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They made a design flaw (too short flex cable for monitor) on some laptops but only offered extended warranty fixes to the less expensive versions of that lapto

They made a design flaw (too short flex cable for monitor) on some laptops but only offered extended warranty fixes to the less expensive versions of that laptop. Apple is not the champion you think it is. Also they made their phone have random errors and slowness if you replaced the camera module with no error message so that you would blame the tech shop you got it repaired at for "breaking it".

2muchcoffeeman 5y ago
At least within the eco system, Apple aren’t going to push ads onto your computer. The dichotomy isn’t Apple vs PC anymore. It’s walled garden vs freedom. If you’re going to choose a walled garden, Apple sure is the nicest. If you want to own your hardware you need to start supporting the smaller players.
- fomine3 5y ago
  I don't believe Apple will pushing ads, but their laptop can't run OS other than macOS. So if they do harmful thing for macOS, there's no way to escape with same hardware, until Linux hackers make it possible to run Desktop Linux.
  - imwillofficial 5y ago
    ^ Absolutely not true. I even got Linux running on an decade old 12in PowerBook G4. There is even a browser made for PowerPC, although the name escapes me.
    - fomine3 5y ago
      Do you know what's happened on M1 Mac?
      - ac29 5y ago
        Linux is being ported to M1: https://asahilinux.org/ https://asahilinux.org/
  - allarm 5y ago
    I run Linux on my Macbook Pro 2013.
- webmobdev 5y ago
  They too bundle useless apps like News, Stock, etc. even if you don't want it or will ever use it on every Apple device.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 5y ago
    You can delete most iOS apps: Stocks, News, Mail, Safari are all removable. Also they are not ads and can actually do something useful. MacOS is also ad free.
    - webmobdev 5y ago
      While I agree that Apple is much better than others in not bundling adware with their product (the exception being App Store, which is also an advertising platform for them) they do bundle many apps with their device. And bundling is also a kind of advertisement / promotion. And on ios you can't remove some of these apps but only hide them.

2muchcoffeeman 5y ago

At least within the eco system, Apple aren’t going to push ads onto your computer. The dichotomy isn’t Apple vs PC anymore. It’s walled garden vs freedom. If you’re going to choose a walled garden, Apple sure is the nicest. If you want to own your hardware you need to start supporting the smaller players.

fomine3 5y ago
I don't believe Apple will pushing ads, but their laptop can't run OS other than macOS. So if they do harmful thing for macOS, there's no way to escape with same hardware, until Linux hackers make it possible to run Desktop Linux.
- imwillofficial 5y ago
  ^ Absolutely not true. I even got Linux running on an decade old 12in PowerBook G4. There is even a browser made for PowerPC, although the name escapes me.
  - fomine3 5y ago
    Do you know what's happened on M1 Mac?
    - ac29 5y ago
      Linux is being ported to M1: https://asahilinux.org/ https://asahilinux.org/
- allarm 5y ago
  I run Linux on my Macbook Pro 2013.
webmobdev 5y ago
They too bundle useless apps like News, Stock, etc. even if you don't want it or will ever use it on every Apple device.
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y ago
  You can delete most iOS apps: Stocks, News, Mail, Safari are all removable. Also they are not ads and can actually do something useful. MacOS is also ad free.
  - webmobdev 5y ago
    While I agree that Apple is much better than others in not bundling adware with their product (the exception being App Store, which is also an advertising platform for them) they do bundle many apps with their device. And bundling is also a kind of advertisement / promotion. And on ios you can't remove some of these apps but only hide them.