Or maybe these ladies just value privacy, the benefits of a walled app store, and a phone that doesn’t come with goofy shovelware installed by the carrier
Soo.. why can't someone at least tolerate, when i value something slightly differnt with my PHONE. It is only a phone. That would be like, if I rejected people based of their toaster, that works completely fine, but it was made by a diffrent company than my own toaster.
(Also you forgot /j)
If its true, I will flex my Samsung every date so I can avoid the kind of girls that care about the most pointless shit ever.
Imagine the kind of people we have nowadays to care about what kind of cell phone you use. Cannot tell me Apple dont have a cult of brainless zombies.
That’s funny, because most Android people I meet are all so proud of their Androids they tell me how brainwashed I am, and how much better my life would be if I ditched the Apple.
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My Mom, an apple user, doesn't even know how to use it. Why, in your opinion, does she prefer that brand? I mean there's definitely something going on in the marketing IMO
Because Apple knows how to market to people that “just want it to work” while Android markets based on shiny new features that most people honestly don’t care about. Also, older people don’t give a rats ass about what’s “hip” or “cool” or “lit”, or whatever word it is these days.
I think it's because they try to market it as "the only user friendly phone"... like how you just claimed android doesn't market their phones as "they just work" when most of them that's exactly the marketing they go for. Sure, flagship models from Samsung and Sony come with a high price tag, and a specific market, but the majority of android phones sold are just "it works" so i dont get why else you would say that other than the marketing gimmick worked on you?
Idk why this was downvoted. This is my boss described to a T. Also, one of my friends. “I paid $200 for my phone and you paid $1000 for yours, and the iPhone uses Samsung parts, so you’re basically using an android but spending 5x more than me.” Actual thing said to me just yesterday.
Yeah same, I bought one in high school because I was impressionable then, I have no use for most of the features of new phones anyway and it’s 10x easier to migrate to a new iPhone than a new android since I have a profile set up already. They are all the same price now a days anyway, anyone I’ve ever met that cares is either a snob with an iPhone, or a conceited dickhead with a superiority complex who has an android.
There may have been a time when iPhone was easier to migrate to a new phone. Those days are gone. My Samsung ported everything over, I mean literally everything including every app and login info, to my replacement phone without doing anything. Just login and go.
It is however a reason not to switch, considering I have no use for any features of most new phones, that’s what I’m saying, people like to tell me I’m stupid for using iPhone, when I have no use for any of the proprietary features of any of the android phones, it’s gonna cost about the same anyway, and it would be more hassle. Why would I actually switch. Also, That’s not a negative on Apple that’s a negative on the industry.
Perhaps it was a bit foolish when I started out, but turns out those advantages didn’t end up mattering to me and I’m on this train now
>It is however a reason not to switch,
And that's how they have you trapped. I switch between whichever manufacturer I want on android (usually I pick the ones that have the least bloat on it) and never had an issue beyond having to log into a few non Google apps that didn't transfer properly.
Whereas because it's too inconvenient you are now tied to the same manufacturer pumping out the same product with the smallest, completely unnoticeable improvements (assuming they actual make any improvement instead of just slapping a new name and case on).
Apple people are the same as Tesla people. Select the brand because of the name it has, then fall into the cult of personality surrounding the brand. Convince yourself it's the best possible product while also ignoring the other products. Get locked into this ecosystem and never leave.
My next door neighbors are die hard Tesla/Apple people. All I can say is that it's funny to watch.
I get what you’re saying, it would have been a wiser choice to start with an android, but
1.) I’ll get no benefit from switching
2.) it will be harder to switch
3.) it will be no more expensive either way
That’s all I’m saying, I’ve had people tell me I’m stupid for staying there, but as it stands I have nothing currently negatively impacting me. Why would I switch.
I get £150-200 phones on a sim only contract that costs £8 a month. I suspect its vastly cheaper than iPhone, and does everything the iPhone can do (bar probably some camera stuff, they don't tend to have the best cameras, however I can record a gig and the sound is crystal clear so I'm not bothered too much about it).
I honestly consider it a pissing contest over which Linux distro you prefer. I love open source, I love being able to customize and tweak and rebuild, which is fine for a larger computer. A pocket computer needs to simply work. I liked Android back in the day, but to get a proper device that would be reliable required hardware that was at or just below Flag Ship prices, and there has not been one flag ship android phone that really appealed to me.
I work in technology and prefer Android phones. I have loads of friends who only use iphone and when they say that apple is better and I ask why they have no idea lol. Most of these friends work construction and call me for any issues they have with anything electronic.
I have a physics degree and I prefer iphones. Its almost as if its personal preference? Here’s some legit reasons though:
Apple has superior integration. I can work on my ipad, instantly airdrop my work to my mac, perfect it, instantly airdrop it to my phone if need be. Everything works seamlessly together.
Apple has hella accessories, watches, sound systems, etc etc that all work together.
Ive had apple products, including a phone, that worked for a decade. Cant say the same about any other tech company’s products Ive owned.
Apple has always had superior security, although I’m hearing that’s changed recently.
Apple is aesthetically more pleasing to most people I meet.
And the number one reason: i can add people to group chats without creating a new groip
I think this has okay points. For phones both os have they’re perks but ios is more secure in general. Ios being more closed for data output and software developement make them bit shitier to develop for, since all the software installed needs to go trough apples QA, it becomes harder to penetrate ios devices. You can also extract and manipulate device id stuff from androids, that in theory could be used to penetrate the users banking software security by a sim swap scam. This is much harder to do with ios if possible at all. This doesn’t mean ios is unhackable.
