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ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



Boosted_C5 posted:

Apple build quality is poo poo.

Also their products constantly malfunction and OH GREAT ANOTHER RELATIVE IS ASKING ME TO FIX THEIR STUPID loving I-PHONE OR MACBOOK.

Apple's core customer is either (a) a dumb hipster millenial, or (b) your dumb old relative who posts chain e-mails on facebook.

Old people LOVE their crap.

uh wrong fucko!

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Amorphous Blob
Jun 26, 2009

by Lowtax

(and can't post for 2 years!)

ive never met an itard who was super proud of their expensive toys. all of them acted kind of embarrassed and ashamed

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Amorphous Blob posted:

ive never met an itard who was super proud of their expensive toys. all of them acted kind of embarrassed and ashamed

we met different itards

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



i have owned probably 10 laptops and this 2015 15 Inch Retina Macbook Pro is by far the best, in fact.. it ... owns

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
Just want to remind you Apple is the best and the ATV 4 will revolutionize TV and everyone will realize how incredibly lovely set top boxes and smart TVs are. It will do to TV what the iPhone did to phones. Next 18 months are going to be Google rushing to get a version of android that supports a full app store to set top boxes and failing horribly just like they did with tablets.

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



Locker Room Zubaz posted:

Just want to remind you Apple is the best and the ATV 4 will revolutionize TV and everyone will realize how incredibly lovely set top boxes and smart TVs are. It will do to TV what the iPhone did to phones. Next 18 months are going to be Google rushing to get a version of android that supports a full app store to set top boxes and failing horribly just like they did with tablets.

seriously say good by to your ps4s people, tomorrow you won't need them anymore

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

ethanol posted:

i have owned probably 10 laptops and this 2015 15 Inch Retina Macbook Pro is by far the best, in fact.. it ... owns


This dude knows whats up. Retina Macbook's are a gift from glorious leader Tim Cook and Sir Jonny Ives

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

etalian posted:

Because they have a brand and big a profit margin on each iphone sold before you get into extra bullshit such as extended warranty plans.

Yes, and their market share is bigger than any other manufacturer by orders of magnitude. I get it. It's just disheartening to see how willing a large subset of people is to shovel tons of cash for what is essentially the same loving thing as last year's shiny thing, but +1.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Mooktastical posted:

Yes, and their market share is bigger than any other manufacturer by orders of magnitude. I get it. It's just disheartening to see how willing a large subset of people is to shovel tons of cash for what is essentially the same loving thing as last year's shiny thing, but +1.

Their brand is so good they actually spend less on marketing their phones each year than Samsung

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

Mooktastical posted:

Yes, and their market share is bigger than any other manufacturer by orders of magnitude. I get it. It's just disheartening to see how willing a large subset of people is to shovel tons of cash for what is essentially the same loving thing as last year's shiny thing, but +1.

when the +1 is extra battery life and a smaller device that your cell provider is going to pay for the majority of why would you not upgrade?

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Hasta La Vista



Iphone

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Blazing Ownager posted:

Hasta La Vista



Iphone
i'm listening to "Faithless" by Black Veil Brides and the chorus came on while this gif was playing and it fit really well for some reason

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Locker Room Zubaz posted:

when the +1 is extra battery life and a smaller device that your cell provider is going to pay for the majority of why would you not upgrade?

well US cell providers have started to move away from the "free" phone every two years model.

toggle
Nov 7, 2005

people always ask me how to backup contacts or photos from an iphone. i dont know, how do you?

i rock a galaxy 4 with a mini sd card, thats how i backup my all dickpics and escort numbers

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

Locker Room Zubaz posted:

when the +1 is extra battery life and a smaller device that your cell provider is going to pay for the majority of why would you not upgrade?

lol you actually believe you're not just paying a 0% loan over the course of 2 years? Do you get the warranty too? I'm so close right now dude you don't even know.

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

toggle posted:

people always ask me how to backup contacts or photos from an iphone. i dont know, how do you?
you just plug it into a computer?

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

toggle posted:

people always ask me how to backup contacts or photos from an iphone. i dont know, how do you?

i rock a galaxy 4 with a mini sd card, thats how i backup my all dickpics and escort numbers

Apple has their own service, just use it since your pics will be hanging out on the apple server next to the nude Jennifer Lawrence pics,

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

Mooktastical posted:

lol you actually believe you're not just paying a 0% loan over the course of 2 years? Do you get the warranty too? I'm so close right now dude you don't even know.

I do believe that because my phone bill is still really low compared to every provider but pay as you go Tmobile

Kleen_TheRacistDog
Feb 17, 2014

Can't bust the Krust fuckman
www.skullmund.com
what happens if you ask Siri to suck your dick?

(idk b/c i don't use apple products, that's why im asking)

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

toggle posted:

people always ask me how to backup contacts or photos from an iphone. i dont know, how do you?

i rock a galaxy 4 with a mini sd card, thats how i backup my all dickpics and escort numbers

everything backs up to icloud automatically like magic

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

etalian posted:

Their brand is so good they actually spend less on marketing their phones each year than Samsung

Every manufacturer is guilty of this now. I mean, it's hilarious that there are things like ip68 and wireless charging that Apple isn't implementing, while still charging ahead with their never-ending iterative process, but basically every Android phone released since like halfway through 2014 has been guilty of the same thing, too.

