Tell me how you really feel
I want to break free off APPLE and I can’t because I love this app called CLIPS.
It’s a video editing app that allows me to hold down the button and take a few seconds of video. Lift finger, video stops recording. Hold button down again and the next clip connects to previous. And so on. Also a ton of great filters.
Addicted to it.
Please show me the android alternative.
Not kidding. I can stop being a shit eater for this.
Samsungs have this built in natively. Press record. Press pause to pause. Press record for more. Press stop to finish.
If you want the exact UX, then I dunno.
I just checked and my Pixel 7 Pro has it too.
snapchat director mode?
Do you know if it allows downloading to my camera roll and uploading to anywhere but Snapchat?
i for sure have downloaded content from snapchat to my camera roll before and uploaded elsewhere… but i don’t use it much so i can’t say this 100% but i believe you can
What? You mean iPhones can’t pause while recording a video and then continue recording… or is there some other utility I’m missing about this Clips app?
Don’t most camera apps have a pause button you can use while filming that gives the same result? Or am I missing something?
Every whale in a P2W game.
NFT bros
This is the true meme
I would sooner rather buy a bag of actual deluxe dog shit than an NFT.
It can at least have some kind of utility. Like hurling it at NFT bros, for example.
Bluechecks
The only thing that is shit about iPhones besides the price is ENROLLING THEM IN FUCKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. Verizon, answer my fucking requests for auto enrollment. Fuck Apple Configurator 2.
You’re voluntarily using DEP in ABM, it’s not forced on you by Apple. What you’re complaining about is only tangentially related to Apple and unrelated to this post. Imagine complaining about a thing that keeps you employed.
How is it voluntary? From what I read I need to use DEP and ABM to put apple products into things like an MDM unless the carrier I’m purchasing from approves some sort of auto enrollment form.
And I have plenty to do at my work place without enrolling iphones into mdms
I transitioned into an Apple user a few generations ago and things are so much better on this side of the fence that I’ll probably be here until I no longer need a smart phone. Given how rarely I need to upgrade, it’s probably cheaper too, but of course the initial cost is quite high.
Comic’s still funny though.
Imagine being loyal to a corporation/brand.
Well, obviously not. I’m pretty thirsty for anything better, so the day that happens I’ll drop Apple in an instant. I’ve tried various silly things like the Palm/WebOS phone, almost every Meemo/Maemo/Jolla phone (these and the Palm were better than Apple but lacked the ecosystem and then crashed and burned), Punkt, Android’s various incarnations of course, Ubuntu… none of them are significantly better in the ways that matter to me. Many of them were painfully close. But some day there’ll be something better, I don’t think it’s possible for any one company to stay at the top (from my point of view) forever.
I wish people didn’t care what technology other people choose to buy.
No one cares more about what devices people who use iPhones use than Android Users.
Zoomer itoddlers clearly care because of all the message color bullshit
Except I’ve experienced the exact opposite. The iPhone users are the ones who complain about android users messing up their iMessage chats while simultaneously being too fucking stupid to realize it’s Apple who is screwing them.
Wow, that’s pretty major oppression there. You should seek out a therapist to help you deal with your trauma.
I had a stroke reading that.
Guess it’s hard to type coherently when you’re eating shit
Aw he’s Jaymes. From “Literature Cafe”
The “omg I haet Apple guys” cult is much stronger than the supposed “wow I love Apple” cult.
Maybe here specifically. But there are a lot of real people (mostly young women and teenagers but not exclusively) that would never consider coming to Lemmy or even reddit when that was a thing, who refuse to get close to anyone that doesn’t have the “blue” text
Meanwhile on Reddit /r/apple regularly makes frontpage and /r/technology /r/gadgets only make frontpage if it’s related to apple. And windows and Microsoft news is barely ever relevant
Makes sense as iPhones beat Android in market share in the US, and there is only one manufacturer compared to half a dozen for Android phones. I just think the “omg apple worshipping fanboy” thing is a bit outdated. Most people don’t care that much.
What if I told you that they cost the same amount, but windows users are subsidized via in-OS advertising.
I mean, decades ago, I would agree with this meme but these days… windows needs to be put down.
The difference is Windows users can install Linux or disable advertising
Mac users can also install windows or linux.
You really cannot disable windows advertising. each windows update brings more ads, more tracking and less options for controlling them. There are tools to disable ads, like windows AME but those disable windows updates, which you’re going to want to have for security updates.
If you know of a better way to disable advertising I am all ears. I run windows, mac and linux daily and really wish I didn’t have to use windows, or could at least use it closer to how I use linux. I’ve heard that even group policies are not respected. I can’t imagine how much time and money has been lost using windows in a corporate environment just due to ads as distractions.
I’ve never seen a single ad in windows. I keep hearing they are coming… But so far it’s just a few predatory practices failing to convince me to use their stupid browser.
Same,this starts to look like paranoia imo.
