Why I can't stand to use Apple/Mac anything...

I cannot, for the life of me, fall for the Apple/Mac meme. They are the worst of all worlds for an extra premium.
Here I talk about what pisses me off about the Mac way of software and crappy Apple hardware. Also why people still insist on swearing by Apple/Mac.

[@LukeSmithxyz]

URGENT! Read this: lukesmith.xyz/deletion

[@ade5324]

nö

[@CoinBR]

:/

[@gaffclant]

*rapid youtube-dl commands*

[@rameynoodles152]

Not surprising tbh. KZbin is a complete shithole these days. I just wish more of my favorite youtubers would move to Odysee. But, I do have to say that you probably shouldn't be so political, and portray everybody and everything that isn't crap as a "republican" or a "trump voter" and vice versa. Either make political videos or tech videos, and instead of just shitting on anything politically opposite, provide reasoning instead or just don't talk about it.

[@realcartoongirl]

smh 404

[@vladserbu1117]

> It's not fool proof, it's smart person proof. Same thing. "UNIX was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things." - Doug Gwyn

[@supremetankie714]

Luckily for us Linux is quite far-detached from original UNIX compared to MacOS and the BSDs.

[@thingsiplay]

I like this quote.

[@luxraider5384]

@@supremetankie714 i think bsd is okay... it s more its license that is quite problematic

[@JR-ef3by]

Gnu Hurd and minix are the underrated ones

[@ramakrishnamishra8179]

True

[@ablanuza76]

You don't "purchase" Apple products. You just rent them for a few years... at exorbitantly high prices.

[@punished4890]

And now that’s exactly whats happening.

[@user-lf7dy2wd2j]

*You don't buy apple products, you buy their brand

[@PsycosisIncarnated]

@@punished4890 i fcked up and got an m1 air to test it out. im gonna sell it asap xD

[@Steve-jm8kd]

You say this but I'm still using a iphone 6s

[@markm0000]

@@Steve-jm8kd My mom is still using a 6+ and it refuses to die. All the apps she needs still works and iOS is still getting security updates. I can pretty much guarantee every Samsung S5 is in the landfill.

[@brandonscholten4084]

I put Ubuntu on one of the computers in my Grandmas house and she just logged into it and started using it like her windows machine. She said it was different but she navigated it fine because the browser and libre offoce writer were right there on the side.

[@javabukkit]

did the same for my grandma and she is still happy after 3 years of linux. And not to have a misunderstanding she is the type of person who has problems understanding the remote control of her tv still linux works perfect for her

[@Garentei]

That's actuy a good idea. It's much harder to get your grandma's OS plagued with viruses. I also think it's even simpler than Windows because Windows nowadays has a bunch of notifications and prompts you to do stuff and Ubintu y judt quiet and chill, never bugs you or confuses you. (from the POV of a grandma)

[@stiskavac]

Linux is actually much better than Windows for people who only use a computer to browse the internet, look at pictures etc. (usually old people) because you don't have to worry about them downloading malware, being confused by antivirus popups, updates and similar inconveniences. Also, you could get away with buying a cheaper machine for them without having Windows eat all the resources just for spyware. Bonus points: install Brave for them to protect them from popups.

[@FirstLast-ie3kq]

How long was it before the OS broke itself like Linux always does?

[@luxraider5384]

@@FirstLast-ie3kq i've reinstalled windows quite a lot of times due to a lot of bugs and issues. I ve never seen a bug on linux and it boots in less tha 30s on an hdd, while my brother's pc boots in like 10 minutes. It s funny to see him waiting his spyware filled with his personal data trying to boot

[@TomAllnatt]

It's so hard to repair Apple products that even Apple won't repair them. Louis Rossman's channel has great videos of his repairs and showing the idiocy of apples hardware design and repair policies.

[@windowsxseven]

Linux rodsman

[@edricusty2682]

I repaired an old iMac once and the screen's flat ribbon cable just snaped like it was made of thin paper making it totally irreparable without soldering it in place. I worked 3 years with computers and replaced a lot of screen and I've never seen that. The iMac was too old of course to be repaired by Apple without costing 700€ to the guy.

[@BigFreakingCacodemon]

MacBooks are the best $300 laptops you'll ever pay $1000 for.

[@happynebula5437]

BigFreakingCacodemon true

[@harrythompson5634]

apple sells a $6000 iMac but they don't have any replacement parts. linus tech tips found that out the hard way.

[@sv8945]

LMAO

[@claimthecrown]

actually linus himself broke the imac himself. he just wanted to pay apple to fix it. but apple wont sell the parts. still strange, but not like the imac was broke in warranty or anything

[@trumpalumpa9368]

Does a 300$ laptop run buttersmooth, because it has a fantasticly fast ssd, is made out of aluminium, has a color accurate screen, great speakers, a good battery life, is extremely thin and has a good trackpad? I think not.

[@Barry-vn6uq]

I have a mate. He has a Mac book Pro. He tells me it's ten times better than my i7 skylake laptop. I said, really, it must be well high specced. He said yes, it is. Top of the range. I asked, what cpu and graphics card does it have inside. He said, I don't know but it's good. This is an example of a lot of first and second time Macbook owners. Brand hunting in my opinion. And not a very good brand either. Apple is excellent at marketing though. I give them that.

[@sheldonwhitten990]

He just thinks Mac is superior to anything else regardless of hardware

[@jm036]

run some benchmarks and games on both lol

[@ThomasOrdon]

All Max are running Intel i7 or I5 CPUs with an Intel designed motherboard are you kidding me you're almost as bad as him should have said instantly oh your processor is Intel

[@frequenthailtv7003]

Thomas Ordon wtf r u talkin bout m8

[@jamestor6700]

there are macs that use i3's and even some with core 2 quads. the proccessor being intel means absolutly nothing and i5's and i7's don't mean much either, what matters more really is what generation the cpu is, there are i5's faster than i7's so stating just from that alone is foolish

[@ukrainian333]

Title: "Why I can't stand to use Apple/Mac anything..." .. Video: Luke Smiths oldschool meme collection

[@ukranaut]

Do you really need any more reasons?

[@OmitsuDemon]

I run templeOs in my virtual machine for the spirituality and praying to the lord, and ubuntu to email my gf Diana

[@superunknown2728]

wow same

[@alejandrobueno8819]

Do you have a girlfriend?

[@realEchoz]

*wife

[@keyg8745]

omfg, this comment is so underrated

[@akshatvats7992]

I run Hannah Montana

[@bennieblanks5129]

I loathe "security" screws! There is a special place in hell for companies who prevent us from repairing/accessing our own property.

[@YouKnowMeDuh]

Who told you it was your property? Lol. Just lending it to you for a fee.

[@alaeriia01]

Security screws have a place. That place is not consumer electronics.

[@bennieblanks5129]

@@alaeriia01 Very true.

[@shanebeard9183]

I agree apple can suck my apples.

[@defvii]

What do you mean by security screws? Because security torx are pretty ubiquitous now. I'm not upset by them, everyone should own some security torx bits by now, but if they use any of the more niche torx (they keep adding new variants for no reason). Or that triangle bit thing.

[@DavidRoolz]

Apple - Normies Windows - Normies Linux - Normies OS you made - Hardcore Bois

[@IceGeck0]

OS you lied about...

[@dickdastardly9209]

TempleOS - Chosen ones.

[@kingbobthepimp]

Dick Dastardly damn i was going to say that

[@sebastiaanoerlemans8422]

John * do you count arch linux or gentoo as self built distro. or what about LFS. or do you really mean going terry davis and making an OS from scratch.

[@silvanpaul2531]

the smartest fucking programmer

[@Swift_LN]

If you're a real hardBOI you're running that sweet TEMPLE OS.

[@passionatetechnology8306]

Temple OS is no laughing matter. It’s an abstract beauty.

[@adletpazylkarim5711]

Amen, brother! I used to be a sinner once (MacOS user), I was confused, I lost my way... and then I fall on my knees and I prayed for the Lord and I asked the Lord for love and redemption. And the Lord spoke and the Lord guided me to switch to TEMPLE OS for the sake of the Father, the Son, and the holly C!

[@damaomiX]

It is not hard use.

