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Except they fucked up the experience for those of us who wanted a desktop OS without stupid distractions and not a phone on our desktop. This is so bad that I h

Except they fucked up the experience for those of us who wanted a desktop OS without stupid distractions and not a phone on our desktop. This is so bad that I have not updated any of my 6 macs to Lion and refuse to buy any more Apple hardware. I'll continue with Snow Leopard for as long as it is viable and leverage my hardware investment, but come time for upgrade Apple won't even be considered. It's really sad to see what happened to a once nice and open ecosystem. I honestly can't recommend a Mac to any of my friends or family any more. Apple is on a draconian quest to kill general purpose computing and lock everyone in. It's time to fight the evil before it's to late. Unfortunately Apple already has so much power over hardware manufacturers that Microsoft could only dream of in its heyday.

rayiner 15y ago
What in the world are you talking about? What stupid distractions have been added in Lion? What have they locked down?
- gurkendoktor 15y ago
  Turning pages in iCal, the hassle of changing groups in Address Book, Exposé being killed where Mission Control adds much more visual clutter (I don't need my wallpaper to shrink or to see other spaces), apps auto-restoring old documents, the 'app opens' animation, the list of recent documents in the Dock icon menu which I don't even want to think about while I'm focusing. And then some stuff is distracting by being less obvious. For example, when the "default calendar" system in iCal is suddenly more complicated than the system it has replaced. (unless you only have one calendar) Not all of these personally bother me, but "what in the world" seems a bit harsh when some of them are the most common complaints about Lion.
Zak 15y ago
Except they fucked up the experience for those of us who wanted a desktop OS without stupid distractions and not a phone on our desktop. Apple is not building your idea of a perfect experience. They're building what Jonathan Ive, Tim Cook and (formerly) Steve Jobs think is a perfect experience. They do not care what you think, and they don't want you mucking with it even after you've bought the hardware and the software. I don't like this philosophy myself and haven't bought an Apple product in years because of it. I really wish I'd bought some Apple stock though.
- 13rules 15y ago
  Totally disagree. They are building what MOST people really DO want. Apple got it right a long time ago when they realized that people just want to get their email, browse the web, and view/manage their photos, videos, and music. Period. That's all most people want to do. The Hacker News population does not represent "most people". Still, under the hood there is plenty that you can customize and change if you are a programmer / power-user / etc.

rayiner 15y ago

What in the world are you talking about? What stupid distractions have been added in Lion? What have they locked down?

gurkendoktor 15y ago
Turning pages in iCal, the hassle of changing groups in Address Book, Exposé being killed where Mission Control adds much more visual clutter (I don't need my wallpaper to shrink or to see other spaces), apps auto-restoring old documents, the 'app opens' animation, the list of recent documents in the Dock icon menu which I don't even want to think about while I'm focusing. And then some stuff is distracting by being less obvious. For example, when the "default calendar" system in iCal is suddenly more complicated than the system it has replaced. (unless you only have one calendar) Not all of these personally bother me, but "what in the world" seems a bit harsh when some of them are the most common complaints about Lion.

Zak 15y ago

Except they fucked up the experience for those of us who wanted a desktop OS without stupid distractions and not a phone on our desktop. Apple is not building your idea of a perfect experience. They're building what Jonathan Ive, Tim Cook and (formerly) Steve Jobs think is a perfect experience. They do not care what you think, and they don't want you mucking with it even after you've bought the hardware and the software. I don't like this philosophy myself and haven't bought an Apple product in years because of it. I really wish I'd bought some Apple stock though.

13rules 15y ago
Totally disagree. They are building what MOST people really DO want. Apple got it right a long time ago when they realized that people just want to get their email, browse the web, and view/manage their photos, videos, and music. Period. That's all most people want to do. The Hacker News population does not represent "most people". Still, under the hood there is plenty that you can customize and change if you are a programmer / power-user / etc.