genuinely curious as to why people choose that brand, are alternatives really that bad?

As I see it:

  • you pay for the hardware and software, which is fine, but
  • if you want to upgrade the OS, you have to pay once again, but this doesn’t work if your hardware model stops being supported. Why pay for something with a limited life expectancy?
  • you cannot get rid of bloatware, only hide it
  • software is made specifically to be only compatible within their ecosystem. If you want to build up on existing software and hardware, you either stay in their system and keep paying them or start anew with a freer alternative.
  • I find it ridiculous they use fancy names to name even their support staff instead of just calling it support staff. Why make things complicated?
  • I don’t understand why they use pentalobe screws instead or regular ones (with a line or a cross section)

Feel free to correct me, I may be misguided.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I have early-2015 13" Retina MacBook Pro with 512gb SSD

    Hands down the best piece of tech I’ve ever owned. It’s not without its flaws but the saying “it just works” couldn’t be more accurate. That’s exactly what my experience with it has been. I really like the concept of the Framework laptop but the truth is that I’ve been so happy with my MBP that I might just get another. Especially now that they brought back the SD card slot and HDMI port.

    The only two issues I’ve had with it was the anti-glare coating on the screen that started coming off and leaving a keyboard imprint on my screen. I fixed that by rubbing off the coating using cotton pads and toilet bowl cleaner.

    The another issue is the letter i that stopped working and replacing the keyboard would mean gutting the entire computer and ripping out the old keyboard that’s attached by plastic rivets instead of screws. I’m just using an external keyboard instead.

    • pascal@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      I’m a windows and Linux user. I received for free an old 2015 MacBook air. I absolutely love it (after installing brew).

      With how infuriating Windows 11 is, I’m slowly starting to understand why people prefer to pay more for a Mac.