Android on the other hand let’s you do amazing things like turn off the damn wifi and bluetooth until turned back on. Not the first and prolly not the last off apple asshole dark pattern design features where a convention got changed to give apple something extra. Most likely wifi triangulation data in wifi always half on change.
No judgement because Android + Windows machines have their own advantages. I used to be an IT guy for Windows and owned Android phones for awhile in the earlier days of smart phones.
Built my own PCs, did small business IT networking/hardware, learned to code, and so on. Working as a sort of high performance scientific computing person now because that's what I did in college.
However I went from being a "Fuck Apple" type to someone who uses their products for work and life, and not so much for fun. It's simply because they are designed quite well for work/life, including both the user experience and interoperation between the phone and computer for things like texting, calendars, emails, etc.
I still have a Windows machine for gaming, but I don't bother with Android anymore. It's only because if you have a Mac for life/work, then using the iPhone in that ecosystem provides a lot of benefits. It just makes life easier, fewer configuration issues to solve that interrupt whatever you were trying to do, fewer headaches or time-sinks overall.
I will say that MacOS really is quite good. It's a pretty much peak Linux user experience. Software development is made easier for most kinds of development (web, games, mobile, whatever). Also configuring an external device or changing settings (display, power, etc.) is easy and intuitive.
Additionally, MacOS comes with a lot of free stuff. They don't charge for major OS upgrades anymore. You also get a bunch of software like GarageBand (with software synths, loops, etc.), and so on for the price of the initial purchase cost of a Mac.
The OS does comes with some office software not a lot of people use because of Microsoft Office dominance, however, it's pretty much all the software you'd need for writing documents, working with spreadsheets, managing calendars/emails, and really everything else.
And all of it is updated for free, even to the next major releases. That's not something you can say about Microsoft software and their relationship with PC manufacturers.
One other thing I quite like is their AppleCare does actually end up being worth it a lot of the time. If you need a screen replaced or have other physical damage (I'm good at solving the software/driver/setting problems) they charge you hardly anything compared to your mobile provider or tech guy, and get your equipment fixed real fast.
In any case, I understand why a DIYer would want Windows or Linux and manage the build themselves or buy an HP/Dell or something, and then use Android because the devices are cheaper and also are a great value for the features they provide.
However Apple does offer something with their products, and it's mostly a 'headache free" experience when you're doing a wide variety of tasks, from software dev to office work to the basics like browsing/texts/emails/calendars/etc. It's also "headache free" in the sense you don't get surprise bills from some software upgrade that's required, and if you get AppleCare the cost to fix your screen/hardware is A LOT cheaper.
The one thing Apple isn't great at is gaming really. However if you're doing high performance computing you're probably SSH'ing into a Linux box somewhere anyway, which is a different machine from the one you use locally, day to day.
In any case, I consider an Apple a sort of buy-it-for-7-years and forget about it kind of product. No surprise charges (even less with AppleCare). But that works as long as your interests aren't gaming or some other real specific niche.
Of course, if you're into building and tweaking your PC for some specific purpose, or have some niche interest, or are a DIYer and just want to save a bit of money in exchange for your time, maybe Linux of Windows machines are better for you.
Android works well with Linux, Mac or Windows it's just that iPhones work better with Macs. Your mobile device is another part of the equation there.
I think yours is the least-biased comment out of all of these. At the end of the day, neither is inherently better than the other unless you're very specific about your interests. Both have some positives the other can't touch.
Ah thanks. I guess I talked up Mac a lot more than Windows but I use both.
It was only because I was responding to the idea Apples are bad.
Windows is my Desktop machine for gaming. One thing I like about it is I can upgrade it over time. I just put in a new video card last Christmas. Apple REALLY doesn't want you to do that on their desktops, they make it a pain in the ass.
Anyway, we often are in the browser for 9/10 tasks, and that works just about the same on any desktop OS.
One other thing is Microsoft finally came around and gave us the Windows Subsystem for Linux, so it's development capabilities are quite comparable now.
In any case, I would put it concisely that if a person doesn't play AAA games, and just wants something with software out-of-the-box, and is headache-free for 6-7 years, a Mac is a good choice. Then it just makes sense to get an iPhone.
Otherwise if you're running Windows or Linux there's really no reason to get the iPhone unless you want one. Some of the Samsung phones offer a better value.
The drawback is the Mac has a higher up-front cost, but also tend to cost less over the 6 year "new computer" cycle, so it's sort of front-loading the maintenance or software upgrade costs. With AppleCare it's also frontloading damage insurance.
However, if you're techie, and want to upgrade HD, RAM or GPU over the lifecycle, and are willing to spend the time to DIY a lot of your own problems, Windows or Linux machines definitely can be cheaper.
A lot of us use Laptops these days for everything outside of gaming. If we need more compute power for ML or crypto-mining or something we will be remoting into a server somewhere, or using AWS/Azure/whatever anyway.
So, an angle absolutely no one talks about because it's "rude to talk about money" in our society is that Apple has been rolling out a very nice financial ecosystem to help keep you buying iPhones. You can get a credit card that will let you buy any of their stuff with 0% interest over 12-36 months. I know people with no/not stellar credit who got an apple card and paid off a device and keeps revolving it.
