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I think it's still relevant, because Apple has historically had great mindshare amongst thought leaders — now that it appears to have lost it, it's only a matte
by zeveb 10y ago
I think it's still relevant, because Apple has historically had great mindshare amongst thought leaders — now that it appears to have lost it, it's only a matter of time before it starts to lose mindshare amongst normal folks.
A non-technical acquaintance who occasionally asks me for computer help recently switched from Android to iOS (at the behest of her daughter, indicating Apple's continuing mindshare amongst at least one segment), and she utterly hates it compared to Android. From what I can tell, it's not solely because of the pain of changing — it's also that iOS simply isn't as pleasant to use. And that says something, given that she was using a fairly terrible vendor Android previously.
That's just one anecdote, but I wonder how many others there are. How many vi-users will seriously consider switching to Windows or Linux? How many power users will have to switch to Windows or Linux just for more RAM? At what point do people who used to be proud Apple fanatics become sheepish, and at what point do sheepish Apple users just switch to something else already?
- danieldk 10y agoA non-technical acquaintance who occasionally asks me for computer help recently switched from Android to iOS (at the behest of her daughter, indicating Apple's continuing mindshare amongst at least one segment), and she utterly hates it compared to Android. And I know as many people who went in the opposite direction, love iOS and love the integration with their Macs (hand-off, etc.). An anecdote is just an anecdote. At what point do people who used to be proud Apple fanatics become sheepish, and at what point do sheepish Apple users just switch to something else already? Until 'something else' offers: good retina support (including mixing retina and non-retina displays), hardware that works out of the box, long battery life as stated by the manufacturer [1], no spying on user behavior, proper GUI and application sandboxing, low weight, uniform application look & feel + shortcuts, etc. (I use Linux and Mac, switched from 3 years of Android back to iOS. So hardly a purist ;).) [1] http://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/03/which-laptop-battery-tests-manufacturers-overstate/ http://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/03/which-laptop-battery-tes...
- gvd 10y agoYou know what happens in nature when you don't adapt quick enough to change...