[@Morgan-kn6xb]

holyBOI

[@danylfernandes5903]

"If you were born using windows it's not your mistake, if you die without using linux it's definitely your mistake" - Gill Bates

[@1Lll_llllllLLLLllllll_llL1]

hahahahahaha still good 2024

[@JoshuaKnight]

I, too, work at a University---in the IT department, even---and the points you make after the 11:30 mark are absolutely true. The individuals who sit in certain pay grades _must_ always have Apple hardware for everything they do (and _must_ upgrade it every year), even if the primary business functions require the use of a Windows machine (like our ERP, for example). One such individual, who happens to sit at the President's table, once claimed that we should just get rid of all the non-Apple hardware on campus because then everything would "just work" and there woudn't be a need for IT anymore. Yeah....and we're somehow the pleebs because we choose to avoid Apple. If only that individual knew how many dollars and man-hours have been spent (and are continually spent) making sure the Apple garbage can actually somewhat function in this business environment... And before any fanboys decide to take a crack at me, I used iMacs as my primary work desktop for 3 years (ditched that habit). I've carried both a MacBook Air and Pro as a secondary machine since 2014 (though the Pro just collects dust now as it's been replaced with a Surface Pro). My work cell is an iPhone. I've personally owned various iPod models since 2006. I have an iPad (provided through work) that's sitting at home collecting dust, has no charge, and no practical use in my life. Clearly, I have an informed dislike toward Apple and am not just some random hater for the sake of it.

[@SRTHOOLIGANX]

Joshua Knight bro i can't use macs because I use maya and 3ds max. i've used maya on an imac............. o my god, yet people think I'm an apple hater, nope theres a reason. i refuse to pay for a jail system and underpowered hardware.

[@camthesaxman3387]

Exactly. At my university's CS department, it was like 75% of the people used Macs, 20% used Windows, and then you had like about 5% who used Ubuntu.

[@turolretar]

Bro that’s just cope, everyone knows that masses define what’s good. Apple is good for an average Joe

[@mr.dingleberry4882]

@@turolretar 4 years late, also that point has been refuted in the video

[@aerdian]

I'm a graphic designer and software developer. I had a 2008 aluminium MacBook that I upgraded everything that it let me upgrade, which was the RAM and hard drive. I upgraded to 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD. Then, when it wouldn't upgrade to MacOS Sierra, I was mad. I did my design work on that device, but development, I did with Visual Studio and GameMaker: Studio (for game development) on an old Windows Acer desktop that I used to run my 3D printer and some other tech things. I then looked into the new MacBook Pro's and then when I discovered just how overpriced they were, looked into a new Mac Pro. Then, finding how overpriced they were, I looked to building my own computer, with which I discovered I could build a computer for around $800.00 that was equivalent to a $2,000 Mac Pro. I then installed Windows 10 and was able to successfully use just one device for my design and development needs. And everything else, too. That was the moment I became angry with Mac. XCode is usable, but not if you want to make software for Windows AND Mac. XCode makes Mac software, but why would you go to all that trouble to make a piece of software when only about 10% of people in the United States can even run it! And only like 4% worldwide?!?!?

[@Eduardo-vd8fo]

Aerdian when my ex bought a MacBook for he university and the software she needed was in Windows.... I facepalm so hard

[@E85stattElektro]

In Switzerland 30% use Mac.

[@user-mj1vj7tb6x]

@@Eduardo-vd8fo 90% of the software I use is Windows based. I've been dicking around with Linux for over 20 years and have never had a good reason to use it exclusively. I also despise the Napoleon Dynamite Linux people that regurgitate the same tired bullet points over and over and act like they're something really special because of their OS choice. You know, the same ones that ruin Stack Overflow. I only use Linux when it makes sense, like running a Retropie, or Netdisco, or some specialized hacking for a project....etc

[@anonemoose102]

@@user-mj1vj7tb6x Agreed.

[@3nt3_]

I used apple products for about 10 years. I didn't want to buy myself into a special club or something. I just liked the interface of macOS and iOS. About 1 year ago, my macbook broke and apple wanted to charge me $1200 for repair. Now I just use arch linux for my thinkpad and android for my phone

[@3nt3_]

@@abdulwahabjag haha yeah

[@lilythebluespheresfan2897]

@@3nt3_ coompiler moment 😎😳

[@jsward96]

Did you ask for flat rate repair, though?

[@Jannakennels]

Sorta the same

[@superresistant0]

You just switched when Apple products became good.

[@flarone]

Come for the Mac hate, stay for the scripting tutorials. I watch this video at least once every few months.

[@your_boy_lamine]

I pee on my keyboard on a daily basis too

[@lastfirst5542]

It's not even worth mentioning.

[@Trabucco0]

lamine I heard they do that in Tibet once in the morning for disinfection ... ^^

[@Newtube_Channel]

OK how often then really?

[@Maxgamer-fd7hv]

lamine oh

[@josueteodoro2342]

same

[@realcartoongirl]

some people really just don't care "anything that plays music and porn is fucking nasa to me"

[@absolutelyproprietary6896]

Linux can play music and porn This year is definitely the year of linux desktop!

[@prathammehta9167]

Exactly

[@lucianoxiquin831]

Based

[@unfa00]

I can tell you've edited this video with Blender, Luke.

[@KbIPbIL0]

omg how? also, a good one :)

[@unfa00]

​ @Oleksandr Zelentsov For the longest time Blender Video Sequence Editor would not let you use any other font for captions that this monospace one. And no one would pick it on their own...

[@KbIPbIL0]

@@unfa00 i would pick it xD as a programmer, it seems pleasing to me

[@techtiger2558]

@@KbIPbIL0 Yeah, monospaced fonts are legit

[@skatcat743]

@archlinux hkg you know that this video was made in 2017 and those videos are from 2020 right?

[@archygrey9093]

Apple users are just jealous they can't pee on their keyboards like us Thinpadders can.

[@anonemoose102]

This comment is really dumb

[@droniebalkans]

Apple fan boys got triggered. Lol 4k dislikes.

[@j.b.s1513]

DěadẶvenger I disliked it because he displayed the whole “name a good thing Steve Jobs did= he died” thing. Steve was an excellent business man. His history is damn impressive, he has inspired alot of people. Like him or not, only an idiot wouldn’t respect him on some small level. I dont currently own a Mac btw, Im here to shop and make the best machine choice. Im leaning towards PC, but I still dont shit on a dead man way more successful than ill ever be.

[@j.b.s1513]

Roland Thats not something you should shame people for in this day and age. I simply expressed an opinion, what does my mental health have to do with anything? Pretty low.

[@madcroc111]

@@loucadufault6549 I think the biggest impression comes from people changing from 200-300e piece of shit Windows laptop to 2000-3000e Macbook and being surprised it's faster. Lately Macbook Pros are even banned from flights because batteries can explode. Shows the 'superior build quality'... If you don't care about money then yeah macbooks aren't too bad. It's really overpriced is the biggest complaint. At 60% of the cost I'd think of it as a choice. I don't know too much about Mac OS. Just that I hate the giant bottom bar + status bar at top. It takes a lot of room and makes screen feel cramped. I experienced this with Gnome

[@abointedtoyblingofmats]

@@j.b.s1513 pretty low to call someone an idiot if they don't respect some billionaire that was dumb enough to try to cure his cancer with sugar juice

[@oORoOFLOo]

Steve also wanted to there to be only one mac and one iphone at the time, he was the pioneer of Apple's complete restriction of users' experience.

[@keggerous]

9/10 apple customers use their products for basic shit like writing word documents or playing music. I meet very few people who actually use their computers for anything that even requires anything with high level hardware. Apple knows this too which is why they are so slow in releasing newer high end shit. They keep focusing on shit like phones and mac books . . . they slack on their pro line.

[@crypticnova5677]

You obviously don't know much about computers You don't walk into a board meeting and see people using windows laptops 1) IOS programming of any kind is only available on macs 2) Sleek design that will last longer in the long run 3) The trackpad and keyboard of a mac are much more reliable, the whole feel of the computer is just satisfying in general 4) If you use a mac you can learn Unix which would ultimately help you with Linux 5) Macs should be the main computer you buy if you are going into computer programing You don't walk into a board meeting and see people using windows laptops

[@keggerous]

I am literally on a computer I built myself. One of many I have built. Stfu . . .

[@supertigerman013]

"9/10 apple customers use their products for basic shit like writing word documents or playing music" I'm pretty sure you can say exactly the same for Windows as well.

[@keggerous]

I don't disagree. However your basic window machine is priced much more conservatively than an apple computer. Which is kind of my point. There is no need to buy a 2000$ computer for the type of shit most of these computers are being used for.