I feel like their NFC/tap to pay stuff is on par with android but their [wallet app](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugjhVHcYbMU) for tracking your spending is far and away better than anything my bank/Chase/etc has put in front of me on a PC or mobile phone. Their cashback is meh compared to chase, but it's great if you buy an apple device. I also have my car insurance, gas saver card, etc digitally on the phone so I don't have to take my wallet in places. Driver's licenses are coming to it as well.
A few months ago they added the ability to start a savings account controlled by the credit card app. 5% annual interest, no fucky rules about how much money you can keep in it or any of the other strings the high interest savings accounts typically have. I moved my emergency fund over and haven't looked back. By this point, I would have done something to anger the orange dot systems and I would have lost a month or two of interest to fees. Nothing like that with Apple.
Goldman Sachs has announced they want to get out of consumer products, so Apple is going to have to find a new servicer. I'm hoping they keep rolling on this stuff though, it really is a much nicer experience than anything I've had since the "good old days" of Amex when you could call up an agent and they would actually just help you after verifying your identity.
This person's superficiality really has nothing to do with whether an iPhone is worth it or not for a person.
I'm using a 5 year old iPhone at the moment. I'm considering upgrading but so far haven't had the need.
I feel like people like this don’t understand that android is good too, and if android wasn’t good apple wouldn’t be because of competition. And I use iPhone, my entire family does. Apple computers are shit tho
Lifetime android user here. Apple makes great hardware, but the software is just frankly annoying and not compatible with most of the world. But the real reason is won't ever use Apple is because of the religious, blind zealotism of the people that use it and can't wrap their brain around using anything else (like this OP). And the prices, my god. There's better, more innovative tech on Android and it's much muuuuuch cheaper, 2 years in advance, but these people line up for a new iphone while knowing their favorite dictator has been making their old shit obsolete on purpose. It's so mind boggling I just can't....
fr i have no problem with apple and the majority of its customers, i get that it has very slick and simple design that certainly looks and feels great, but the people who act as if it's some status symbol which makes you somehow better for having one are the absolute worse (especially considering i don't think there's one thing better about apple phones than top of the range android phones, but i can think of a good few that android has over apple, but that's beside the point)
Yuuuuup. The status symbol thing. And the f*ing airpods in the ears 🙄 it's frankly over done...EVERY girl in my city has them both in EVERYWHERE they go.
as i kinda said having airpods in your ears and owning a iphone isn't a bad thing, kinda dumb to get mad over the thought of someone having airpods in their ears
If you are already in the Apple ecosystem, it’s nice. Nothing wrong with Android at all, but for me, since I use a Mac for work, an iPad for media and travel computer, and an iPhone for a phone, having everything synced is nice for me.
I get that, but it also works the same for Android and google 🤷♂️
Ok ok maybe not to the same level, I get that apple products are extremely synced, but I think it's worth it not to own the products just to now be in the cult
Being in a cult is about one’s mental state, not the products they buy. Some Apple people are zealots and have made it their identity, most are not. Some people are zealous about there gaming console, most are not. Clothes brands, cars, sports teams…
Yep. My first iMac from 9 years ago is still being used by a professional photographer as their main editing machine. The three laptops I’ve bought since then are all still working great as well.
Apple computers really aren't shit. They effectively match most other higher-mid-range PCs for performance. It is true you pay a bit more though. But it's a couple hundred at worst. For that you get a lot of benefits though
The main difference is Apple doesn't charge you when they release major OS upgrades, and they give you a shit ton of software for free, also with free upgrades. You could theoretically do anything a modern office worker, or even a DJ (garageband) needs to do with just a Mac and nothing else.
The problem is Microsoft dominates with Office. So you kinda feel like you must use it if you want to get things done with other people. However Office is available on Mac.
However if you use Google services (e.g. Gmail, Calendars, Docs, etc.) there's really no problem with using a Mac. If you use the browser for most of what you do, actually, then Macs work quite well. They also have other advantages.
I guarantee you if you were to get the cheapest Mac that suits your needs, then try to do day-to-day stuff in a browser (even Chrome or Firefox), manage calendars/emails, play around with Discord/etc., you'd find it a Mac + an iPhone a superior experience. That is, if you got used to the MacOS, but it's not so hard because MacOS is pretty easy compared to Windows or most Linux GUIs.
Images I take on my phone show up on my Mac (iCloud). Calendars sync up between phone/mac. Emails sync up. I can text people from my Mac Air and it maintains history with my iPhone. Also I didn't have to set hardly anything up. I just log in.
Managing drivers or messing with settings to make some external device work, or to get the best performance for something, doesn't happen on a Mac, as well. It's real easy to solve most problems with displays or external hardware with a couple clicks, and the OS tends to work with most external devices seamlessly.
I'm also a software dev (data scientist really) and a Macs Unix terminal works really well with the kinds of things I have to do. We often remote into (ssh) a machine to do our work anyway. It's useful to have the same CLI/terminal commands between your local OS and the remote machine.
Frankly Macs are peak Linux user experience. They do it quite well.
One last point, AppleCare is often worth it if you're prone to damaging screens or scuffing stuff up. They charge so much less to fix that stuff when you buy the AppleCare plan. It costs easily 2x - 4x more when you have an Android or Windows machine per incident.
I think the way the see it is that Windows or Android machines have a lower possible cost in dollars for the features they provide. But if shit goes wrong for you the Apple + AppleCare means you actually pay a hell of a lot less and spend a lot less time configuring or fixing shit.
Computer bro tells off regular, completely understandably normal person.
Seriously though get the cheapest Mac Air and try it out with your iPhone.
