You know that you don’t have to declare copyright in every comment you make, yeah? All I can think of is the "Tryin’ to make a change :-/" SMS signature meme.
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onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
Guys, could you just stop buying Apple crap? They are just another big company that will do anything to make money, no matter how much they are already making. They don’t care about consumers’ rights and would probably rather they were done away with. Giving Apple money is just giving the big bully money.
Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
I don’t have to, but I want to.
Pepsi@kbin.social 8 months ago
Nah
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
I just bought a MacBook because I’ve been trying to do Linux for work but there are some things that just don’t work and I’m not interested in Windows. I’m turning into an Apple bro, someone help me.
novibe@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
It really doesn’t matter… there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Just use what’s more practical or better in any way for you.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
That’s a cop out. If you make no effort, then of course nothing will change. You can look for brands that try to be ethical like FairPhone or Fair Trade brands. If all you do keep buying from the biggest, baddest brands out there, well, you’re part of the problem. They wouldn’t be rich without people like you.
novibe@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
There are no “good” brands under capitalism. The issue is not of the moral failing of individual companies. We can’t solve the issues of capitalism by “consuming” right.
You think fairphone has no slave-labour rare-earth metals in them?
syd@lemy.lol 8 months ago
You can use alternatives to Apple’s phones, tablets, desktops, headphones; but there is no Macbook alternative. It is just too good for mobile usage.
admiralteal@kbin.social 8 months ago
I hear this all time to time and I just don't understand it.
My 9-year-old Windows laptop does literally everything I need a mobile notebook to do (which unfortunately includes a bunch of software like AutoCAD which just gives a double middle finger to Linux). It's reliable, boots quickly, doesn't frequently bug out, has more than enough battery to never make me stressed and scrambling for outlets, and all these things. It's windows 10 and not signed into an MS account. It can run powershell, python scripts, all those little sugar things that make computers less horrible to use. I'm not forced into any weird proprietary rabbit holes by the OS and have all MS telemetry shut down on it.
If not for bad actors like ASHTO or AutoDesk, I'm quite confident the notebook would be working just as well with something like Mint Linux on it.
What the hell is it that Macbooks are doing that my notebook can't? I just don't get it.
syd@lemy.lol 8 months ago
I’m full-time arch user btw but sometimes I need/want to go office or a place like coffee shop. There I’m using Macbook. My pros are:
- 10 hours usage
- no fan noise
- fast as f*ck (not as fast as desktops TBH)
- good screen. I can easily see screen in sunny days (I don’t know about it’s tech but I guess it is OLED or MiniLED)
- and the most important pro to me is: a touch pad that optimized for laptop usage. It has so many shortcuts to use whole system with only touchpad.
There are different laptops that have some of these features, but I have yet to find one that has them all. I hope this situation will improve with ARM laptops.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
If you’re developing apps for Mac or making music, I can definitely understand. For sure there are reasons not to go windows and then you’re just left with Mac, but many many people just look for excuses - or don’t care about budding monopolies. I find fault with that 🤷
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
My company uses Teams and Outlook, both of which have to be PWA on Linux and they’re terrible in that form. Also, being able to run Logic and Final Cut will be an added bonus. The main reason for the switch is reliability, iOS isn’t an amazing OS for tweaking and personalizing down to the kernel level, but it is great for having an environment to just get stuff done. I’ve worked with numerous iOS devices in the past and have never felt like they are unreliable.
space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Google isn’t any better. And there aren’t a lot phone operating system options you can choose from.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
Google isn’t better, Android is: it’s opensource.
jrgd@lemm.ee 8 months ago
There are not many Android phones that actually let you flex the open source benefits of AOSP. Android as it is packaged on many devices is not open source, and nor are the devices willing to fully let you install what you want. Ironically some of the only choices you have with the highest degree of freedom are from google.
ethd@beehaw.org 8 months ago
Every company you can buy a smartphone from is “another big company that will do anything to make money, no matter how much they’re already making.” This is an issue with capitalism, not just inherently Apple. Don’t fault people for using the tool that works best for what they’re doing.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
I can and will fault them. Not every company you can buy a smartphone from is big. FairPhone exists, Murena exists, and if you look around you’ll probably find more.
And even if you absolutely have to buy from a big brand, there’s no need to give that money to the richest company on the planet.
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helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
There are, however, several less-monopolistic companies you can/should consider buying from.