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The switch to USB-C is good! Except for all the dongles you’ll need to get there.

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[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I simply can not fathom the obsession people have with Apple products when they so egregiously price gouge their customers.

I'm not a fan of their MacOS based products, but I prefer iOS for the fact that I can rely on getting timely updates. For a good long while. That is not something that is generally true with Android. I'm fine with paying for that level of support.

Last time I looked, no Android vendors provided close to the same level of support.

That said, if I was a business and needed to field in house apps to mobile devices, everyone would be getting an Android device. Custom apps for iOS are a pain in the ass.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

And yet, people buy iPhones instead of 3 Mac minis.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

People buy expensive Android phones too. What’s your point?

[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My point is that Apple is price gouging.

Neither one counter example nor whataboutism change the fact that Apple products are overpriced in general (and always have been). Or how do you explain their unparalleled profit margins?

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What is 'captive labor' for $800, Alex

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

What a ridiculous argument. They make as much money as the market will bear. Anything else would be a disservice to their shareholders.

[-] trachemys@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Consumers should buy the cheapest quality product the market will bear. Anything else would be a disservice to their peers.

[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Well, the whole point since the top level comment has been that people are willing to pay too much for their hardware...

I give up. Stay happy with your overpriced devices.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I’m glad you give up. I’ll continue to pay for devices that provide me with an appropriate level of quality for their cost. Feel free to use whatever Android device you can afford.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Feel free to use whatever Android device you can afford.

I say this as an Apple user: Really, dude? Really?

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

A physically smaller Minisforum UM480XT with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD is $249.

[-] kirklennon@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The Mac Mini is a significantly better value.

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No it isn't. Do you need help understanding the numbers you're reading?

[-] kirklennon@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Not at all. The Minisforum is overpriced garbage compared to the Mac Mini. They’re not even remotely comparable.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago
[-] db2@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 year ago

Mac minis are $600.

I’m sure it is. So?

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Maybe go waste someone else’s time? Child.

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