• smeg@feddit.uk
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    2 years ago

    “Apple users” is a bit harsh, the fans can definitely get this culty but it’s not like the functional-but-overpriced hardware is literal shit. Someone else said NFT “investors”, I’d go for fashion people who spend hundreds on a sweatshop-produced t-shirt which just has the logo of the company that’s ripping them off on it (which to be fair does describe some people’s relationship with Apple!)

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    2 years ago

    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.

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    So what you’re saying is that low level workers are socialised to feel like lesser (even though the pandemic really proved who actually matters in the scheme of the whole job system) and also feel trapped by the design of the employment system, under capitalism and angrily try to take some ground back by having just one nice thing, bought with the feeling of pride, but are actually accidentally buying into the system that oppresses them.

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    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.

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      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.

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      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.

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        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?”

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    2 years ago

    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.

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      2 years ago

      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.

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    2 years ago

    The “omg I haet Apple guys” cult is much stronger than the supposed “wow I love Apple” cult.

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      2 years ago

      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