[@Cobalt985]

"Sleek design" "Last longer" Pick one.

[@bigdoolong6962]

Nobody chose to run windows.. it’s just what came with the computer box.

[@nottiredofwinning3736]

Before I was a software dev I was an audio producer - the industry standard DAW is Pro Tools, which can technically run on Windows, but for years it was not worth it - very buggy on Windows. They developed the software to be used primarily on macs, and for this reason every major audio production studio uses macs exclusively. I resisted, and it made me something of a black sheep in that industry. Fucking plebs.

[@BFMAXP]

I’m an audio guy as well (sound design and music production). I use reaper now after being fed up with pro tools (will use it in a studio that has it if needed). I currently use a Mac but may end up going the pc route, at least for a second machine

[@supercellex4D]

I thought everyone was on Ableton or Fruity Loops or whatever the fuck

[@Taporeee]

This actually speaks volumes about key decisions and content in the entertainment creative industries

[@Bangladesh-Lp]

The funny thing is I'm watching this on an IPad which has lost 2% since I started this video AND IT'S CHARGING!!

[@hasan_z]

Using samsung phone (android) and reading comments while watching. Charged 15% and I'm 2/3rd through the video

[@pissedoffhoneybadger3733]

Then you have a defective iPad. My 8 plus will charge like 45% by the end of the video. I’m no Apple fanboy, but I’ve never had an apple product “lose” battery while charging after years of experience with them.

[@butterytowers1797]

thats why they suck

[@appleexposed4404]

Watching on a Mac and didn't lose a percentage since watching. Plug the cable into you iPad or stop making crap up you iKnockoff Knight.

[@bishopmontel2]

Watching on a Note 5. No problems

[@BlasterBuilder]

Every company has a distinct philosophy through which they make a profit. Microsoft under Steve Ballmer (until 2014): invest in every market and win through Microsoft's ability to blindly throw money at things (unsuccessful). Microsoft under Satya Nadella (after 2014): improve the PC market through forcing competition, creating consumer interest. If the market does better, Microsoft does better (successful). Apple under any CEO they've had: Control all variables that can cause risk. Consumers are a variable - ideologically isolate them from the rest of the market. Once consumers are controlled and isolated, Apple no longer needs to innovate or take risks (doing either costs money). This allows for the highest profit margins (60% minimum profit on every product). The highest profit margins, combined with dodging taxes, allow for steady and reliable growth, even if no risks are taken or innovations are made.

[@BlasterBuilder]

@@ZombieLincoln666 Should've probably clarified. The only risks they take will be the ones that cut costs at the detriment of their users, who are generally loyal enough for it not to matter. Ditching the headphone jack was but profitable to Apple in many ways (royalties on Lightning, space usage, cheaper not to include it, cheaper not to waterproof it). The system of their profitability is completely based on their control over their isolated and loyal user base. They never risk profit margin like other companies that innovate. They always risk sales instead because they know they won't lose them (although that's been changing these past several years).

[@BlasterBuilder]

@@riley1636 Be a better consumer and do more research because both of those statements are untrue.

[@comicsans1689]

@BlasterBuilder Ballmer > Nadella. Under Ballmer, we at least got Windows XP and 7. Under Nadella, we've got a Microsoft that forced Windows 10 on everyone, took away more user autonomy, and Microsoft has become Google-fied. Under Ballmer, Microsoft started getting more involved in the games industries and produced several gems for Windows, Xbox, and Xbox 360. While the disaster known as the Xbone happened under Ballmer, that was at the end of his leadership. Ballmer was far from perfect or even great, but I would take him over Nadella any day of the week. The only good thing that Nadella did was make me try Linux to get away from the horrendous Windows 10 environment. Thanks Nadella, I'm almost free from using proprietary software (I run Trisquel GNU/Linux and Arch in a VM)!

[@comicsans1689]

@Ryan M Like I said, Windows 10 is worse than anything put out under Ballmer. Between the design inconsistencies, forced updates, harmful updates (remember the October update that was postponed because it deleted some users' files?), forced Cortana (unless you're smart enough to use LTSB 2016 or LTSC 2019 like me), settings being all over the place between the old control panel and the new settings apps, replacing old functioning utilities with slow apps, ads in the dashboard, preinstalled bloatware, the Windows Store, and the increase in spying. I know old versions of Windows had spying, but 10 takes it to new heights. Ballmer was far from perfect, but never once in his tenure did I think "You know what, fuck Windows I'm moving to Linux" (Windows 8 came close, but 7 was still going strong during that period so I stuck with 7). Because of Windows 10, I started to learn more about GNU/Linux. I run Trisquel GNU/Linux and Arch GNU/Linux in VMs and I'm becoming acclimated with the GNU/Linux environment. It's not all good, but programming in Linux is less of a hassle than in Windows. If I didn't have muh video gaymes and some legacy Windows applications that can't run in WINE, I would switch over full time to GNU/Linux. I'm thinking of getting me another SSD to use for a GNU/Linux partition (or 2). My only other potential problem is that I'm using a 1050 ti for my GPU, and Nvidia gives GNU/Linux the shaft with drivers (as well as force their spyware known as the Geforce Experience). I'll probably get the rx 580 for my next GPU for the optimal experience.

[@comicsans1689]

@Ryan M I thank you for your words of encouragement, but don't count out the EEE of Microsoft now. They're including the Linux kernel in WSL, which looks like the extend part of their strategy. They first embraced Linux with the introduction of WSL, but are now going further. Microsoft feels threatened by GNU/Linux, but I think this happened because of Windows 10. As bad as Windows 8 and Vista was, there wasn't boatloads of people switching to GNU/Linux because of it. You just had people staying with XP and 7. Only with the aggression of Windows 10 with forced updates and trying to kill the last usable version of Windows in 7 did there become an exodus to GNU/Linux. You then have Microsoft trying to push the UWP, which I think contributed to Valve working more to help game compatibility on GNU/Linux and give people less of a reason to use Windows.

[@MultiHunterOne]

I installed Debian 12 on my grandma's old laptop because windows 10 was extremely slow as it was far exceeding what the laptop was built for (i think it was Vista) and almost nothing would work. Not only is Debian much more responsive, she has absolutely no problems using it and I am yet to hear from her that the computer requires her to update or is indicating some kind of a problem she obviously can't fix. I would argue that a Debian stable is the best operating system for someone computers illiterate as it is almost impossible to break something (as these people will never use anything as root), the system itself requires little to no intervention to keep working and clicking ok a sketchy link likely won't cause a virus related issue.

[@bhavyakukkar]

what desktop environment did you install on it?

[@MultiHunterOne]

@@bhavyakukkar XFCE as memory was pretty limited on the computer with only 4GB available and it's also my favorite DE. I customized it so that it would look similar to windows.

[@bhavyakukkar]

@@MultiHunterOne very cool

[@AntiGrieferGames]

And this works fine or what?

[@MultiHunterOne]

@@AntiGrieferGames works fine so far however I think I might buy the cheapest SSD and upgrade the computer because it's painful just how slow it is even with Linux. It's much better than what it was with windows 10 but there's still a lot of room for improvement.

[@jamescampbell6728]

I never saw the appeal of having a brand that represents my socioeconomic status. I'd way rather have something that's unique that represents my choices

[@imhemish]

Yeah and that's why we use linux

[@ahamed4152]

My mac got me laid

[@viiltelijamurhaaja7225]

I use a brand that represents my smartness. I use iPhone.

[@bbbo85]

This is the irony. Apple advertises as if they are the "expression of X" when in reality, they are the exact antithesis of what they're touting

[@gregoryallan3137]

I am legally blind. I use Mac because its built-in accessibility software is far better than that of windows. Does the Lenix operating platform have accessibility solutions and if so does anyone know how I can find out about it?

[@niklev8465]

Yes Linux Ubuntu has accessibility features. You'll find them in the global settings.

[@casinobeachbum]

Check out the Linux distro called VINUX (Linux for the visually impaired) and it comes with ORCA speech.

[@mongocom1735]

How can you write then? Wait... (r/woosh)

[@ZoofyZoof]

Dunno if you're wooshing yourself or maybe you're baiting people, but... Blind people can activate programs that read things for them and they can comment things through talking out loud.

[@oaka5639]

nigga u gay? A computer reads them any text and button

[@j7x54]

Man that butt plug sub from apple is that best sub ever you can really feeeeeel the base !

