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Apple imposes "Artificial Incompetence" on their users. It treats them like children, gives them no agency, and limits their freedom, all while praising them fo

Apple imposes "Artificial Incompetence" on their users. It treats them like children, gives them no agency, and limits their freedom, all while praising them for their taste and superior sense of... something. This current iteration of Apple lacks the geniuses and visionaries that might have possibly justified their behavior at some point in the past, so you have a soulless corporate churn reinforcing the biggest walled garden in the history of humanity, with no apparent purpose except self perpetuation. Doing things weirdly and badly, and not allowing any other way, prevents skill transfer between operating systems and environments. It prevents easy transfer of software - it forces software to treat the weird and bad things as canonical. Apple users, with their imposed muscle memory, not realizing how good things could and should be, insist on their high taste and discrimination, and point to things "just working" and other inanities as vehement cover for one of the darkest of dark patterns. Interoperability, protocol, and freedom should be mandatory. Google is hardly better, but at least you can own the device you purchase.

darkhorse222 1y ago
If you cannot understand what made Apple successful then or today what makes you think you're not failing to grasp something? You head right on to making an argument when nakedly revealing that you can't comprehend the other side. Not surprising, this site is made for the Woz's of the world (and that's fine!).
- selcuka 1y ago
  > Not surprising, this site is made for the Woz's of the world (and that's fine!). I'm pretty sure Woz perfectly understands why iPhone has a larger market share. I use a Pixel too, but I can see that an iPhone is more appealing to 80%+ of world's population.
  - leptons 1y ago
    Except iPhone doesn't have a larger market share, and they aren't being used by 80% of the world's population. Where are you pulling these numbers from? iPhone only has a larger market share in the US, and not by much. Worldwide they are very small compared to android.
    - selcuka 1y ago
      > they aren't being used by 80% of the world's population. I said "iPhone is more appealing to 80%+ of world's population". I didn't say everyone who wants it can afford it. It's pure speculation, of course, but given its current market share (27% of all devices sold) and its price point, I don't think it's too far fetched to say that its market share would be much higher if price wasn't an issue for people. This is somewhat hinted by the fact that it has a 78% market share in the $1,000+ segment [1], and most iPhone models are over $1K. Also it still ships more phones than any other single vendor (unless you lump all Android phones into one bucket). In terms of revenue, it's by far the leader with 43% [2]. [1] https://www.netguru.com/blog/iphone-vs-android-users-differences https://www.netguru.com/blog/iphone-vs-android-users-differe... [2] https://www.counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartphone-revenues-q2-2025 https://www.counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smar...
      - jajko 1y ago
        Overconfident in your numbers you are, just because they suit your narrative. Zero actual backing for those you provide. Not reflecting reality I can see they are.
        selcuka 1y ago
        At least I have some numbers.
        leptons 1y ago
        You made up some numbers, that isn't the same as "having numbers".
      - leptons 1y ago
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        selcuka 1y ago
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- rockemsockem 1y ago
  > This current iteration of Apple lacks the geniuses and visionaries that might have possibly justified their behavior at some point in the past, so you have a soulless corporate churn reinforcing the biggest walled garden in the history of humanity, with no apparent purpose except self perpetuation. My read was that this addressed your point.

darkhorse222 1y ago

If you cannot understand what made Apple successful then or today what makes you think you're not failing to grasp something? You head right on to making an argument when nakedly revealing that you can't comprehend the other side. Not surprising, this site is made for the Woz's of the world (and that's fine!).

selcuka 1y ago
> Not surprising, this site is made for the Woz's of the world (and that's fine!). I'm pretty sure Woz perfectly understands why iPhone has a larger market share. I use a Pixel too, but I can see that an iPhone is more appealing to 80%+ of world's population.
- leptons 1y ago
  Except iPhone doesn't have a larger market share, and they aren't being used by 80% of the world's population. Where are you pulling these numbers from? iPhone only has a larger market share in the US, and not by much. Worldwide they are very small compared to android.
  - selcuka 1y ago
    > they aren't being used by 80% of the world's population. I said "iPhone is more appealing to 80%+ of world's population". I didn't say everyone who wants it can afford it. It's pure speculation, of course, but given its current market share (27% of all devices sold) and its price point, I don't think it's too far fetched to say that its market share would be much higher if price wasn't an issue for people. This is somewhat hinted by the fact that it has a 78% market share in the $1,000+ segment [1], and most iPhone models are over $1K. Also it still ships more phones than any other single vendor (unless you lump all Android phones into one bucket). In terms of revenue, it's by far the leader with 43% [2]. [1] https://www.netguru.com/blog/iphone-vs-android-users-differences https://www.netguru.com/blog/iphone-vs-android-users-differe... [2] https://www.counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartphone-revenues-q2-2025 https://www.counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smar...
    - jajko 1y ago
      Overconfident in your numbers you are, just because they suit your narrative. Zero actual backing for those you provide. Not reflecting reality I can see they are.
      - selcuka 1y ago
        At least I have some numbers.
        leptons 1y ago
        You made up some numbers, that isn't the same as "having numbers".
    - leptons 1y ago
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      - selcuka 1y ago
        [flagged]
rockemsockem 1y ago
> This current iteration of Apple lacks the geniuses and visionaries that might have possibly justified their behavior at some point in the past, so you have a soulless corporate churn reinforcing the biggest walled garden in the history of humanity, with no apparent purpose except self perpetuation. My read was that this addressed your point.