I guess the flip side of this is that you look like a fucking dork.
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But to your point, it will probably get slicker over time. For this one, they erred on the side of high fidelity, and they nailed it pretty well.
Things like these change very slowly, then suddenly, once the views of the perceived majority around most people change enough that the people start to see the new state as proper and confirmant, a new norm.
99% of Apple users are not thinking about how much better they are than other people for buying the phone or computer they did. They just bought it because it's the obvious choice and they've had good experiences with it in the past.
Every time an anti-Apple zealout busts out the spec sheets to prove why alternatives are so much better, there's about 8000 gotchas and usability issues that aren't worth the tradeoff for most people. You're free to not think the tradeoffs of Apple devices are worth it for you, but for everyone else (most people) they make the best option that puts up the minimal amount of fighting and a handful of workflows that you simply can't recreate in other ecosystems without dozens of asterisks.
Then again, Apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to conclude that they’re offering something valuable.
Relatedly, if other companies make better, less expensive products then why don't consumers buy them?
The customer is always right in matters of taste. Just because you don't like the taste doesn't mean they're wrong about their own situation.
No it doesn’t mean they are wrong, just closed minded.
You must not spend any time around teenagers. Teenagers absolutely judge people for not having iPhones.
best option that puts up the minimal amount of fighting and a handful of workflows that you simply can't recreate in other ecosystems without dozens of asterisks.
This is backwards.
My mentees (and on the other end of the age scale, my in-laws) are always shocked that I can do something on my Android in seconds that takes them minutes on an iPhone...assuming they can even do it on their iPhones at all.
So is Louis Vitton...and a whole host of companies that don't offer anything valuable beyond status-based luxury goods.
But long before that we had DoucheTooth (or BlueTool, whichever you prefer) earpieces. Now those were mocked.
an (imaginary) Apple zealot?
> of Apple zealots telling you’re wrong for choosing something else and bragging that their choice is somehow superior
Except that hardly ever happens. Unlike the opposite [as we are witnessing in this very thread].
Why are you so obsessed with Apple, though? Seems pretty weird. I mean even weirder than being an actual "Apple zealot"..
If it makes you look like a dork and yet it's the third most selling EV, you might blame the judgment of the average car buyer of the US (for whom you seem to have contempt), but you can't dispute that the product sold.