t even Apple customers; almost like Apple’s target customers couldn’t care less or are against this for the most part, while people who wouldn’t buy an iPhone to begin with are ‘celebrating’ this ‘increase in choice’.

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              1 year ago

              Honestly, though, that’s the majority of arguments against Apple for stuff like this. The “right to repair” stuff is just as bad faith and I say that as someone who mostly supports the concept of “right to repair”. People always bring up Louis Rossman as if he’s some kind of saint as opposed to a business man trying to drive engagement and profits to his business. The guy knows his shit when it comes to repair but then also pretends like every repair store out there can do what he does. He also fakes issues and ignores when people call him out on them.

              The entire problem with his schtick, and I say this with all respect to him, is that he wants to open things up for his own business and doesn’t care if the rest of the repair shops of the world use shitty components or do shitty work just because he doesn’t. He lives in NY and can charge whatever he wants for individual repairs. Most people and most shops can’t.

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                1 year ago

                Yeah, Rossman is a clever businessman who’s absolutely doing this for his own self-interest. I’m mostly fine with it, merely because everyone’s entitled to their own selfish needs and desires, but it can get annoying sometimes to have a good-faith conversation about him and Right to Repair.

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        1 year ago

        Because the vocal minority isn’t what Apple caters to. Everyone wants the iPhone to stay mostly the same. The vocal minority wants more innovation. I’d kill to have a iPhone 15 Pro Mini and 15 Mini. I think phones are getting too big. But Apple says “Fuck you this is what you get and you don’t throw a fit”

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          That’s weird because it’s not like they’re getting bigger. The iPhone has been the same size since like the X.