I think it’s just Linux people trying to poison the well. I’m not even mad, haha.
But like, I’m not joining the lie, either. Some day it could happen, though, and on that day sign me up for a pitchfork.
If you’ve managed to disable all ads on windows please share your setup and how you’ve managed that.
I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about… what ads are you seeing? Where are they?
The only “ads” I see for windows come after updates in the form of “Would you like to use our “new” “EDGE” Browser?!” To which the options are “YES I WOULD FUCK YEAH” (size 40 font) and “no thanks” (size 8 font). I hate that, but it’s only happened once or twice so far.
Go into settings and look for all the tracking and ad personalisaton features. now go find a similar option in OSX or Linux, you won’t find one. This is because windows is subsidized by ads. similar to NetZero but you still have to pay for it. You can continue to disable these features but my point is I don’t even want the option to view more ads from a product I already bought.
Have you ever opened the start menu? There are ads there. Unless you’re using some release like LTSC or have a network-level Adblock there are ads in there. For TikTok, candy crush, Disney+, etc. it’s like the preinstalled bloat on some androids, they’re just ads you have to annoyingly remove from your start menu.
I just did and I have no idea what you’re talking about. All I see are my pinned apps and recently used files.
I’m sure you have the options disabled that show this kind of stuff but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Anyone who is not tech savvy (99% of the population) will have no clue how to turn this stuff off or that it’s even an option.
I guarantee any PC sold by any big box store or on Amazon will come with this stuff enabled by default.
haha WHOA, that SUCKS.
I’ve never had that, though… not on my Windows machines (plural). Did you buy your machine from a manufacturer like HP? It just feels like something HP would do… never buy HP anything, everyone (even if this specific event isn’t their fault).
Edit: This isn’t your image… it’s from Reddit and it’s from SIX years ago.
The setting is still on my Windows 10 PC. It’s still relevant since they’re still shipping it with Windows.
That sounds horrible… I’ve never seen these, though. I don’t use anything special so far as I know. I’m on Windows 10 on one computer I run all day, and Windows 11 for the one I use all evening.
Assuming you’re not making this up, could Microsoft be rolling these out only to specific individuals for a trial run, or something? I don’t even have Windows Pro…
Or… actually… I built my computers from the ground up. Did you buy yours from HP, Dell, or another manufacturer? Could THEY be putting ads into their updates somehow?
You can just right click on the task bar and turn that feature off… I’ve done it in close to 1000 Windows machines at this point.
Windows updates bring it back. I’ve done it again for now. But as you have comfirmed, there are ads in windows 10.
If you open up the app store, there are ads… Pretty sure Apple has some integrated “news and interests” equivalent feature that also serves ads.
Also, my windows update has not turned the news and interests back on. Maybe you’re doing something wrong?
I an running windows inside linux. i am absolutely doing something wrong, but that’s besides the point. OS ads hit differently than in-app ads. Also when I remove or disable a feature, it should stay dead, unlike the search bar that gets resurrected at next windows update.
What about the ads in the start menu? For candy crush or tiktok
I’ve never seen these before… can you share a screenshot? That sounds fucking awful!
Which they’ve only been doing for… checks watch…30 years.
People who smoke.
Everything is commodified, even shit
It is BFWAV or BFSTP/BFSTM not WAV.
Apple user here. Can confirm. My excuse is that Apple knows its shit and I am at the period of my life where just thinking about SUDO gives me allergy. So, as long as I do not have to deal with that shit, I am OK paying for this shit. Hell, I am paying for ChatGPT so that it does internet search for me and summarizes the results for me. My time is more valuable for me than dealing with that shit.
Not suggesting that my way is right way. Many people do like to play with that shit, customize it, fine tune. Those are not users for apple ecosystem. To each their own shit. It is nice to have a choice of shit.
I used Linux at home and work for 15 years - 1998 through 2013 - and finally I was Jesus fucking Christ, I don’t want to spend 5 hours configuring a video card ever again, and bought a MacBook. It’s funny these days seeing people “I USE ARCH BRO” because I know I could but I just don’t get enjoyment out of it these days. Same with phones. I couldn’t give less of a fuck about rooting my phone or running a custom ROM.
I’m so confused… Do you think android and/or windows users use sudo? That’s a Linux thing… Macs run on an off-shoot of Linux.
Android and iOS are very similar to all “basic” users. Android simply allows super users (ironically this is related to sudo) to use commands if they reeeaaally want to. Although, to be fair, you need an unlocked phone for that.
Normies, are just allowed third party apps like ReVanced that let you skip YouTube ads for free. Do you not like that ability? If so, you can pay. Google loves that. Google owns Android. We’ve done a loop-dee-loop now, I do believe.
