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I’m getting real sick of Apple. I used to be a pretty big Apple fanboy, but over time I have been starting to resent them more and more.
It started a few years ago, when I needed a new laptop because the 2016 MacBook Pro had the backlight not working defect and I was out of the period to get it fixed.
I looked at the MacBook Air, but even to this day, it only has 256gb hard drive and 8gb ram. After upgrading the storage space, the price was insanely high. I don’t mind paying extra for an upgrade to storage and ram, but not $400 more for something that should be the standard amount at this point.
Then iMessage being locked to iPhone. Since I’m from the US but don’t live there I’m pretty locked into iOS for iMessage unless I want to deal with and pay for international messaging.
Now, once they’re forced to open the app store, something that a lot of people want, they are being so petty about it.
I just got an iPhone 15 to upgrade from my iPhone XR, but I’m really thinking about just moving to a pixel and saying buy to Apple for Good.
You know what really sucks? Is that I'm in the exact opposite situation you're in. I've been using Pixels since they came out and androids since the Galaxy S3.
I'm so done with Google and their shitty, inconsistent services that I've been waiting for Apple to open up iOS to sideloading and Firefox so that I could leave Android.
Turns out the grass is brown and dying on both sides and we consumers have a choice between two trash options.
international messaging? wtf? what's app, Facebook messenger, the 100s pf other ones you could use. I,hate apple too but come on now
The onus is upon him to force all his friends, family and other contacts to switch? That doesn't seem reasonable.
seriously, how hard is it to ask your mum to install a single app so you don't have to pay to message her? what will that take like 5 seconds?
i have plenty of friends overseas who use ios and we message just fine. surprisingly they didn't defriend me when i requested they install an app we can both use.
wtf sort of shitty friends and family do you have??
I find it intriguing that you're only just now discovering the challenge facing many smartphone users in the United States, where the use of iMessage is dominant.
The problem isn't with 1:1 chats, but with being excluded from group chats. If everybody is chatting on iMessage, I'm sure you can find the challenge in getting everybody to use your preferred alternative.