Mooktastical fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Sep 9, 2015

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

lol at least in the US the "free" phone is cancelled by the higher monthly rates.

The free phone is just a good to get you on the contract.

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

Locker Room Zubaz posted:

I do believe that because my phone bill is still really low compared to every provider but pay as you go Tmobile

This is meaningless without numbers. What phone, carrier, when did you buy it, what do you pay per month, what was the upfront cost? Every phone sold for a while now has been without subsidy, with the possible exception of Sprint, who would probably buy you a prostitute if you signed up with that dogshit company and they could get away with it.

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



ill be getting the iphone 6s with a $150 credit my total monltly bill with the phone payment will be $55 but I'll be using the $150 for the first three months or so :smug:

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

ethanol posted:

ill be getting the iphone 6s with a $150 credit my total monltly bill with the phone payment will be $55 but I'll be using the $150 for the first three months or so :smug:

Sony Z3C + T-Mo nerd plan, yo

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

well you sort of forced to buy a iphone if you want a decent compact smartphone.

New android phones are Xbox huge

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



My mom has an iPhone and every time she asks for help with it I am struck by what a dogshit, retarded and exploitative interface it is. Android is so much more objectively useful that it boggles my mind that there are people who actually prefer the steaming horseshit which is iOS.

Twinty Zuleps
May 10, 2008

by R. Guyovich
Lipstick Apathy
My hacked My Little Pony mobile game save file is on an iPhone, and they fixed the glitch that the hack exploited, so if I ever switch to anything other than an iPhone I'll never get to watch Princess Celestia slowly walk around Ponyville on a 4 inch screen ever again.

I'm going to get a 6S.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

CaptainSarcastic posted:

My mom has an iPhone and every time she asks for help with it I am struck by what a dogshit, retarded and exploitative interface it is. Android is so much more objectively useful that it boggles my mind that there are people who actually prefer the steaming horseshit which is iOS.

iOS sucks balls since Apple doesn't want you to customize basic things like default apps launching or simple things like arranging icons.

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

etalian posted:

well you sort of forced to buy a iphone if you want a decent compact smartphone.

New android phones are Xbox huge

The Sony Compact series is literally the only contradiction to that. poo poo sucks.

CaptainSarcastic posted:

My mom has an iPhone and every time she asks for help with it I am struck by what a dogshit, retarded and exploitative interface it is. Android is so much more objectively useful that it boggles my mind that there are people who actually prefer the steaming horseshit which is iOS.

I get paid for it now. Today, I had a guy call to ask why his iPhone wasn't ringing when he got calls. Turns out, the switch was flipped. Derp.

I had another one last week that relied on the touch ID as his sole method of unlocking the device. As in, he forgot his pin code as soon as he set one. He also apparently had a gently caress load of pictures on it that were never backed up. Well, apparently iPhones won't let you fingerprint unlock after a restart. That was a fun one.

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



etalian posted:

iOS sucks balls since Apple doesn't want you to customize basic things like default apps launching or simple things like arranging icons.

"Here is a supercomputer you can carry in your pocket! What do you mean you think it should have more than one button? One button was good enough for our classic flagship computers, and by God it's good enough for our phones!"

The navigational design of iPhones seems more geared to toddlers or orangutangs than to competent adults.

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

CaptainSarcastic posted:

"Here is a supercomputer you can carry in your pocket! What do you mean you think it should have more than one button? One button was good enough for our classic flagship computers, and by God it's good enough for our phones!"

The navigational design of iPhones seems more geared to toddlers or orangutangs than to competent adults.

"People don't know what they want until you show it to them."

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

the one button bullshit is just disgusting.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

CaptainSarcastic posted:

"Here is a supercomputer you can carry in your pocket! What do you mean you think it should have more than one button? One button was good enough for our classic flagship computers, and by God it's good enough for our phones!"

The navigational design of iPhones seems more geared to toddlers or orangutangs than to competent adults.

we defined a interface for morons who could never understand concepts like app management.

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf

toggle posted:

people always ask me how to backup contacts or photos from an iphone. i dont know, how do you?
lmao if you know people or take pictures of things, i say

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



etalian posted:

we defined a interface for morons who could never understand concepts like app management.

Judging from the design of the iPhone one would have to surmise that the ideal Apple customer is illiterate and incapable of manual dexterity in excess of gripping a phone in their clumsy claw-like hands.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Judging from the design of the iPhone one would have to surmise that the ideal Apple customer is illiterate and incapable of manual dexterity in excess of gripping a phone in their clumsy claw-like hands.

Only Zoidberg thinks the design is good.

etalian fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Sep 9, 2015

That Robot
Sep 16, 2004

ask me anything about robots
Buglord

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Judging from the design of the iPhone one would have to surmise that the ideal Apple customer is illiterate and incapable of manual dexterity in excess of gripping a phone in their clumsy claw-like hands.

wow dude

that's a lot of hyperbole

nice

you used to be cool

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



That Robot posted:

wow dude

that's a lot of hyperbole

nice

you used to be cool

See, I'm not sure that "hyperbole" is going to be handled correctly by the text-to-speech software they are pushing on us to kill our minds.

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Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

CaptainSarcastic posted:

See, I'm not sure that "hyperbole" is going to be handled correctly by the text-to-speech software they are pushing on us to kill our minds.

Well the powers-that-be finally authorized Swiftkey, so if someone posts in GBS enough, it'll start recommending it after the "Hy".

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