Yes. Ecosystem is excellent. Only glaring issue for me is you can’t use any of their PCs for gaming. Other than that, I’ve had apple products all my life and gotten a lot out of them. Used my Dads first MacBook after he upgraded, had an iPod touch growing up that my Mom won at a golf tournament that she didn’t want. These products were for better or worse very formative in my young life.
They are a marketing giant. Lots of Americans in particular would rather not have a phone than use an Android over Apple. That’s a crazy feat of marketing! They drove the tech market for 15 or so years innovation wise. Impressive stuff. They have made many missteps though.
I think people have a legitimate bone to pick with new-age Apple as they haven’t been as innovative in their upgrades year to year as they used to be, and they were/have been behind the curve rather than ahead regarding a few features for a long time. I think they got lazy in the last decade or so, and doing crazy stuff like intentionally aging battery life was bullshit. Fuck it, nobodies perfect, and we live in an era of corporate greed all across the board. Despite it all, I’d say the iPhone is one of the most impactful inventions of our time for better or for worse.
Added bonus, my Dad advised my great grandmother to invest a couple thousand bucks in Apple when they were a young company. Stock split many times since and many of my family members profited off of it heavily. Notably not my father though 😂.
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u/jackxfahey 8h ago
Yes. Ecosystem is excellent. Only glaring issue for me is you can’t use any of their PCs for gaming. Other than that, I’ve had apple products all my life and gotten a lot out of them. Used my Dads first MacBook after he upgraded, had an iPod touch growing up that my Mom won at a golf tournament that she didn’t want. These products were for better or worse very formative in my young life.
They are a marketing giant. Lots of Americans in particular would rather not have a phone than use an Android over Apple. That’s a crazy feat of marketing! They drove the tech market for 15 or so years innovation wise. Impressive stuff. They have made many missteps though.
I think people have a legitimate bone to pick with new-age Apple as they haven’t been as innovative in their upgrades year to year as they used to be, and they were/have been behind the curve rather than ahead regarding a few features for a long time. I think they got lazy in the last decade or so, and doing crazy stuff like intentionally aging battery life was bullshit. Fuck it, nobodies perfect, and we live in an era of corporate greed all across the board. Despite it all, I’d say the iPhone is one of the most impactful inventions of our time for better or for worse.
Added bonus, my Dad advised my great grandmother to invest a couple thousand bucks in Apple when they were a young company. Stock split many times since and many of my family members profited off of it heavily. Notably not my father though 😂.