There isn't an Apple product in their current lineup that doesn't have a superior equal currently.
Notice that I'm also not promoting any other software or hardware because clearly different companies have different merits. The problem is that the principle behind Apple is peddling "ease of use" to idiot consumers. That's the foundation of their entire business ethos at this point, and I certainly won't be a part of it.
For god's sake, they're adding proprietary hard drives to their latest refresh of iMacs, and you're trying to somehow tell me my qualms aren't justified?
Their products are overpriced, abrasive, impossible to upgrade (iPhone = No battery upgrade, Desktops = HDD comment, etc.)
Their software is filled with DRM and is all about control. They want you to use their codecs, their file formats, their file management systems, and their e-stores for everything.
They want full control over your electronic media and devices, and I for one don't feel like subjecting myself to the Big Brother of the technology industry.
The stupid bitch playing the rogue is so unbelievably bad at playing that it's just mesmerizing. She totally ruined the presentation and I hope she got fired for being absolutely incompetent.
12 Days of Joyswag: 250GB Xbox 360 with Kinect, Forza Motorsport 4, and Wireless Speed Wheel
Dec 25th 2011 11:12AM (Joystiq)Nintendo stock loses another five percent
Jun 9th 2011 12:15PM (Joystiq)How the E3 sausage gets made: Our gear
Jun 5th 2011 1:18PM (Joystiq)There isn't an Apple product in their current lineup that doesn't have a superior equal currently.
Notice that I'm also not promoting any other software or hardware because clearly different companies have different merits. The problem is that the principle behind Apple is peddling "ease of use" to idiot consumers. That's the foundation of their entire business ethos at this point, and I certainly won't be a part of it.
For god's sake, they're adding proprietary hard drives to their latest refresh of iMacs, and you're trying to somehow tell me my qualms aren't justified?
Their products are overpriced, abrasive, impossible to upgrade (iPhone = No battery upgrade, Desktops = HDD comment, etc.)
Their software is filled with DRM and is all about control. They want you to use their codecs, their file formats, their file management systems, and their e-stores for everything.
They want full control over your electronic media and devices, and I for one don't feel like subjecting myself to the Big Brother of the technology industry.
I feel sorry for people who do.
Joyswag: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition codes
May 16th 2011 4:40PM (Joystiq)Guild Wars 2's GDC presentation now available on video
Mar 6th 2011 8:50PM (Joystiq)Marvel vs Capcom 3's complete intro captured
Feb 1st 2011 7:36PM (Joystiq)I liked the Wolverine/Ryu bit, but...it was so nonsensical and unexciting...
12 Days of Joyswag: Xbox 360 S plus 'Games for the Holidays,' A World of Keflings, Raskulls, and ilomilo
Dec 26th 2010 12:10AM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: A Fallout: New Vegas neon sign (yeah, f'real)
Dec 17th 2010 12:45AM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: Mass Effect 2 tin, with games, books, and a print!
Dec 16th 2010 2:27AM (Joystiq):E
Joyswag: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds E3 2010 shirts [update]
Jun 16th 2010 6:32PM (Joystiq)