It’s not just a product. Apple is so much more. Trying to say it’s just a product is either severely misguided or a lie. Apple is a whole lock-in ecosystem. Goo

It’s not just a product. Apple is so much more. Trying to say it’s just a product is either severely misguided or a lie. Apple is a whole lock-in ecosystem. Good luck getting your music out of iTunes. iMessage is not available on other platforms. Can I pair my Apple Watch to my android? Can another platform project to an Apple TV? But that’s fine, they’re betraying what they used to stand for (the things that brought us to them in the first place) so it’s not worth it anymore. I’ll never buy an Apple computer again either. And I’m not a casual Apple user. Bought my first Mac (with a black screen in the age before hard drives) when I was 12 (mom paid for half but the rest was money I saved). Worked in the my campus’s first iMac lab. Deployed and maintained macs for the next decade. I was loyal not to a brand but to a product focused company- because they took care of their customers, because their products just worked, because they were fighting for something better than the boring mess that was windows. They appealed to education customers and creative people. The products cost more, but lasted longer and were a joy to use. They made big moves and bold plays that in retrospect were sound. Eliminating the floppy drive, taking a chance on FireWire. But lately they’ve gotten arrogant and disdainful. “Ask me again later” is a slap in the face. How about “No” motherfucker? USBC is a fucking joke. It was a mistake and they simply can’t admit it. Everybody has a handful of dongles on their desk, more complexity for no gain. Charging over usb is fine, but is it really better than MagSafe? (No, no it is not) Where can I buy a usbc keyboard? Maybe from the company going all in on USBC? Nope. Whatever, I’m done. I went Linux two years ago and never looked back. Tried to go to Android too, but it’s just too terrible. I’ll ditch my iPhone too when I can no longer buy one with a headphone jack. In conclusion fuck Apple. And to all the apologists saying get over it? No. They’re destroying something that used to be great. I refuse to forget. I’ll take the spirit they have abandoned and I’ll make it mine. I’ll hold them as an example of what not to do, and example of where not to go wrong. And I’ll never forget. Neither should any of you.