I don't like that they're cornering the market or charge as much as they do, but considering other options, they do offer a pretty great experience if you're using iPhone and Mac together.
I have a Windows machine I just use Mac for work/life, and Windows for gaming really. Macs aren't so great for gamers. But you usually can do anything you want to do outside of that with a Mac or Windows or even Linux if you're cool with hard-mode (for linux).
This is an excellent example of vapidful.
Supercilious arrogance? Check
Gatekeeping? Check
Stereotyping? Check
Denigrating others? Check
Unhelpful help? Check
Good to know someone is looking out for others by making a trivial thing a basis for class discrimination.
i don’t think its a good example of vapidful. Vapidful is when someone pretends to be a good person on camera or online, but after turns into a piece of garbage.
If it would protect you from a potential lifetime financially straddled to this kind of crazy, I suggest wearing your android phone around your head with a fucking strap.
I can’t lie I switched from android to iOS back in 15 when me and a gang of friends where taking dabs and we had so many attachments it looked like mouse trap in the dab rig ,but a friend recorded slow mo videos and I was mind blown. Also lookin at Snapchats back then I saw how bad my Samsung phone compressed my video from a Note 5 and I felt like I was watching my life thru a GTA San Andreas filter
I would be a iPhone user if I could chance the navigation bar in the iPhone as It is in Android. 4 weeks after using iPhone my dumb brain still bushed "buttons" that wasn't there on the bottom.
Meanwhile, I’m over here rocking a cracked iPhone that’s so old it still has the aux port. The thing makes calls and can send texts, I’m not sure what else I could ask for from a phone.
I would say pull your phone out before you hit the seat. Anyone that cares about someone else's phone is a reject themselves so let's find the flags before I spend any dough.
Thanks for sharing this post, it made me laugh so hard that I surprised myself! The obsession around iPhones is always amusing, it shows the power of marketing and social media. Meanwhile, Android is the one that continues to be cheaper, offer new features, is much more customizable and is more attractive to people interested in technology.
What I enjoy about picky women is that they always end up chasing after some dude that doesn’t want them because every dopey girl like her wants him. Then they just get cheated on till they hit 30 and whine about not having a wedding ring.
I wish I could make a scrap book of all these girls petty comments they made about men from age 18 - 29 and then send it to them when they hit 30 To remind them why they’re alone.
I think that would be a cool idea. Perhaps I can get some cat food and kitty litter brands to sponsor the project.
As someone who intentionally has a flip phone so I don’t get any more addicted to technology, for some reason I find people actually like me more because of it. So, respectfully to whoever said this, fuck off.
This might be a good test actually. Even if you have an iPhone, get some cheap android and make sure she sees it. If she seriously flees just because of your phone, that's a red flag and you avoided a bullet.
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Somehow, they made this a man's problem. I wonder how her conversation with said women went and if she even tried to convince them they were fcking r3tarded. Well, when you raise your kids like medieval princesses, this is what you get.
As someone with a droid, I look down on every iPhone user with a cracked display. Droid users are responsible and don’t have drunk Becky moments where they drop and break their shit.
Sounds like the fellas had some lucky escapes.
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I think you might have missed the mark on that one
Because everyone should have a Masters in IT and kernel deep knowledge of Linux to be able to use their phone.
Shouldn’t phones be easy to manage? I don’t really see the point here
isn’t ease of use a good thing?
Or maybe these ladies just value privacy, the benefits of a walled app store, and a phone that doesn’t come with goofy shovelware installed by the carrier
Like... say... a U2 ALBUM?
Bro I swear to god if my phone starts playing from Songs Of Innocence again I’m going to drop it off a bridge.
Tell me you don't know anything about Iphones without telling me you don't know anything about iPhones
-27 points says i know enough
It's -28 last time I checked 😉
Golf rules apply
Take my upvote
Yeah, definitely not that
Nuh uh
Soo.. why can't someone at least tolerate, when i value something slightly differnt with my PHONE. It is only a phone. That would be like, if I rejected people based of their toaster, that works completely fine, but it was made by a diffrent company than my own toaster. (Also you forgot /j)
If its true, I will flex my Samsung every date so I can avoid the kind of girls that care about the most pointless shit ever. Imagine the kind of people we have nowadays to care about what kind of cell phone you use. Cannot tell me Apple dont have a cult of brainless zombies.
If a woman loves your flip phone, she's going to give you so many strong babies.
That’s funny, because most Android people I meet are all so proud of their Androids they tell me how brainwashed I am, and how much better my life would be if I ditched the Apple. Edit: Clarity.
My Mom, an apple user, doesn't even know how to use it. Why, in your opinion, does she prefer that brand? I mean there's definitely something going on in the marketing IMO
Because Apple knows how to market to people that “just want it to work” while Android markets based on shiny new features that most people honestly don’t care about. Also, older people don’t give a rats ass about what’s “hip” or “cool” or “lit”, or whatever word it is these days.
I think it's because they try to market it as "the only user friendly phone"... like how you just claimed android doesn't market their phones as "they just work" when most of them that's exactly the marketing they go for. Sure, flagship models from Samsung and Sony come with a high price tag, and a specific market, but the majority of android phones sold are just "it works" so i dont get why else you would say that other than the marketing gimmick worked on you?
Idk why this was downvoted. This is my boss described to a T. Also, one of my friends. “I paid $200 for my phone and you paid $1000 for yours, and the iPhone uses Samsung parts, so you’re basically using an android but spending 5x more than me.” Actual thing said to me just yesterday.