[@dipi71]

I find the sub-woofer butt plug to be an, uhm, stimulating idea. Sadly there seems to be some social stigma associated with butt plugs. Oh well.

[@ceestimmerman9785]

OhMiBod is the only vibe brand i found that might have one of those. Looks like you found a gap in the niche market. A quick but expensive alternative could be a Sybian with a ButtKicker.

[@chauvinist_little_piggy]

Guess we now know where those Apple designers go for inspiration...

[@leredempteur3011]

Apple 🍏 a golden prison that’s it . Shiny golden prison

[@tomassavenas1266]

As a normie and long-term mac user, I can confirm that these facts are true. Just want to add, that recently I have been learning web developing (JS). Usually I am going to the local coffee shop, ordering a soy latte, and gently touching my MacBook keyboard.

[@animepussy8356]

You got me.

[@emptybottle1200]

ahuh a software engineer.

[@Bearthedancingman]

I hate Apple. If you like Apple. I'm glad you like it. Enjoy.

[@Concentrix101]

Thankyou. I like Apple. If you like windows or linux, good for you. Have a nice day.

[@Cobalt985]

People that buy Apple products have been conned into buying something that is worse for more money.

[@TechnicfreakHDx]

More power to people like you! I hate apple haters just as much as fanboys

[@neoneonize]

Xenon why not, it’s worth the money for me, if it’s not for you, good for you.

[@frequenthailtv7003]

Nootstrooder101 Why? Thats the only question i have for now.

[@M1szS]

man the images in this video are pure gold, but the amount of dislikes just proves how biased people are, and cant take constructive criticizm, of something they didn't even make

[@anonemoose102]

I think Luke uses a lot of strawman arguments in his videos.

[@thingsiplay]

The analogy I always say is: Apple is like *borrowing* a device from friend. Linux is building your *own* device from old trash. Windows is someone else build a device for you out of *broken* old trash.

[@anonemoose102]

pretty accurate lol

[@NicholasCoulter]

I'm not denying that apple has the shadiest business practices around but living a photography/videography lifestyle on on anything but Mac is just asking for trouble. Sure you can get by on Windows but the lack of user intuitive software, general stability across the board and the lack of fine tuning of every windows based laptop put me right off choosing windows again. Linux would be that but on stilts. All the little things add up big time for me. Things like having a colour calibrated screen from the factory, having excellent cross device integration. The battery being able to last all day without having to plug in. An industry leading trackpad and speaker system. Knowing some unintuitive software isn't going to hold up my work for ages and that I'm not gambling for a virus every time I go on the web. As you said , It just works! and that's all I need it to do. I'm sure if I was in a different lifestyle of work that opinion would change in many ways. I mean the state of gaming on Mac has and will forever be depressing by the looks of it. They certainly have the odd few or many downsides. Planned obsolescence being the crowning glory of that one. But linux especially would fall apart for most types of workflows other than something IT based.

[@nikoappsmuggred7220]

there are also linux users who love linux.. use windows (for games) but hate mac.. like me

[@igorthelight]

There are a lot of us :-)

[@midlowreborn]

me too

[@matfix1258]

I like that too, but I prefer Amiga or something similar.

[@MykolaSternenkoDroneBoyHoleMan]

#metoo

[@pr3cious193]

That's me 100% Tbh I cant wait until linux gaming is as good as Windows. Its getting there, its just a matter of time until we all wipe the windows partition on our hard drives for more space.

[@TheWretchedWorld]

I wouldn't consider myself a normie. (I still use a T60 with uxga screen ffs) but my porn pops up in the search bar. Its by choice though I don't really have any shame.

[@nightstringers]

my new best friend .

[@rich1051414]

Who gives a fuck if someone sees your porn. They shouldn't have stuck their nose where it didn't belong if it disgusts them. No skin off my back. Are we still pretending people don't look at porn? What a horrible life that must be, to be jerking in a private browser while crying to yourself in shame.

[@PoradnikiYakuza]

t60 user here too. great machines to this day

[@GabdaG]

Recently some ordinary chick, a ±24y.o. sitting by me in the underground accidentally oversaw some .gif of a chick sucking a huge bbc on my phone as I was scrolling through random recommendations. Autoplay ))) I wish I had recorded her face expressing surprise, offence, disgust and curiosity, all in one second. Some do give.

[@Cobalt985]

Me neither. Don't give a shit. All you'll see is the post number and artist name, though, so that might help :P (e621 ftw)

[@zZGzHD]

9:00 you literally just drew a picture of gnome 3

[@praetorxyn]

@TheBlackiwid You can do all that with basically anything. That's how I use Windows and KDE. When I want to open something I hit the Super key to open the application menu or full screen launcher a la Gnome 3, then start typing for what I want. All the hot keys that drive gnome can be done for the other DE's as well, it's just that in those if you want to use a mouse it works much better. I use KDE just because it's the most customizable one. The out of the box KDE is an eyesore too, but you can fix it easily there.

[@praetorxyn]

@TheBlackiwid I only mentioned windows in that I don't click anything to start programs in Windows, I do it all with keyboard. Just to emphasize you don't need Gnome to do that, so I don't see how that is a benefit of Gnome. I like Plasma exactly because you can easily configure themes that make QT and GTK apps look the same. I don't like any "light" themes, so I agree the out of the box Plasma theme looks bad but it looks worlds better than Adwaita (or whatever the new Gnome theme is called, it looked like Adwaita to me). Gnome is a philosophy as you said, it's just that I see no point to it because that philosophy can be done in any DE and if you go tweaking gnome like adding a dock or something and you've arguably broken the philosophy. I also don't understand why Gnome is as heavy as it is. It looks much lighter weight than KDE in terms of what it does, but uses more resources somehow.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1636]

no tengo mama gnome on itself is fucking ugly. Ubuntu gnome is quite nice

[@tyrohellion]

I mean yeah gnome is awful

[@ChrisJones-rd4wb]

>using a distro instead of building one yourself (LFS) >using a desktop normie-viorment >using i3 instead of a more obscure and elitist WM /╲/\╭( ͡° ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ͡°)╮/\╱\ Normies get out

[@jairoacosta8940]

drones, rich or poor love apple. go to a hood near you and all the drones there have an overpriced apple product. its mind blowing to me that i have to explain to my broke family members why not buy apple anything.

[@danilo81000]

I really love the mix in this channel between filosofy, memes and technology, good job mate ^^

[@user-ju6zx3rm8d]

same

[@robism054]

filosofy?

[@jorgeguberte]

I worked at a company that only had Macs, that was painful.

[@Cobalt985]

Jesus fuck, I am sorry you had to go through that :P

[@lastfirst5542]

I've never seen such, but that would be painful indeed. I actually never saw a company that had any Mac (apart from a hipster's own computer left or right).

[@philliptoone]

Jorge Guberte I once worked for a companythat had only Linux and Mac. No Windows. It was nice. I like that Mac is really Unix under the hood. Just an expensive Unix.

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

Same here in a printworks. I have nightmares

[@Anthonypython]

we have both windows 7/xp and Mac in the printing press room at work.

[@AudiKayder]

I can agree, I work at a dealership and we have constant software communication issues between apple devices and our vehicles software, yet we've never had a problem with any android/differing operating systems.

[@meanmole3212]

Still using iPod Classic 120gb with Rockbox installed and I love it.

[@dan79600]

I've used Linux as my main desktop for years but I don't hate Mac or Windows, and I dont think people who use these OSs are stupid in some way. It's just tech. Use whatever works for you.

[@nikhilpaleti3872]

One point here resonates with me very well - I wouldn't have an issue if Apple EcoSystem was great. I absolutely wouldn't. The issue is that Apple cripples standard, basic features that Android/Windows/Linux have, makes them non-functional for 10+ Years, and then suddenly comes with Apple AirOff - OMG you can now turn off your phone, if you have an Apple Watch and AirPods connected.

[@EliA-mm7ul]

1:36 Been to Apple store and I can't find that concealable sub woofer. Oh wait I forgot it is right in here!

[@realcartoongirl]

i might buy that

[@wintermute701]

Audio production is one thing that Apple really gets right. I've done production on WIndows and Linux before, and obviously it works too, but the Mac gave me the least painful experience. Other than that, Apple stuff is a waste of time.

