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Those who buy apple products deserve each other.
but apple sets "standards" that other companies blindly follow. it's the reason why we have non-removable batteries, no charger inside the box, no audio jack, etc.
I have a macbook and I'm quite happy, what am I doing wrong?
Come back when you have a problem with your keyboard*, or your drive, or charging issue. Repairability is downright bad now.
I like OSX well enough.* I like the form factor of the MacBooks now that they have escape keys again. It's been 9 years since they made a MacBook that was reasonably decent to work on from the inside though. Even swapping a broken screen out is* like 3 hours now.
Honestly? Nothing. People just say this kind of thing because we like to tinker with our devices. If what you bought satisfies your needs and you don't need more, that's just ok. Android/windows/linux has a lot more conveniences for my use, so that's what I go for, but not everyone is the same
That's kind of my point. I don't get the aggression people have for someone using different brand.
Exactly my thoughts. "Let's jailbreak this, bypass that, circumvent that one thing..." Why do you subject yourself to this with a device you paid hundreds of dollars for?
As much as I'd like to have an iPhone, I'd rather not.
As an aside, it's the same thing with game consoles. Is the whole "you must be connected to the internet" thing still happening? That's what has been preventing me from getting a new xbox, for example.
I remember way back when I had my iPod Touch 4 (haven't touched Apple since then) that I (intentionally) jailbroke it simply by tapping a button on a website in Safari. It was an exploit that used a bug in iOS's PDF software, I believe.
I remember that technique as well. I thought it was neat.
Steam Deck is pretty awesome in the offline gaming regard, if that's what you might be looking for.
Uh, it's actually quite the opposite, most games you need to at least open them one time while connected to the internet for offline to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itBscLjRCPc
But that is not the fault of Steam Deck, which was discussed.
I'd argue that there are a lot of offline mode frustrations with Steam but none of them are Steam's fault, they are all due to individual games online requirements or DRM implementations.