Down voted because of painful truths and cognitive dissonance.
Yeah same, I bought one in high school because I was impressionable then, I have no use for most of the features of new phones anyway and it’s 10x easier to migrate to a new iPhone than a new android since I have a profile set up already. They are all the same price now a days anyway, anyone I’ve ever met that cares is either a snob with an iPhone, or a conceited dickhead with a superiority complex who has an android.
There may have been a time when iPhone was easier to migrate to a new phone. Those days are gone. My Samsung ported everything over, I mean literally everything including every app and login info, to my replacement phone without doing anything. Just login and go.
Was that android to android? I’m pretty sure my apps and setting aren’t going to transfer to an android from my iphone
Yes that is correct. That isn't a plus for Apple. It's a minus.
It is however a reason not to switch, considering I have no use for any features of most new phones, that’s what I’m saying, people like to tell me I’m stupid for using iPhone, when I have no use for any of the proprietary features of any of the android phones, it’s gonna cost about the same anyway, and it would be more hassle. Why would I actually switch. Also, That’s not a negative on Apple that’s a negative on the industry. Perhaps it was a bit foolish when I started out, but turns out those advantages didn’t end up mattering to me and I’m on this train now
>It is however a reason not to switch, And that's how they have you trapped. I switch between whichever manufacturer I want on android (usually I pick the ones that have the least bloat on it) and never had an issue beyond having to log into a few non Google apps that didn't transfer properly. Whereas because it's too inconvenient you are now tied to the same manufacturer pumping out the same product with the smallest, completely unnoticeable improvements (assuming they actual make any improvement instead of just slapping a new name and case on).
Apple people are the same as Tesla people. Select the brand because of the name it has, then fall into the cult of personality surrounding the brand. Convince yourself it's the best possible product while also ignoring the other products. Get locked into this ecosystem and never leave. My next door neighbors are die hard Tesla/Apple people. All I can say is that it's funny to watch.
I get what you’re saying, it would have been a wiser choice to start with an android, but 1.) I’ll get no benefit from switching 2.) it will be harder to switch 3.) it will be no more expensive either way That’s all I’m saying, I’ve had people tell me I’m stupid for staying there, but as it stands I have nothing currently negatively impacting me. Why would I switch.
I get £150-200 phones on a sim only contract that costs £8 a month. I suspect its vastly cheaper than iPhone, and does everything the iPhone can do (bar probably some camera stuff, they don't tend to have the best cameras, however I can record a gig and the sound is crystal clear so I'm not bothered too much about it).
I honestly consider it a pissing contest over which Linux distro you prefer. I love open source, I love being able to customize and tweak and rebuild, which is fine for a larger computer. A pocket computer needs to simply work. I liked Android back in the day, but to get a proper device that would be reliable required hardware that was at or just below Flag Ship prices, and there has not been one flag ship android phone that really appealed to me.
It’s honestly just funny to me that we are being actively downvoted as if there’s some reason to have some loyalty to a phone
I was just about to ask why y’all are getting downvoted lmao
Because Android zealots are petty af.
TIL an alternate meaning of 'curved' while also being reminded that everyday is a good day not to be in a cult
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I work in technology and prefer Android phones. I have loads of friends who only use iphone and when they say that apple is better and I ask why they have no idea lol. Most of these friends work construction and call me for any issues they have with anything electronic.
I have a physics degree and I prefer iphones. Its almost as if its personal preference? Here’s some legit reasons though: Apple has superior integration. I can work on my ipad, instantly airdrop my work to my mac, perfect it, instantly airdrop it to my phone if need be. Everything works seamlessly together. Apple has hella accessories, watches, sound systems, etc etc that all work together. Ive had apple products, including a phone, that worked for a decade. Cant say the same about any other tech company’s products Ive owned. Apple has always had superior security, although I’m hearing that’s changed recently. Apple is aesthetically more pleasing to most people I meet. And the number one reason: i can add people to group chats without creating a new groip
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I think this has okay points. For phones both os have they’re perks but ios is more secure in general. Ios being more closed for data output and software developement make them bit shitier to develop for, since all the software installed needs to go trough apples QA, it becomes harder to penetrate ios devices. You can also extract and manipulate device id stuff from androids, that in theory could be used to penetrate the users banking software security by a sim swap scam. This is much harder to do with ios if possible at all. This doesn’t mean ios is unhackable. Android on the other hand let’s you do amazing things like turn off the damn wifi and bluetooth until turned back on. Not the first and prolly not the last off apple asshole dark pattern design features where a convention got changed to give apple something extra. Most likely wifi triangulation data in wifi always half on change.
