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notice how none of the arguments you had contradicted any of my points for why they suck. you just highlighted some other ways in which they happen to not suck.
this is textbook iFan tribalism. i’m not here to fanboy over any tech, i’m here to call out apple on trying to own computing and lock you out of it. the fact that you felt like you had to attack me over it, trying to paint me as unreasonable, while your main point is basically just “yeah but everyone else sucks more” shows that you really need to reevaluate your attachment to megacorporations.
apple isn’t a scrappy underdog. they’re one of the largest corporations on the planet. they don’t need you in the trenches fighting off their competition, they can run their own ads.
I wasn’t trying to line by line argue your statements, I was offering my own.
I’m not beholden tp apple, and only have two of their devices in my fleet today.
You are right that they are most reliable and privacy respecting mutherfuckers in my Armada of machines, without me having to gut-and-replace the OS or add insane layers of additional security like I have to with all other mobile and desktop devices. You’re right that I like them for reasons that aren’t the same as the reasons you seem to dislike them.
Worth mention, this is a community, and these communities will only be as healthy as we show up to in them. How are we going to encourage each other today? Because I’m getting a lot of discouragement from you, and it’s on us to build Lemmy and the pockets of places we congregate.
notice how none of the arguments you had contradicted any of my points for why they suck. you just highlighted some other ways in which they happen to not suck.
this is textbook iFan tribalism. i’m not here to fanboy over any tech, i’m here to call out apple on trying to own computing and lock you out of it. the fact that you felt like you had to attack me over it, trying to paint me as unreasonable, while your main point is basically just “yeah but everyone else sucks more” shows that you really need to reevaluate your attachment to megacorporations.
apple isn’t a scrappy underdog. they’re one of the largest corporations on the planet. they don’t need you in the trenches fighting off their competition, they can run their own ads.
I wasn’t trying to line by line argue your statements, I was offering my own.
I’m not beholden tp apple, and only have two of their devices in my fleet today.
You are right that they are most reliable and privacy respecting mutherfuckers in my Armada of machines, without me having to gut-and-replace the OS or add insane layers of additional security like I have to with all other mobile and desktop devices. You’re right that I like them for reasons that aren’t the same as the reasons you seem to dislike them.
Worth mention, this is a community, and these communities will only be as healthy as we show up to in them. How are we going to encourage each other today? Because I’m getting a lot of discouragement from you, and it’s on us to build Lemmy and the pockets of places we congregate.