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I haven't owned apple hardware for about a decade, and I was seriously considering buying a MacBook Air to try the ecosystem out again, thinking that I'd give i
by Teever 4y ago
I haven't owned apple hardware for about a decade, and I was seriously considering buying a MacBook Air to try the ecosystem out again, thinking that I'd give it to my gf if I didn't like it, or if I really liked it I'd upgrade to a MBP and still give her the air.
These comments about services have me reconsidering this plan.
- Gigachad 4y agoApple doesn't really push or require their services. The Google and other ones work just as fine as they do on Windows. Apple wins people over by just making their stuff work better and you naturally end up using their stuff simply because its better rather than because you had to. * Some of their services actually don't work better. Apple Music sucks so people still use Spotify. Which is one of the areas of growth for Apple since they have the ability to make Apple Music the best, they just haven't yet.
- Teever 4y agoThe music experience on Apple has sucked for like 15 years, since I last used iTunes. Apple has had plenty of time to get their shit together with music. The fact that they haven't after 15 years tells me that they don't want to.
- adastra22 4y agoSo far the services are value add and not required at all. I have a paid iCloud account because I like syncing photos between devices and seamlessly sharing with family, and I need the cloud backup option. The other stuff I don’t have and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on. That said, this could change on a whim…