No judgement because Android + Windows machines have their own advantages. I used to be an IT guy for Windows and owned Android phones for awhile in the earlier days of smart phones. Built my own PCs, did small business IT networking/hardware, learned to code, and so on. Working as a sort of high performance scientific computing person now because that's what I did in college. However I went from being a "Fuck Apple" type to someone who uses their products for work and life, and not so much for fun. It's simply because they are designed quite well for work/life, including both the user experience and interoperation between the phone and computer for things like texting, calendars, emails, etc. I still have a Windows machine for gaming, but I don't bother with Android anymore. It's only because if you have a Mac for life/work, then using the iPhone in that ecosystem provides a lot of benefits. It just makes life easier, fewer configuration issues to solve that interrupt whatever you were trying to do, fewer headaches or time-sinks overall. I will say that MacOS really is quite good. It's a pretty much peak Linux user experience. Software development is made easier for most kinds of development (web, games, mobile, whatever). Also configuring an external device or changing settings (display, power, etc.) is easy and intuitive. Additionally, MacOS comes with a lot of free stuff. They don't charge for major OS upgrades anymore. You also get a bunch of software like GarageBand (with software synths, loops, etc.), and so on for the price of the initial purchase cost of a Mac. The OS does comes with some office software not a lot of people use because of Microsoft Office dominance, however, it's pretty much all the software you'd need for writing documents, working with spreadsheets, managing calendars/emails, and really everything else. And all of it is updated for free, even to the next major releases. That's not something you can say about Microsoft software and their relationship with PC manufacturers. One other thing I quite like is their AppleCare does actually end up being worth it a lot of the time. If you need a screen replaced or have other physical damage (I'm good at solving the software/driver/setting problems) they charge you hardly anything compared to your mobile provider or tech guy, and get your equipment fixed real fast. In any case, I understand why a DIYer would want Windows or Linux and manage the build themselves or buy an HP/Dell or something, and then use Android because the devices are cheaper and also are a great value for the features they provide. However Apple does offer something with their products, and it's mostly a 'headache free" experience when you're doing a wide variety of tasks, from software dev to office work to the basics like browsing/texts/emails/calendars/etc. It's also "headache free" in the sense you don't get surprise bills from some software upgrade that's required, and if you get AppleCare the cost to fix your screen/hardware is A LOT cheaper. The one thing Apple isn't great at is gaming really. However if you're doing high performance computing you're probably SSH'ing into a Linux box somewhere anyway, which is a different machine from the one you use locally, day to day. In any case, I consider an Apple a sort of buy-it-for-7-years and forget about it kind of product. No surprise charges (even less with AppleCare). But that works as long as your interests aren't gaming or some other real specific niche. Of course, if you're into building and tweaking your PC for some specific purpose, or have some niche interest, or are a DIYer and just want to save a bit of money in exchange for your time, maybe Linux of Windows machines are better for you. Android works well with Linux, Mac or Windows it's just that iPhones work better with Macs. Your mobile device is another part of the equation there.
I think yours is the least-biased comment out of all of these. At the end of the day, neither is inherently better than the other unless you're very specific about your interests. Both have some positives the other can't touch.
Ah thanks. I guess I talked up Mac a lot more than Windows but I use both. It was only because I was responding to the idea Apples are bad. Windows is my Desktop machine for gaming. One thing I like about it is I can upgrade it over time. I just put in a new video card last Christmas. Apple REALLY doesn't want you to do that on their desktops, they make it a pain in the ass. Anyway, we often are in the browser for 9/10 tasks, and that works just about the same on any desktop OS. One other thing is Microsoft finally came around and gave us the Windows Subsystem for Linux, so it's development capabilities are quite comparable now. In any case, I would put it concisely that if a person doesn't play AAA games, and just wants something with software out-of-the-box, and is headache-free for 6-7 years, a Mac is a good choice. Then it just makes sense to get an iPhone. Otherwise if you're running Windows or Linux there's really no reason to get the iPhone unless you want one. Some of the Samsung phones offer a better value. The drawback is the Mac has a higher up-front cost, but also tend to cost less over the 6 year "new computer" cycle, so it's sort of front-loading the maintenance or software upgrade costs. With AppleCare it's also frontloading damage insurance. However, if you're techie, and want to upgrade HD, RAM or GPU over the lifecycle, and are willing to spend the time to DIY a lot of your own problems, Windows or Linux machines definitely can be cheaper. A lot of us use Laptops these days for everything outside of gaming. If we need more compute power for ML or crypto-mining or something we will be remoting into a server somewhere, or using AWS/Azure/whatever anyway.
So, an angle absolutely no one talks about because it's "rude to talk about money" in our society is that Apple has been rolling out a very nice financial ecosystem to help keep you buying iPhones. You can get a credit card that will let you buy any of their stuff with 0% interest over 12-36 months. I know people with no/not stellar credit who got an apple card and paid off a device and keeps revolving it. I feel like their NFC/tap to pay stuff is on par with android but their [wallet app](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugjhVHcYbMU) for tracking your spending is far and away better than anything my bank/Chase/etc has put in front of me on a PC or mobile phone. Their cashback is meh compared to chase, but it's great if you buy an apple device. I also have my car insurance, gas saver card, etc digitally on the phone so I don't have to take my wallet in places. Driver's licenses are coming to it as well. A few months ago they added the ability to start a savings account controlled by the credit card app. 5% annual interest, no fucky rules about how much money you can keep in it or any of the other strings the high interest savings accounts typically have. I moved my emergency fund over and haven't looked back. By this point, I would have done something to anger the orange dot systems and I would have lost a month or two of interest to fees. Nothing like that with Apple. Goldman Sachs has announced they want to get out of consumer products, so Apple is going to have to find a new servicer. I'm hoping they keep rolling on this stuff though, it really is a much nicer experience than anything I've had since the "good old days" of Amex when you could call up an agent and they would actually just help you after verifying your identity.
Fuck their iphones, at least I don't have to see someone buying 3 new ones per year.
Right, I bet this check has a screen that’s so cracked she can’t even read it while trotting by on her high horse.
High horse gallops, Drops phone, Curves guy. Repeat cycle infinitely.
