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<blockquote data-quote="KleinesSinchen" data-source="post: 9267753" data-attributes="member: 445180"><p>That is my stance on this too. Apple is compatible to Apple. <strong>Apple sets questionable <em>trends</em></strong> – and if they get away with something (and they generally do) the others start copying the trend leaving the consumer with no choice to not participate. Examples: not easy replaceable battery, general bad repairability including DRM preventing replacement of parts, removal of wired connectors (including headphone jack on phones), locking devices forcing an OS and a store.</p><p>In addition to that Apple products are not worth their very high price (NOT durable) and even on the used market prices are ridiculous → No Apple technology for LittleSinchen. Real apples taste better anyway.</p><p>==========</p><p></p><p>What [USER=32303]@FAST6191[/USER] mentioned with the cordless things and battery power everywhere is also a bad trend. Headphones? Two tiny batteries. Cable is big no-no. Bluetooth loudspeakers. Also large batteries in powerful tools like vacuum cleaner, lawn mower… Producing electrical energy storage is resource-hungry and I mostly avoid battery power if possible (even if less convenient).</p><p>==========</p><p></p><p>For my entertainment electronics: I hardly buy anything new anymore (was different up to 15 years ago). The longer somethings lasts the better and when it fails I try to replace it cheaply (My Dolby/DTS amplifier is from 1999, lacks HDMI but meh: <em>Works!</em>). Not buying new but taking whatever comes first for a reasonable price makes sticking to one brand impossible. Giant tech companies are generally not very likeable for me so I try to not support any of them directly more than needed. The flea markets are a good source <span style="font-size: 9px">(not this year though)</span> for getting perfectly working things for very little money. Just thinking about that I got a lot of (S)NES/GB(C) games at the end of the 1990s for literally less than (converted) one Euro per cart… I wish I bought MORE.</p><p></p><p>Normally I like XKCD, but this one wasn't very convincing making fun of the smart guy: <a href="https://xkcd.com/606/" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/606/</a></p><p>Yes, I think the guy playing games with a delay is the smart one and the other two persons are… let's say… <em>not so smart</em>.</p><p></p><p>Devices connected to the internet: Open source software whenever possible but I'm not dead set against starting a VirtualBox running Windows if this makes something easier (happened twice this year).</p><p>Devices not giving me full/root permissions → They may burn in hell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KleinesSinchen, post: 9267753, member: 445180"] That is my stance on this too. Apple is compatible to Apple. [B]Apple sets questionable [I]trends[/I][/B] – and if they get away with something (and they generally do) the others start copying the trend leaving the consumer with no choice to not participate. Examples: not easy replaceable battery, general bad repairability including DRM preventing replacement of parts, removal of wired connectors (including headphone jack on phones), locking devices forcing an OS and a store. In addition to that Apple products are not worth their very high price (NOT durable) and even on the used market prices are ridiculous → No Apple technology for LittleSinchen. Real apples taste better anyway. ========== What [USER=32303]@FAST6191[/USER] mentioned with the cordless things and battery power everywhere is also a bad trend. Headphones? Two tiny batteries. Cable is big no-no. Bluetooth loudspeakers. Also large batteries in powerful tools like vacuum cleaner, lawn mower… Producing electrical energy storage is resource-hungry and I mostly avoid battery power if possible (even if less convenient). ========== For my entertainment electronics: I hardly buy anything new anymore (was different up to 15 years ago). The longer somethings lasts the better and when it fails I try to replace it cheaply (My Dolby/DTS amplifier is from 1999, lacks HDMI but meh: [I]Works![/I]). Not buying new but taking whatever comes first for a reasonable price makes sticking to one brand impossible. Giant tech companies are generally not very likeable for me so I try to not support any of them directly more than needed. The flea markets are a good source [SIZE=1](not this year though)[/SIZE] for getting perfectly working things for very little money. Just thinking about that I got a lot of (S)NES/GB(C) games at the end of the 1990s for literally less than (converted) one Euro per cart… I wish I bought MORE. Normally I like XKCD, but this one wasn't very convincing making fun of the smart guy: [URL]https://xkcd.com/606/[/URL] Yes, I think the guy playing games with a delay is the smart one and the other two persons are… let's say… [I]not so smart[/I]. Devices connected to the internet: Open source software whenever possible but I'm not dead set against starting a VirtualBox running Windows if this makes something easier (happened twice this year). Devices not giving me full/root permissions → They may burn in hell. [/QUOTE]
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