[@reinardharmse4375]

Strangely enough, Mac is what gave me the most headaches doing music production. My Windows machines, on the other hand, none.

[@count69]

Let me tell you a story, bear with me this may be a bit long but I hope you will appreciate it! (This happened about 5 years ago, I think it was iPhone 4 or 5?) I worked for a large global company in technical support. It was a typical commercial 100% Windows environment. Nowhere was there an Apple product on the company network of about 40,000 nodes. This company also had a list of Top 10 and Top 40 executives, who basically got the VIP treatment in the company. One day, the Top 10 Execs decided to buy i-Phones. We started getting calls logged in our CRM from the Exec's PAs to come and install i-Tunes on these high echelon Director's PCs so that they could unlock their i-Phone and use it. Seriously, any other phone, you can just switch it on and use it. The i-Phone needs to be paired to a copy of i-Tunes to even work. We panicked. We were unable to say no to a Top 10 VIP on pain of immediate sacking, but we were also strictly forbidden on pain of immediate sacking from installing i-Tunes on any node on the network due to Apple's insane licensing splurge. Let me digress slightly. According to the license agreement, and the reason why we were forbidden from installing i-Tunes, was that a company would need to purchase a license for every node on the network that the single copy of i-Tunes was on, due to it's intrinsic 'network' nature. According to our Legal/IT that meant if Apple detected just one copy of i-Tunes on the network they would push to bill the company to purchase 40,000 licenses. And especially due to it's network nature and it's suspected and likely 'phone home' features, not only was i-Tunes on the BANNED SOFTWARE list, it was also on the list in RED. So, our frontline support are flapping over these calls from Top 10 Exec PAs to install i-Tunes or else the phones wont work. (I think they will dial 999/emergency but are basically locked) While we tried to delay action the matter went upwards. It got to our IT Director. As a Top 10 he had a new i-Phone and also required i-Tunes installing. An email came round all internal IT support staff from the IT Director about installing i-Tunes for the Top 10 Execs; i.e. it must be done on request. Our IT Director was directing us to break one of his own directives. Some of us pulled out the email from many months previously threatening us in IT with disembowelment if we even discuss or mention i-Tunes let alone install it. Obviously we just kept it to ourselves. We came up with a compromise between the lower techies and the higher IT managment, after some playing and trial and error. We could install i-Tunes on the Director's company PC, pair the phone up, get it registered and working, then UNINSTALL i-Tunes all in one action. That seemed to satisfy everyone, and we reluctantly went ahead. We put one version of the i-Tunes install on the network and we all used that one version. Some of the other Directors were jealous fo the shiny i-Phones, so they very soon purchased i-Phones for the entire top 40 list of Execs. About 6 months later we arrived to work one morning to find our poor frontline Service Desk already in a melt down and the phone staff grey faced and visibly shaken. When our lines opened at 7.30am our poor early-bird phone operators already had at least a dozen apoplectic Directors or their tearful panic stricken PAs queued and waiting. Some had been calling since 6am leaving angry or desperate messages. We would get less 'meltdown' than that when an entire factory line PC crashed. Anyway, our tech guys were sent out to see what was actually going on and figure out in specific terms what had happened. All we had so far was shouting and tears. Having been caught up in the entire installing saga and having to face-to-face with some of the directors on the install, I was delighted to be deskbound that day, and watched the whole thing unfold from the safety of my emails. And did we laugh! I could barely read through the tears of laughter! Here's what happened: The i-Phone requires a copy of i-Tunes to work. When you do this, you register the i-Phone, and pair it, and also it automatically SYNCHRONISES the phone to THAT copy of i-Tunes. Because THAT copy of i-tunes was the one it was registered on, it counts that copy as its 'MASTER' copy. Non of this was explicit in Apple documentation. The Execs loved it though, it was far better than the crappy Nokia's they had had. The i-Tune automatically syncs everything for them, their music especially, but all kinds of data, Outlook calendar events, all synchronised perfectly and beautifully, every time they plug the i-Phone in to the PC to charge it silently synchronises. Everything. They loved it. They loved it so much that they all installed i-Tunes on their home PCs and synchronised their phones at home. 3-way seamless synchronisation of music, data and calendar events, brilliant! Then 6 months later i-Tunes had an update... Wordlessly it piped itself down the Execs' phone-lines at home and updated i-Tunes. When their i-Phones caught up with the update they suddenly locked up, demanding to see the original copy of i-Tunes it had been registered with. The PAs dutifully followed their Director's shouty demands to instantly get IT in to install the original version of i-Tunes on their company laptops/PCs and re-register/synchronise their i-Phones. They did so. It was recorded as a minor incident and it didn't even cause enough stir for the Service Desk to get involved in, so centrally we didn't know this was happening. But of course this was now a fresh install. Although it was the same laptop/pc, so the i-Phone accepted it. However, while it unlocked the phone, it also synchronised the phone. If you know how synchronisation works you know there are a number of ways it can work. On the crappy Nokia system we normally used there were multiple choices on the direction and method of synchronisation. The i-Phone gave no option and used this 'fresh' install of the 'MASTER' copy of i-Tunes as the basis to synchronise from. It effectively wiped the phone. It synchronised the phone to this new blank version of i-Tunes. Now it had upgraded to a medium strength incident. Still, the same local teams were dispatched and the central Service Desk was largely unaware. Despite the catastrophic sudden loss of data on the i-Phones (all happening on the same day across all the Top 40 Execs in their various Global locations, but concentrated in the London HQ), everybody was basically okay about the data itself, because they all had i-Tunes at home. They all had duplicate copies of their company data at home, and all the calendar events, so it wasn't a total disaster, it was just a big inconvenience to lose the use of the i-Phone and all their important stuff on it for the day. (The reason why companies lose money when the top execs get 'taken out' for some reason, is not because those execs were particularly crucial to the daily running of the company, it is because they demand so many resources to have themselves supported to such a high level and demand immediate restoration of their first class service, damn all other resources.) Anyway, that night, these execs went home, and with relief see that their i-Tunes still has all it's music, and Outlook is still fully intact. They plug their phones in. The i-Phones synchronise. I think you can guess what happened. The i-Phone saw the copy of i-Tunes at their home as a SLAVE version, and it dutifully synchronised their home PC in line with the i-Phone which was a roaming version of the MASTER version. It effectively wiped their home PCs of any i-Phone related data. That meant their entire music collections in some case, but also huge swaithes of Outlook Calendar events, and any data that was associated with Outlook via the i-Phone. Practically anything the i-Phone had touched had been 'synchronised'. So day two, this really hit. Some of our guys couldn't wait to go back. They couldn't say anything but they walked down the corridors past the full length windows of the exec offices with a 'we told you so' kind of swagger! They lost A LOT of data! We laughed a LOT!

[@fv6876]

Man... is this a book or a youtube comment ? TL:DR

[@carstenschmitt1563]

Thanks for sharing. Loving this!

[@licentioushowler3400]

That was an amazing story worth the text.

[@TunnyUK]

I smell horse shit in this story or you've been given incorrect info in the past. AFAIK, there has never been a requirement to pay for iTunes across a business network. It's freeware and okay, there might be business policies that stop the installation of extra software for security or lock down reasons. But there has never been a license cost. My hunch if this was ever true, your IT bosses had a thing for Apple products and just wanted to cause havoc for people who wanted to choose differently. The sync issue between different silos of iTunes is shit as well. I can't remember exactly what the state of things was around iPhone 4,/5,but you can easily switch off all the sync functions and tie 5 different computers to manage your phone via the Apple account. The fact your teams didn't want to support people wanted these devices is sickening really. Anyone professional in IT can work across all devices. We all have our personal preferences and MacOS/iOS is definitely not clever proof. Because you can't tinker with the OS, so what? Go back to an OS what was designed for it. Oh right, it's there in front of you. Linux. Not everything should have to confirm to the nerdy standards. Get your facts right too. This story is full of holes.

[@count69]

This was under the overall direction of the legal department. We also had a directive not to use Winzip and other freeware, because they are not free for Corporate use. There is a lot of software that is stated as free, but that is only for personal or small volume use. Most freeware is NOT free for large volume corporate use. And Apple were known to be particularly vicious when it came to litigation. The same reason why we had flash drives with Spybot and CCleaner and such things that we would install, use, then uninstall, because as far as I remember they also were not free for Corporate use. As far as legal was concerned, if we did not have a named corporate license, we could not use the software REGARDLESS of how much it was proclaimed as free on their website. Hidden way down in the EULA would be a clause covering large volume corporate use and how they defined 'free to use'.