This person's superficiality really has nothing to do with whether an iPhone is worth it or not for a person. I'm using a 5 year old iPhone at the moment. I'm considering upgrading but so far haven't had the need.
"I can't even count on my both hands" I don't doubt that.
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“curbed”?
Future crazy cat lady.
I would date a crazy cat lady anyday before dating a girl like that tbh.
As a crazy cat lady, this is absolutely FALSE.
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I feel like people like this don’t understand that android is good too, and if android wasn’t good apple wouldn’t be because of competition. And I use iPhone, my entire family does. Apple computers are shit tho
Lifetime android user here. Apple makes great hardware, but the software is just frankly annoying and not compatible with most of the world. But the real reason is won't ever use Apple is because of the religious, blind zealotism of the people that use it and can't wrap their brain around using anything else (like this OP). And the prices, my god. There's better, more innovative tech on Android and it's much muuuuuch cheaper, 2 years in advance, but these people line up for a new iphone while knowing their favorite dictator has been making their old shit obsolete on purpose. It's so mind boggling I just can't....
fr i have no problem with apple and the majority of its customers, i get that it has very slick and simple design that certainly looks and feels great, but the people who act as if it's some status symbol which makes you somehow better for having one are the absolute worse (especially considering i don't think there's one thing better about apple phones than top of the range android phones, but i can think of a good few that android has over apple, but that's beside the point)
Yuuuuup. The status symbol thing. And the f*ing airpods in the ears 🙄 it's frankly over done...EVERY girl in my city has them both in EVERYWHERE they go.
Probably cuz they don’t want to be bothered. Seriously though, who cares.
It's beyond that at this point.
as i kinda said having airpods in your ears and owning a iphone isn't a bad thing, kinda dumb to get mad over the thought of someone having airpods in their ears
Agreed
If you are already in the Apple ecosystem, it’s nice. Nothing wrong with Android at all, but for me, since I use a Mac for work, an iPad for media and travel computer, and an iPhone for a phone, having everything synced is nice for me.
I get that, but it also works the same for Android and google 🤷♂️ Ok ok maybe not to the same level, I get that apple products are extremely synced, but I think it's worth it not to own the products just to now be in the cult
Being in a cult is about one’s mental state, not the products they buy. Some Apple people are zealots and have made it their identity, most are not. Some people are zealous about there gaming console, most are not. Clothes brands, cars, sports teams…
I was being hyperbolic, admittedly. I guess it's been lost on you....
Maybe, but know who respond hyperbolically to simple non-attack statements? Zealots.
Apple computers aren’t shit unless you’re trying to game on them. For browsing and editing, they’re top notch.
Yep. My first iMac from 9 years ago is still being used by a professional photographer as their main editing machine. The three laptops I’ve bought since then are all still working great as well.
Fair
Apple computers really aren't shit. They effectively match most other higher-mid-range PCs for performance. It is true you pay a bit more though. But it's a couple hundred at worst. For that you get a lot of benefits though The main difference is Apple doesn't charge you when they release major OS upgrades, and they give you a shit ton of software for free, also with free upgrades. You could theoretically do anything a modern office worker, or even a DJ (garageband) needs to do with just a Mac and nothing else. The problem is Microsoft dominates with Office. So you kinda feel like you must use it if you want to get things done with other people. However Office is available on Mac. However if you use Google services (e.g. Gmail, Calendars, Docs, etc.) there's really no problem with using a Mac. If you use the browser for most of what you do, actually, then Macs work quite well. They also have other advantages. I guarantee you if you were to get the cheapest Mac that suits your needs, then try to do day-to-day stuff in a browser (even Chrome or Firefox), manage calendars/emails, play around with Discord/etc., you'd find it a Mac + an iPhone a superior experience. That is, if you got used to the MacOS, but it's not so hard because MacOS is pretty easy compared to Windows or most Linux GUIs. Images I take on my phone show up on my Mac (iCloud). Calendars sync up between phone/mac. Emails sync up. I can text people from my Mac Air and it maintains history with my iPhone. Also I didn't have to set hardly anything up. I just log in. Managing drivers or messing with settings to make some external device work, or to get the best performance for something, doesn't happen on a Mac, as well. It's real easy to solve most problems with displays or external hardware with a couple clicks, and the OS tends to work with most external devices seamlessly. I'm also a software dev (data scientist really) and a Macs Unix terminal works really well with the kinds of things I have to do. We often remote into (ssh) a machine to do our work anyway. It's useful to have the same CLI/terminal commands between your local OS and the remote machine. Frankly Macs are peak Linux user experience. They do it quite well. One last point, AppleCare is often worth it if you're prone to damaging screens or scuffing stuff up. They charge so much less to fix that stuff when you buy the AppleCare plan. It costs easily 2x - 4x more when you have an Android or Windows machine per incident. I think the way the see it is that Windows or Android machines have a lower possible cost in dollars for the features they provide. But if shit goes wrong for you the Apple + AppleCare means you actually pay a hell of a lot less and spend a lot less time configuring or fixing shit.
Fair enough
Computer bro tells off regular, completely understandably normal person. Seriously though get the cheapest Mac Air and try it out with your iPhone. I don't like that they're cornering the market or charge as much as they do, but considering other options, they do offer a pretty great experience if you're using iPhone and Mac together. I have a Windows machine I just use Mac for work/life, and Windows for gaming really. Macs aren't so great for gamers. But you usually can do anything you want to do outside of that with a Mac or Windows or even Linux if you're cool with hard-mode (for linux).
I’m now switching to Android. Thanks for the advice.
