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  • I freely admit to being that sucker. In a weak moment during a Covid lockdown I bought an iPad Pro. Worst purchase ever. It's too heavy to use comfortably, the battery life is shit and the paucity of apps compared with my Android phone is ridiculous. Worst of all, it died suddenly less than 18 months after I bought it. It was replaced under consumer laws here, but still. I feel like an idiot for having bought it.

    The only other Apple product I own is a 160GB iPod Classic, bought in 2007 and still going strong. Sturdy, good battery life, small size, decent interface, room for all my music. So of course it's no longer produced or supported.

  • I'm an android user and have been from the start.

    However, I have tiny ears, so I can't really use those in-ear earbuds that are common now. I did some research and frequently at the top of the lists for open earbuds that are Bluetooth are the...you might need to sit down for this...airpods. Yes, I know, crazy.

    So here I am with airpods and a pixel 7. And they work great for $100 which isn't a crazy price compared to earbuds from companies like Google or Sony. Yes, most Apple stuff is overpriced, but they make good hardware, and I wish fanboys would stop making everything so black and white.

  • Hi, I have an iPhone and like it because it's the best device for my needs and Android doesn't have a critical app I use, and workarounds on Android break things. My case is rare, I admit, but it's true. I would happily switch to a Pixel once that app's available on Android.

    Assuming that just because I buy a company's products means I like everything they do is an awfully Rossmanny take though. I like the guy well enough but the blanket statements on things where he doesn't consider any reasoning other than his worldview absolutely frustrates me.

    But the same can be said for some Apple fanboys. The absolute foaming at the mouth when some people get a green text message blaming the customer for buying an Android phone rather than thinking about Apple's lack of interest in industry standards absolutely baffles me.

    Android has many issues with privacy that don't apply to iOS. While you can degoogle Android, some services don't work as well and some apps won't be available at all.

    And hey, maybe that's okay with you! Maybe your phone isn't as big of an extension of your digital life as it is mine. Maybe it is, but you can get by on exclusively FOSS apps. I think all of that is fantastic, but I am not you, and you are not me, and I think the real sucker is the one who's sowing division amongst people over how they use their personal devices.

  • Bro i convice you get ipad pro 12.9inch dont worry about apple traking you down to hunt you just be in underground bunker homie just get it of ebay BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • Only apple product I ever had was the iPhone 3GS. But I jailbroke it and had voip running on it. Without the modern push helped voip it did drain the battery pretty quick.

  • Well yeah theyre suckers. It doesnt pay to be smart. People who can afford apple just want phone work now and dont care why. They will buy another one next year and shrug like every neanderthal with $ does at a problem.

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