I admittedly know less about Android today. But I chose iOS when Android was quite bad. With iPhone I am not afraid, for example that if I lose or break it, then I need to spend any significant amount of time to setup new iPhone. Couple clicks and the new phone is in exactly in the same state as the old one. Same apps, same files, everything. Maybe Android become better today, I do not know for sure. But I heard enough of the stories from my friends about difficulties because the new Android phone runs Android of different version than the old phone, so, some programs are missing, some things are different and so on.
With Windows, while it is also becoming better, it is still plagued with some hardware driver bugs, etc. For half a year, for example, my computer would just refuse to go to sleep automatically. I tried everything I could find on internet - no luck. Then one day, it just fixed itself for no reason. The update system also for some reason fails to install some updates. And the sound output constantly switches to monitor speakers which I do not have.
My iMacs - zero issuers. They just work. My iPhones - zero issues. My iPads - zero issues. Single convenient ecosystem. Oh, add Apple Watch there as well.
With iPhone I am not afraid, for example that if I lose or break it, then I need to spend any significant amount of time to setup new iPhone. Couple clicks and the new phone is in exactly in the same state as the old one. Same apps, same files, everything.
That is exactly how Android phones work as well, and they have for many years. I think my last phone that needed a third party app to do things like transfer contacts was the Samsung Galaxy S4 (2013).
I recommend you check out the competition. I say this purely because I want more consumers to be critical of big brands and their latest offerings. If everyone intelligently assessed devices when they came out without a bias, I genuinely believe all of the devices we use (Apple, Google, Samsung, etc.) would be far better in just about every way, including their price.
Instead, Apple has set a long-standing precedent amongst the majority of their user-base that their devices are so good you don’t need to compare them against their own competition. This has been so successful that it’s led to other companies like Samsung and Google to adopting Apple “design choices” (non-replacable batteries, sealing devices so they are difficult or impossible to repair, removing the headphone jack, etc.) that end up being incredibly bad for all of us consumers.
The latest phones these days are a joke. Google, Apple, Samsung… they are pretty much ALL jokes that are nearly identical to the previous years model.
You are talking about hardware. I am talking about ecosystem.
Hell, I am paying for ChatGPT so that it does internet search for me and summarizes the results for me
Does ChatGPT even do this? I thought it was trained on a closed data set from 2021. While it can learn new things through conversation, it doesn’t actually search the internet anymore. Right? It’s literally just predictive text on your phone. It’s supposed to make you feel like it’s answering you but it’s all smoke & mirrors.
The paid version does that. The data set is expanded to sometime in 2023 and it actually browses internet when needed using bing as search engine. It does lots of other interesting things, such as uses Dall-E to draw images when needed, or uses python and executes the code in background when needed (but you can check it). For example, if you ask a numerical question that requires solution of equations, it will do it in python. An example of such question I recently asked is “at what temperature the value in Kelvin and Fahrenheit is the same?”
I’m not a part of the apple ecosystem, but i have the same attitude towards tech these days. I dont want to be spending time debugging and tuning stuff just to get it working. Tech is tools, that shit just needs to work, fuck tinkering with everything just to get it working properly.
I’m so lost here… Have you ever even tried using a brand new Android phone, or Windows computer? Your comment suggests that no, no you have not.
Like, hey, you do you. Mac and iOS are totally fine. But don’t spread nonsense about Apple being easier. It’s not easier in any way. In fact, I genuinely find iOS to be more complicated in recent years.
You do not need to “tune” an android phone or windows computer. Like… I honestly don’t know what that even means.
I own and fix all types of devices, and apple devices are often some of the most problematic. They do NOT “just work”, but you know what that’s from? It’s from Apple’s marketing campaign rolled out years ago by Steve Jobs.
Did you even read my comment? In the very first sentence i say "i am not a part of the apple ecosystem…i said tech (both HW and SW) needs to be easy and ready to go out of the box, i didn’t say android phones and Windows weren’t. It was mostly a comment towards FOSS alternatives which are often not.
You replied to someone that strongly asserted that non-Apple devices are convoluted, difficult to use, and confusing. You did so by agreeing that you also hate difficult to use, confusing, and convoluted technologies.
This struck me as disingenuous. I apologize if you are, indeed, not an Apple fan in an active state of disingenuity. This said, if you are to be believed, then I don’t understand what your comment was adding to the conversation here. Was your entire point truly that you simply dislike confusing technology? Did that really need to be said?
I feel the same, but find things getting shittier and shittier. I’m paying more and more for less and less. Then I stumble on an open source project that does all that I want and it’s free.
Bitwarden vs LastPass Joplin vs Evernote A million different foss projects for all the shit Google has shut down…
Sometimes spending a little time setting stuff up, ends up saving a huge hastle migrating away from the commercial project that is going to fail unless they fuck over their users.
Yeah i do also use a bit of FOSS, and it has been increasing lately, but I still stick to projects with as little fidgeting required as possible.
I assumed this was about Twitter blue checks, I think I prefer that interpretation.
It can be about most premium services nowadays thanks to enshittification.
