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There’s a difference between “no longer sells good products” and “no longer sells the exact product I want”.

by wilsonnb3 8y ago

tehduder9 8y ago
Yep, people have been repeating this same meme for a little more than half a decade and the amount of money they make and product they sell has only gone up.
jgalentine007 8y ago
I don't know, I'd agree with the OP. I like OSX, have 3 macbooks, but damn if the new ones aren't a terrible compromise - especially the keyboards and being forced into the touchbar (which is a straight up gimmick like 3d tv)
save_ferris 8y ago
It's weird how as they've added more SKUs to their product lineup, it's become harder to find the exact product I want. Their product lineup used to be so simple and easy to navigate, but now it's a mess, and it's opinionated just enough to push users in a particular direction. Want a fully-loaded 15 in. MBP without a touch bar? Too bad. I don't care that it shines when using Garage Band because I don't really use Garage Band. They appeared to kill the Macbook Air when they dropped the latest iteration of the Macbook, only to bring back the Air last month. Sure, these machines are all still well-built and should meet the demands of their users. But Apple's ability to communicate and ship their various product lines is getting noticeably worse, and that raises fears for the future (rightfully so.) Because at the end of the day, we're not just buying laptops and phones, we're committing to the ecosystem that these devices grant us access to.
- theabacus 8y ago
  > I don't care that it shines when using Garage Band because I don't really use Garage Band. Who uses Garage Band, ever? Such a limited piece of dumbed down Logic X garbage. I go buy good software for music and delete that st but, man!, that program is like cancer—it just keeps coming back. Now, THAT is frustrating.

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There’s a difference between “no longer sells good products” and “no longer sells the exact product I want”.

by wilsonnb3 8y ago

There’s a difference between “no longer sells good products” and “no longer sells the exact product I want”.

tehduder9 8y ago
Yep, people have been repeating this same meme for a little more than half a decade and the amount of money they make and product they sell has only gone up.
jgalentine007 8y ago
I don't know, I'd agree with the OP. I like OSX, have 3 macbooks, but damn if the new ones aren't a terrible compromise - especially the keyboards and being forced into the touchbar (which is a straight up gimmick like 3d tv)
save_ferris 8y ago
It's weird how as they've added more SKUs to their product lineup, it's become harder to find the exact product I want. Their product lineup used to be so simple and easy to navigate, but now it's a mess, and it's opinionated just enough to push users in a particular direction. Want a fully-loaded 15 in. MBP without a touch bar? Too bad. I don't care that it shines when using Garage Band because I don't really use Garage Band. They appeared to kill the Macbook Air when they dropped the latest iteration of the Macbook, only to bring back the Air last month. Sure, these machines are all still well-built and should meet the demands of their users. But Apple's ability to communicate and ship their various product lines is getting noticeably worse, and that raises fears for the future (rightfully so.) Because at the end of the day, we're not just buying laptops and phones, we're committing to the ecosystem that these devices grant us access to.
- theabacus 8y ago
  > I don't care that it shines when using Garage Band because I don't really use Garage Band. Who uses Garage Band, ever? Such a limited piece of dumbed down Logic X garbage. I go buy good software for music and delete that st but, man!, that program is like cancer—it just keeps coming back. Now, THAT is frustrating.