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> if they want a premium product And don't care if all their other products have to be from Apple. You don't buy "one" Apple product which "just works". You h

by arkh 6y ago

> if they want a premium product And don't care if all their other products have to be from Apple. You don't buy "one" Apple product which "just works". You have to buy everything from the ecosystem. Lately I was checking for some good wireless earplugs. The airpods seem to be the best. But only if you're using an iPhone.

filoleg 6y ago
>You don't buy "one" Apple product which "just works". >You have to buy everything from the ecosystem. Agreed with the first, heavily disagreed with the second. People often end up buying into the Apple ecosystem after just one product, but not because they have to, but because they feel compelled to. That was me with original airpods. They worked superbly with android, no complaints whatsoever. So I was like "huh, let me check out their other newer product offerings, it's been quite a while". Eventually, i ended up buying heavily into the ecosystem, and couldn't be happier (sidenote: shared clipboard between your phone and laptop/desktop is amazing). In fact, I think the timing and everything about original airpods was a stroke of genius. I single-handedly know quite a few people who couldn't care less about Apple ecosystem at all and owned zero Apple devices, but they eventually gave in to try airpods, bought them, and a few years down the road ended up buying an iPhone or a Mac. Some of them were even very staunch pro-android people.
- yorwba 6y ago
  > sidenote: shared clipboard between your phone and laptop/desktop is amazing KDE Connect: free, open source and, despite the name, works even if you're not using KDE.
bun_at_work 6y ago
I didn't have an iPhone when I first bought AirPods. They are the best for working out at the gym, so I went for them, after trying some alternatives. The phone I used them with first was the Pixel 2. They worked perfectly fine. The only heartburn I had was once I had paired them with my Macbook, the bluetooth connection would prefer the Macbook over the phone, which was sometimes annoying. Others might be upset at the lack of support for the Google Assistant, but for actually using the headphones, there was nothing better, even on Android.

by arkh 6y ago

filoleg 6y ago

>You don't buy "one" Apple product which "just works". >You have to buy everything from the ecosystem. Agreed with the first, heavily disagreed with the second. People often end up buying into the Apple ecosystem after just one product, but not because they have to, but because they feel compelled to. That was me with original airpods. They worked superbly with android, no complaints whatsoever. So I was like "huh, let me check out their other newer product offerings, it's been quite a while". Eventually, i ended up buying heavily into the ecosystem, and couldn't be happier (sidenote: shared clipboard between your phone and laptop/desktop is amazing). In fact, I think the timing and everything about original airpods was a stroke of genius. I single-handedly know quite a few people who couldn't care less about Apple ecosystem at all and owned zero Apple devices, but they eventually gave in to try airpods, bought them, and a few years down the road ended up buying an iPhone or a Mac. Some of them were even very staunch pro-android people.

yorwba 6y ago
> sidenote: shared clipboard between your phone and laptop/desktop is amazing KDE Connect: free, open source and, despite the name, works even if you're not using KDE.

bun_at_work 6y ago

I didn't have an iPhone when I first bought AirPods. They are the best for working out at the gym, so I went for them, after trying some alternatives. The phone I used them with first was the Pixel 2. They worked perfectly fine. The only heartburn I had was once I had paired them with my Macbook, the bluetooth connection would prefer the Macbook over the phone, which was sometimes annoying. Others might be upset at the lack of support for the Google Assistant, but for actually using the headphones, there was nothing better, even on Android.