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

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

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

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      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.

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        1 year ago

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

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            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?

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

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                1 year ago

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

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                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.

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                  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.

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                    Feel free to use whatever Android device you can afford.

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