[@4CardsMan]

Three good reasons for MacOS (there are probably more) 1- FCPX. There is nothing else even close. 2 - No major security issues. 3 - I don't have to mess with it. I installed 16GB RAM and two SSD's in my Mac Mini. I formerly supported Windows professionally, and as soon as I retired, I got a Mac.

[@Da_maul]

Linux has just as good if not better security, and windows is passable if you're not a gibbon when downloading software off the internet.

[@pabloveiga1478]

"if you opening up a computer you know what your doing... more or less", this made me remember when open up my tablet and cut off the connection between the touch-pad and the board when i was younger and was trying to understand how it works lol

[@gotija]

Here in Argentina the "rich" people sometimes says: -What's the matter with you? Do you have "ANDROID SYNDROM"? Like we the Android people are poor, and dont know anything... (Our country has 40% of poberty and an iPhone here sells minimum at 50% more than USA)

[@gotija]

But we still are the best country in the entire World

[@zombiedude347]

Your use of memes makes me happy. And I believe I saw a pic of Murray Rothbard. I've switched to linux this year from windows and only go back to access older files.

[@LukeSmithxyz]

Good to hear. It was Friedman, but I contemplated Rothbard. As esoteric as the joke was, I felt like including Rothbard might make it even more inaccessible lol

[@Gabriel38196]

unix based system that actually >just werks

[@MemeScreen]

Brandon Vaught Linux is bloated

[@alaeriia01]

You mean Mint?

[@NerdistRay]

How the hell did you manage to pee on your keyboard lmaooo I wanna hear this story haha

[@seggsfault]

maybe he took it to the bathroom

[@themerchantofpueblo]

I'm a laptop repair technician and I can assure you that fixing Apple devices IS a pain in the @$$

[@RustyNickels]

Remember when Apple thought everyone wanted to listen to U2 so they automatically downloaded the band's new album (at the time) to every iTunes user's account? That shit was horrible! It was like they came over to your house and took a big, smelly dump right on your computer and left.

[@aaronlippincott7385]

> Starts off by saying that he doesn't understand why you'd buy a Mac > Continues to explain why people buy a Mac

[@klintfaber886]

Aaron Lippincott still a good vid in my opinion

[@kermitrehab]

simply a garbage video for 12 year olds who are using windows.

[@Cobalt985]

What he was pointing out was that the reasons people buy Macs are stupid and irrelevant. If you really care about looking the "smartest" or something similar to the people around you, then you need to rethink what you're doing with your life.

[@Br0k3nCl4ws]

I refused a job offering once, I was gonna have better conditions overall but they said I HAD to use macOS. I could not beleive they were able to hire engineers who accepted to work on macs. Oh well, maybe I just don't get it.

[@arcynic5404]

There are only two kinds of Mac users: - people that should use Linux - people that shouldn't use computers

[@minsekfau3218]

This is unironically true

[@anonemoose102]

​@@minsekfau3218 how soM

[@anonemoose102]

@@minsekfau3218 how so?

[@takharamazanpolat7610]

We need an update to this one after these M1 chips

[@yes-vy6bn]

and asahi linux

[@jaonatohinirina565]

Had a Macbook before, I knew nothing yet. Tried to connect my android phone to exchange some files... it doesn't work, you can only connect an Iphone to it otherwise you need a third party software that only work 1/2 of the time. Tried to connect an external hard drive... It also doesn't work, you need to format it to change something something. You're not buying a product, you are buying a brand. You are buying vanity. Apple...never again

[@bambubumm8866]

Hey Luke, Make an updated video about the iPhone brand and how it conquered the major public by transitioning from Android to IOS to all the NPCs wake up.

[@geoffk777]

In fairness, some people do buy computers to run specific applications. If you are mostly a video editor and you think that Final Cut Pro is such a good tool that it's worth having a specific computer to run it on, than it makes some sense to buy a Mac. I own an iPad. Not for general use, but because I play synthesizer, and there are specific, very powerful instruments and music apps that you can get cheaply on an iPad--but not on an Android or Linux tablet. That said, I agree totally with the rest of your rant. Despite being Unix (Mach) based, MacOS is infuriating and limiting and Mac hardware is locked down and totally unappealing. I'm a ThinkPad user and moving from a ThinkPad to any MacBook is sheer torture for me. Not to mention the lack of customization and internal expansion. Macs do work Ok for everyday uses, but so do Windows and Linux systems, and I prefer the hardware and OS available for these.

[@west7236]

Someone pays $2500 for a MacBook, I buy a nice gaming laptop for $1000, already a more powerful machine, but wait there’s more!! Spend an extra $200 on a 250 gb Samsung 960 Evo ssd and extra 16gb ddr4 ram and now it’s more powerful then the iMac line up

[@Eweyhen]

weston landon yet the $2500 Mac will last longer and be better supported.

[@andrew7720]

Althought you are right for some points, you seen a bit biased against mac and windows. Im styding Computer Engineering and work 8+ hours per day on a computer, either laptop or desktop. Plus I have an android smartphone. The desktop is 8 years old and runs Windows 10. And when I need linux, I fire a VM or SSH on a remoter server. As for the laptop, I was in the market 2 years ago for a portable small 13'' laptop with great battery life to take at uni and be able to do everything. And all the competitors with the specs I wanted were ~1500€ mark. In the beggining I was targeting for a Dell XPS 13. And guess what? With the exact same spec, a MacBook Air 13 was 150€ cheaper than the XPS. So I took the chance to learn the mac platform and be proficient in all 3 (Windows, Mac, Linux). As for the repairability and the obsolecence, you are partly right. They are difficult of not impossible to repair if you have a hardware problem. But Apple supports software updates far longer than most manufacturers. Just look at the iPhone. Apple pushed updates on 5+ yr old devices, whereas on Android, you are lucky if you get updates for 2 years. Also, what I notice in uni is that most IT pros have macs for the same reasons. Great battery life, dependable and stable OS, solid build quality. I understand that everyone sees things differently, but if you tryied the combo of mac laptop with windows desktop at home, you would be surprised how easy is to live with them side by side. Linux is great for programming, servers and learning about OSes. But if not compatible enough for everyday use. Most applications that everyone uses dont exist there. That alone is a deal breaker.

[@gctechs]

I wonder what kind of updates you're talking about, because my old crappy LG L7 from 2012 is still being updated.

[@jackb7705]

+gctechs Are you by any chance using the stock ROM or some custom build other than the original LG one it shipped with? Because if that's the case, I'd understand. However, for the everyday user.. they're never gonna change from the stock rom - meaning unlike an iPhone, they are unlikely to get updates after a couple of years because the manufacture has like 20 new phones out... And a quick google comes up with people complaining about KitKat lagging so much on an L7 and the chances of a Lollypop update working is unlikely since the L7 has obsolete GPU drivers..

[@peterlamont647]

andrew7720 You are selling this as a positive. Phones from 2007 should not run the most recent bloatware. I use an LG Tribute II to make a living! I could not do this if i had the latest os. It would be slow as dog feces. This idea of upgrading phones to the latest os and all its extensions means your phone will eventually run so slow that it is unusable. This is what i hear iphone users complain about constantly. Doid phones still get regular security updates etc. And as such are still usable even 10 years later as a daily use main mobile device. I am living proof of why that is positive, not a shortcoming.

[@adamdurham16]

I am a runner.. I have an Apple Watch, iPhone 12pro, and the EarPod pro gen 1.. I have all notifications off… so imagine the frustration after the day before nothing interrupting my run and music plays without issue, run times are tracked in silence to the following day it’s decided to tell me my mile splits and crap I can just look at the face of my watch for.. NO.. it has to start yapping in my ear with no way using EarPods or anything to keep me pushing and get back to the music.. to them having the music coming from my watch or phone.. it is all such sh!t gear.. I purchased my phone but was gifted by others the rest.. when this crap takes a dump or I just can’t handle it anymore I will have a ritual burning of everything Apple I own..

[@chrisferrett8910]

7:53 that’s a clip from the show Silicon Valley

[@andreipopescu7636]

Just wanted to ask :D Cheers!

