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Mine too. But it has nothing to do with the hardware or software (I'd argue that for many things the Apple ecosystem makes things harder due to its inflexibilit
by adambatkin 5y ago
Mine too. But it has nothing to do with the hardware or software (I'd argue that for many things the Apple ecosystem makes things harder due to its inflexibility) and everything to do with the fact that whenever they have a problem they can walk to an Apple Store (or call Apple Care) and they are able to help without having to work around my time constraints (job, family, etc...) I suppose that's a type of integration too (the fact that Apple has retail stores and a Genius Bar that for "normal" people works well to solve "normal" problems) but it has nothing to do with pure technological innovation.
- zepto 5y ago> (I'd argue that for many things the Apple ecosystem makes things harder due to its inflexibility) Yes - many things are harder, but on balance the Apple ecosystem delivers better end user results. But your point is important - there is huge opportunity for something better. Apple isn’t standing in the way of that. The belief that Microsoft or Linux as they stand are somehow better is. (I think Linux is fundamental to what comes next, but only if we people stop pretending it is currently better for end users and stop trying to make it more like an Apple product)
- lotsofpulp 5y agoYes, I don’t know why, but Microsoft doesn’t want spend the money to compete in the face to face customer service space. No big company except Apple does. And I like rewarding that. I can’t believe Microsoft even opened a whole bunch of stores. They just keep quitting after a couple years. If they were willing to plow some money into it for a decade and keep supporting windows phone and clean Windows laptops, maybe we’d have some competition.
- zepto 5y agoWindows is much harder to support. That’s the problem. A modular system could be better, but Microsoft’s is not it.