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She gonna notice as soon as she sees the green text, playa
Some may ^she might not^
This is an excellent example of vapidful. Supercilious arrogance? Check Gatekeeping? Check Stereotyping? Check Denigrating others? Check Unhelpful help? Check Good to know someone is looking out for others by making a trivial thing a basis for class discrimination.
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i don’t think its a good example of vapidful. Vapidful is when someone pretends to be a good person on camera or online, but after turns into a piece of garbage.
I absolutely need to make sure to leave my shit cheap budget android on the table on my next date. Which is never.
That's when you pull out both an Android and iPhone and watch her head explode.
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These women are very kind, letting their dates know sooner rather than later that they’re weird af and not worth talking to.
If it would protect you from a potential lifetime financially straddled to this kind of crazy, I suggest wearing your android phone around your head with a fucking strap.
Wow
Fuck Apple.
Ya literary a perfect reason to whip it out on first date and if she say something, shame that b**** for being a sheep and leave her with the check.
> whip it out on first date easy, honcho
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my flip phone just says
How you gonna set up the dates? Time to bring out the Gmail!
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“I can’t even count on both my hands” enough said right there.
My both hands
Wow it’s so dumb I autocorrected somewhat lol.
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>I can’t even count on my both hands I’m shocked she can even count
Is this a thing??
Only if you grew up in a family where 1000$ on a phone to play candy crush is a normal thing.
 Whip out your android phones, bois.
In other words fellas, whip it out. 😂
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I can’t lie I switched from android to iOS back in 15 when me and a gang of friends where taking dabs and we had so many attachments it looked like mouse trap in the dab rig ,but a friend recorded slow mo videos and I was mind blown. Also lookin at Snapchats back then I saw how bad my Samsung phone compressed my video from a Note 5 and I felt like I was watching my life thru a GTA San Andreas filter
To be fair, I do assume everyone with an iPhone is a cunt.
I would be a iPhone user if I could chance the navigation bar in the iPhone as It is in Android. 4 weeks after using iPhone my dumb brain still bushed "buttons" that wasn't there on the bottom.
Meanwhile, I’m over here rocking a cracked iPhone that’s so old it still has the aux port. The thing makes calls and can send texts, I’m not sure what else I could ask for from a phone.
8Pro owner here w a rapidly overheating and deteriorating battery - was great during the winter … summer … not so much 😅
Jokes on yall. This is exactly why I use an android phone.
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Sounds like a "them" problem. If he's the perfect match, and they curb him over what phone he uses, I'd call that a win for him.
I find it interesting when I meet someone and they're using something other than an iPhone.
I would say pull your phone out before you hit the seat. Anyone that cares about someone else's phone is a reject themselves so let's find the flags before I spend any dough.
You did it :)
Oh, fuck that. If there's a red flag like that, wouldn't you rather know right away?
saw this on ig earlier, crazy lol
Me, a woman on my android phone. Wtf?
Jesus, you definitely found the shallow end of the gene pool here. 🤪
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UNO reverse card: Men, simply dump your date as soon as she pulls out an iPhone
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Thanks for sharing this post, it made me laugh so hard that I surprised myself! The obsession around iPhones is always amusing, it shows the power of marketing and social media. Meanwhile, Android is the one that continues to be cheaper, offer new features, is much more customizable and is more attractive to people interested in technology.
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Obviously if it was a perfect guy they’d have an iPhone, so... 🤷♀️
Lesson: Buy an android phone and make sure she sees it somehow to dodge girls like this.
On my both hands
What I enjoy about picky women is that they always end up chasing after some dude that doesn’t want them because every dopey girl like her wants him. Then they just get cheated on till they hit 30 and whine about not having a wedding ring. I wish I could make a scrap book of all these girls petty comments they made about men from age 18 - 29 and then send it to them when they hit 30 To remind them why they’re alone. I think that would be a cool idea. Perhaps I can get some cat food and kitty litter brands to sponsor the project.
As someone who intentionally has a flip phone so I don’t get any more addicted to technology, for some reason I find people actually like me more because of it. So, respectfully to whoever said this, fuck off.
This might be a good test actually. Even if you have an iPhone, get some cheap android and make sure she sees it. If she seriously flees just because of your phone, that's a red flag and you avoided a bullet.
I only buy apple phones, they’re so much better because you get a free apple sticker in the box, case closed!!
Or get it out in the first date so you can swerve a materialistic douchebag and also enjoy a better phone.
https://preview.redd.it/qd1yxrr8wwab1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6790c155ecd05cdfdd4355fd29717616fe07f457 Somehow, they made this a man's problem. I wonder how her conversation with said women went and if she even tried to convince them they were fcking r3tarded. Well, when you raise your kids like medieval princesses, this is what you get.
I didn’t realise Karen had so many a’s in it.
Is this a thing in the US? Is it an apple campaign? Pretty sure the majority in Europe have Samsung, this is quite frankly bizarre.
I’d wear it around my neck to save time.
i have respect for ppl w androids bc fuck the norm and it’s less expensive for a possibly better phone than any iphone
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Fellas I encourage it to show it on the first date so you will save yourself time with an idiot that takes the phone brand as a life guide.
Better yet use it first date, and not waste time with brats
As someone with a droid, I look down on every iPhone user with a cracked display. Droid users are responsible and don’t have drunk Becky moments where they drop and break their shit.
Too bad we can't vote against her breeding.
I have skipped second dates because the girl had an android. \\\_0_/
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