[@alegos500]

Before I i watch the video : Unix based, Adobe compatibile machine

[@Markonim]

Exactly to the point :D

[@elimgarak3597]

Only 0.00001% of people who are graphical designers care about crap bloated Adobe products

[@Joshtheweatherman]

The only Apple product I would buy is a used Mac, specifically anything made in 2012. Everything but the processors were user upgradable that year, and it wasn’t hard to do it either. If you have good soldering skills with the right equipment, you could definitely upgrade the processors as well. There will always be work arounds to keep new MacOS running on older hardware. And older Macs make great Linux machines too.

[@theplaymakerno1]

The only reason why a person might need to use an Apple product is for development. Some developers can make a lot of money by releasing a product for an Apple device.

[@Allangulon]

I was recently gifted an HP Pavilion DV6000 (8 years old now) with windows 7 installed! Windows 7 ran so slowly on that machine i felt i had no choice but to try Linux! I have installed Linux Lite and am learning to use it,but the first thing to strike me was the response lag reduction! I recommend trying it if you have an old laptop,but beware that doing so will wipe everything on the HDD!

[@archygrey9093]

If the hdd is old, an ssd will make it much faster

[@df3yt]

MacOS - is brilliant - until you have to fix some aspect of it. If you just want to scratch the surface, it outright sucks. Dual screening was hopelessly supported.

[@rich1051414]

I used it for a week, and then turned it off and never turned it back on again. Sorry, MacOS is garbage. It is so user friendly you can't actually get anything done. It is designed around everything working the way it 'should', but how the fuck does apple know how something 'should' be for me? I hate it. It is pretentious overly simplified garbage that goes out of its way to squeeze you for money.

[@snorman1911]

It does things differently than some other interfaces. I feel the same way when I use a Windows machine now, everything is different and it's a pain to find out how to do what I want.

[@Blox117]

iOS looks like a children's operating system. simple and big stupid colorful buttons, very little settings to tweak, nothing that you can edit down to the hardware layer to the point you can screw it up like windows. truly made for the stupid and ignorant OS

[@Blox117]

same for macOS

[@Frank72364]

Blox 117, can you give some examples you can't do on Mac? Also why are you comparing iOS and Windows?

[@esbensloth]

You need a mac for xcode to build to ios to make californian dollars

[@jprobe]

Mac users wouldn't know how to open a computer anyway

[@davidmfra]

Buy a used iPod classic, Rockbox it and mod it to 512gb, there you have an "apple product" that is actually really cool can play FLAC and so on. yes, you have to change the firmware and part of the hardware of a discontinued Apple product for an Apple product to be cool.

[@davidmfra]

rockbox it, you wont regret it

[@davidmfra]

native LFAC support, and you dont need to use itunes you can just copy paste folders, custom themes and sound options, no EU volume restriction, etc

[@Simboiss]

You can copy-paste files on an iPod/iPhone, you just have to find the option. And you never HAVE to use iTunes to manage your music, it's just simpler with iTunes. Noone forces your arm.

[@davidmfra]

It supports .m3u and also has a database builder like the itunes ones You can also use foobar

[@iforce2d]

My first encounter with modern OSX was with Snow Leopard (a few weeks after its release at the time), I had to ask my longtime Mac user colleague how to resize a window by dragging it from the top or left sides. He said, you can't. Since it was a machine he arranged for me to use I thought he had put in some custom mod to troll me. (Don't laugh, it was still new to me and I didn't know that 'custom' and MacOS don't belong in the same sentence.) It wasn't until the next day it began to sink in that this was not just a silly joke, and there really was an OS released well into the 21st century that didn't properly implement one of the most fundamental features of a graphical interface (that even Windows 3.0 already had over 20 years earlier). Of course this turned out to the be tip of the iceberg, and I sincerely wish I could get back all the hours I spent learning iOS development and put it into Android. I had never imagined so many people could be eating such a pile of shit and not only tolerant of it, but strongly defensive of all its flaws and showering it with money too. It really is some kind of mental problem, like Stockholm syndrome. Don't get me started on iOS, XCode, iTunes, lack of backward compatibility, AppStoreConnect, provisioning profiles, Finder.... ughh. Everywhere you look there is a steaming pile of shit.

[@cuttinchops]

One, only 1 thing keeps me having (used/old) macs hanging around … audio. Let’s face it, more hardware/dev support in this sceme..a DJ, keyboard, drum, etc controller works out of the box… usually. “Class compliment” /mac os has less screwing around when you just want to jam. All my other machines are nix/win/pis … tools are just tools in the end, including some users of all platforms

[@asifjaman9135]

Well, there is third category of people who hates windows but loves mac.

[@StevenSenegalU]

I love how youtube recomends me to not own apple products anymore

[@politicaled7247]

KZbin is owned by google...

[@HotlineKM1]

I've been a windows user since I was a kid and still using it due to my gaming. Probably will die with it unless MS fucks up really bad. I don't really care to use Linux but I very much do respect the software. Especially after it saved my almost bricked rooted phone from being completely bricked. Also, that Apple mouse pro pic made me lose my shit. Hadn't seen that one before. Great vid man! Also yes, I used to have 2 different Thinkpads. I forget the models but it was definitely between a t30 or t43, and they were built like fucking tanks.

[@Cobalt985]

MS did fuck up real bad, you just have no way to measure that. I'd say the fact that their OS is literally spyware is a pretty big red flag but it's your choice.

[@lorinh2947]

Xenon No offense dude, but that’s like saying when a city does a traffic study to see where they need to put in more roads to reduced congestion and you’re like “stop spying on meeee you spyware government”. Like no lol. And if they tracking you, what difference does it even make, are you doing something you shouldn’t be? I doubt it.

[@Cobalt985]

Ah, the old "But I have nothing to hide!" argument. Read 1984 and then we'll talk. Saying you don't care about that sort of security and privacy because you have "nothing to hide" is like saying that you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. Even fucking BUZZFEED says you should be concerned about your privacy: www.buzzfeed.com/AnotherThoughtMachine/6-reasons-to-care-about-online-privacy-even-if-you-23uh1?.luAOOQWX38#.wwNVVNrxeO And M$ is _not_ a city, it's a company that makes money off of selling your data to its advertisers.

[@lorinh2947]

Xenon A city in its core element is a machine with a set of laws for the best efficiency. That’s all Windows is also, a machine with a set of software that tries to be as efficient as possible. That’s why I was comparing a city to a computer. Minecraft gathered information also and got flak for it. Apple even sends all your information to their servers when ever you use Siri anything. And they don’t get any flak. Google makes hundreds of dollars off of selling your information from your searching and browsing habits and no one cares. Maybe I’m uneducated, but I haven’t heard Microsoft using the information they have gathered for advertising. I’ve only heard the information for big-data analysts and some results of that.

[@Cobalt985]

www.pcworld.com/article/2986988/privacy/the-price-of-free-how-apple-facebook-microsoft-and-google-sell-you-to-advertisers.html Literally took me a two-second search. And if they weren't selling your info to advertisers then why would you need to turn off targeted ads in Windows settings? Something "not getting flak" and something not being bad are two very different things. The fact that companies sell people's data en masse does not mean that it is acceptable, it means that it is widespread and normalized. You should probably look into mass surveillance as well, as it's pretty insane what government organizations collect and how they try and justify it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

[@devoidbmx1]

Watching this video on my M1 Mac mini running Asahi Linux (Arch Arm 64)

[@RudolfEstragon]

Looking for a new Desktop Environment. Anyone got the sauce for the one shown at 9:36?

[@snuffsan]

Macs are a status symbol more than a computer device

[@infinitepower6780]

Also OSX is far less buggy than Windows

[@Emppu_T.]

Facebook macine, now it's the twitter machine

[@lucca3113]

Macs are used for business, don't attempt to game on a Macbook or an iMac, it just won't work out. Edit: Just to mention that Apple is the richest company in the world for a reason, and their CPU's (on iPhones) are the fastest on the market currently.

[@nigratruo]

Hmm, please provide a source for that hearsay information. Because it is not correct, Mac OS does not have a magical claim on not having any bugs ;-)

[@Andersljungberg]

Like HP computer

[@flamingkittyumad]

lets not forget apple bricks older phones the minute a newer ones comes out and then lie about it

[@sheldonwhitten990]

Amen!!

[@urabusliberty9258]

I have a iPhone 6s it’s and it’s fine and fast

[@headlight31]

Jaye Bush iPhone 5s for me bro. It's just it's fucking cheap lol

[@CoryMck]

They don't lie about it, they admitted that they did this, they said it was for battery issues, but I guess that is a lie.

[@Thinkingbreak]

I iPhone 6s is still a pretty new phone

[@anicetune]

Most people don't care about customising their graphical interface, adding RAM, replacing keyboards or the moral implications that come with feeding the corporate machine. Most people just want a computer, tablet or phone that works, is simple and will be replaced if there's a problem and that's what Apple's brand is famous for - its simplicity. If that means paying extra, people will do that.

[@xtradark4621]

I agree with everything you have said, however, I can think of one (and only one) reason to buy a mac over a regular laptop: build quality. Macbooks do feel really luxurious, strong, and high quality. Honestly, I would buy one of the new MacBook pros with the touch bar, cover the logo with a sticker, and install Arch on it, just because of how nice it looks and feels. But I don't want to give my money to apple and also I don't want to be mistaken for a normie.

[@aaronspeedy7780]

I've had one, and trust me, the build quality isn't great. Get a thinkpad if you want good build quality

[@xtradark4621]

@@aaronspeedy7780 i own a thinkpad P series and also i’ve borrowed a macbook to use personally before. The macbook felt better, and looks nicer in my opinion.

[@Hello-fu5wd]

Linux = Atheism: it's the right choice but most people are too superstitious to try it. Windows = The Catholic Church: people pretty much know the whole thing is a scam but they stay because it's a tradition, is socially acceptable and for the most parts harmless, except for a few molested children here and there. Mac = Scientology: aspiring graphic designers and musicians may think they need it in order to succeed, because all the big names in their insdustries use it, but all it really is, is a weird cult designed to suck you out of your money.

[@Cobalt985]

I wouldn't call Linux the "right" choice but I would certainly call Macs the wrong choice. There are multiple videos out there explaining why Apple is a literal corporate cult, as you said, designed to suck the money out of you. The only excuse for running Windows I will accept is legacy corporate software or actual, professional work that requires software that only works on Windows. "Muh Office" and "Muh Photoshop" don't count as excuses. Office is available online and there's plenty of alternatives and unless you do true professional photo editing Krita/Gimp work just fine.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

I mainly play videogames on my rig so linux just isn't an option. I'm also very sad that I'll have to switch from cracked Win 7 to 10 soon because of DirectX 12.

[@kaloyandraganov9462]

Linux users are like vegans

[@HomerSlated]

A good and funny analogy, but a bit flawed. As a Gentoo user, I'm about as hardcore Linux as it gets, but even I wouldn't say that Linux is "the right choice". It's *a* choice, but not always the best for every circumstance. I'd say that Linux's biggest strength is automation. You can build a workflow in Linux for basically any task that will leave the typical Windows user's sweaty palms pissing with blood as he tries to keep up. PowerShell is a band-aid on an open wound, it does nothing without the underlying support tools. For some tasks you can assemble the bits you need from third-party sources - usually proprietary and with extremely limited automation capability compared to the Linux equivalents, most of which are part of the standard distribution. But for most things, in my experience, Windows is essentially useless at automation. Fundamentally, Windows is, as the name suggests, just something you're meant to look at (or through). It's consumer oriented, it's meant for you to "consume" things, usually commercial things. It's the toaster of the PC world. And that's a good thing, because there are times when you just want to do stuff without having to engage your brain. People lead busy lives, the last thing they need is to have to mess around with obscure config files after a hard day at work. I use Windows the same way I use a TV. Linux, on the other hand, is a power tool. I use it to get things done, things I'd seriously struggle with on any other OS, including Windows, Mac OS and even Android (which ironically is Linux based, but just as brain-dead as Windows). Mac OS (and indeed any Apple product) is an odd one. On the one hand, it's brain-dead simple like Windows, but on the other hand it's limited to the point of being useless, even for normal consumer activities, and even the functionality it does offer is bound to Apple's weird paradigms. Their motto should be "All Think the Same" not "Think Different", because it really is like a sort of religious cult. There's simple and then there's "simple", and Apple is just one blue pill too far.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Hello I would say your enjoyment of Linux is directly proportional to your ability to google error messages. Unlike Windows and Macintosh, Linux does not work right out of the box. But once it does, it is a smooth ride.

[@RightToSelfDefense]

I feel for you man. I have been a Apple fan for about 7 years. Before that I was Linux user. No I was a Linux User Radical. While I worked for the Federal government I perpetually encouraged the abandonment of MS Windows on everyones desktop for Linux because it was and is inherently more secure and it is cheaper to own. But recently I took a big step and converted by Apple laptop to Linux. No I wasn't going to throw away my Apple laptop and buy a whole new Windows laptop only to "Clense" the infection of Windows to put Linux on top of that. That would be a waste of what I already owned. No I didn't do the pXssy thing and just install it in a virtual environment. I completely wiped out OSX and installed Linux Mint on my machine. Know what? It runs just fine. I've been playing with the Linux on Raspberry Pi Single Board Computers. No OSX or iOS there. Linux Mint is a decent Operating system that deserves everyone's attention. Besides Linux usage is still growing and growing. I heard recently that the entire European Union is switching over to Linux and they are re-creating their Open Source Government apps to Linux. Yeah. So don't dump your Apple machine. Just UPGRADE it to Linux. P.S. When I heard recently ago that Apple deliberately AND FRAUDULENTLY slows down their iOS on their iPhones through the updates just before they release their new iPhones I swore I would never ever buy another iPhone. I've switched over to Android and have never looked back.

[@Philopater-Phoneix]

the only reason to buy an apple product is to compile swift

[@linux2650]

You got it right!

[@alextremodelnorte1905]

8:17 xD ahahaha you deserve a medall for this hehehe

[@rockdie9522]

I use same iPhone over 4 years. I use Linux and @work have to boot windows. I don’t depend on any ecosystem neither I feel Apple forces me to buy more of their products.

[@Pasquer515]

For music/daws you can utilize vsts with almost zero latency, windows always has all this extra stuff going on in the background

[@alonsoACR]

this is no longer relevant for any time travelers out there

[@masikergmg]

I almost entirely agree with you but batterly life and apple silicone

[@slob5041]

Peeing on the keyboard to install arch

[@tymekx014]

06:24 I think what your getting at is how Convenience of having all your devices apple, And in turn the Inconvenience Of not buying all their products

[@PaladinJenkis]

What I personally can't stand is, that the more I try to avoid Macs, they hunt me down at my daily jobs. A lot of companies seem to switch to Apple products lately, which pisses the living hell out of me as a software developer. I don't wan't to be part of Macs ecosystem, I don't wan't to obey their shitty keyboard layout, I don't like how Mac OS works and sadly I am not even allowed to switch to Linux (yet). I can understand that some people really wan't to work with Macs, but as a Backend Developer who mostly deals with serverside applications, I don't wan't to have it. I'd never dreamed of hating a company more than microsoft but here we are, Apple is definitely the company I despise the most right now.

[@Simboiss]

What a coincidence, it's exactly the reverse for me, and it's the reverse for more people because there are still more companies using Windows PCs, than the reverse, and it's usually because of the force of habit, and because of raw initial price tag. All jobs that I had where I was forced to use Windows PCs were continuous bouts of frustration. Why can't the computer do this or that? Where's that keyboard shortcut? Why is that button on the left? Why is the network so unstable? Why, why, why, it never stopped.

[@Simboiss]

Objectively, Windows really do lack some features. Not knowing how to do something is not the same as the absence of a feature.

[@Simboiss]

Except, what are those legendary features?

[@snorman1911]

That's weird, most devs I work with are moving to macOS by choice. There is only one dev on our floor using Windows, a few Linux, the rest Mac.

[@mrkiky]

Well I use a mac because you can't publish on ios without a mac. I use a runoffthemill wireless keyboard and mouse , remapped command key on control key so I can use all my familiar shortcuts and right-click and wheelscroll with the mouse, no big deal. At home I'm all windows because muh games and frankenPC is cheap and powerful.

[@yomajo]

Just found a channel exploring most popular vids. Hate, never had, never had Apple products myself, but their processors are no1 out there as of 2023 I believe.

[@jaworskij]

Me: 1985-94 Commodore 64 1994-99 IBM OS/2 Warp with a very short time "testing Slackware ca. '95-96 1999-05 Microsoft Windows 2005-current Fedora Linux distros

[@RealRonaldThump]

"The Commodore 64 is our ancestral land" -Terry A. Davis