Do many people really HATE Apple that much?

chris888222 · Jun 30, 2012

I heard from one of my friends that Creative Technologies was the company that patented the MP3, Apple simply made it better.

Apple didn't invent many things, although they are one of the first to push super slim laptops.

One reason why I choose Apple products is because of customer service. At least over here, service is quite top notch.

I could get a Mac if I want to, but I dislike OS X. I find iOS much better.

chemistryfreak · Jun 30, 2012

I just hate itunes....

CrimzonEyed · Jun 30, 2012

I hate both Apple and Microsoft.

They both do evertything in their might to drain people of money.

C-Kronos · Jun 30, 2012

chris888222 said:
Well... I was searching the web on some tech news.

Whenever I see an Apple related article there are just so many blot load of comments that Apple SUXXZ or whatever and "fanboys" get fired up.

Do people really hate Apple that much? Personally I love Apple and Android but is there really such need of hate?

I know Apple can be really stubborn (Flash for iOS, expandable storage, restrictions) but I (at least) like their products - to me they last, and their customer service is better than any other company (not the best though). iOS is also simple and easy to navigate . Their products may be pricey, and that is one of the only main things I dislike about them.

I dunno. I really don't get why people are posting these comments. Am I the only person in this world who *likes* Apple products?

Apple products are alright if you don't mind paying an absurd price for slightly outdated components, and having your product outdated in a year or less worth of time.. Also, why are you including Apple and Android in the same sentence? iOS isn't Android; android was developed by Google, not Apple. Not to mention, Android is open source, developer friendly, and it's based on Linux..

The only time Apple products are enjoyable at all in my opinion is when they're jailbroken.. I don't care much for their Macs though, because they're overpriced and you're paying for the brand name, not the components. For me, the cons of Apple products outweigh the pros, and that's why I personally don't like Apple.

Heck, if I ever I had the desire to use Mac OS for anything, I'd just build a "hackintosh." In the long run, it'd be a lot more cost effective than paying for something that's overly glossy, using outdated hardware, and paying some jacked up price just because something is an Apple product. Personally, I'm happy with Windows 7, it convinced me to take the jump from XP, when Vista failed to do so.. You see people complaining about Vista, and then you see people saying Vista isn't all that bad (It's not that bad after a service pack was released, but it still sucks compared to XP and 7) There's a reason Microsoft pushed out Windows 7 in such a short time frame after Vista came out, it's because it was a clusterfuck of fail.

Bobbyloujo · Jun 30, 2012

I mostly don't like them because they act like they're better than all the others and have actually gotten the ignorant (or, computer illerate, I should say) public to believe them. Then they can charge whatever they want for their products because everyone truly believes they are getting something better than anything else out there.

TripleSMoon · Jun 30, 2012

Bobbyloujo said:
I mostly don't like them because they act like they're better than all the others and have actually gotten the ignorant (or, computer illerate, I should say) public to believe them. Then they can charge whatever they want for their products because everyone truly believes they are getting something better than anything else out there.

Like the BS claim "Macs can't get viruses"?

chris888222 · Jun 30, 2012

xwatchmanx said:
Bobbyloujo said:

I mostly don't like them because they act like they're better than all the others and have actually gotten the ignorant (or, computer illerate, I should say) public to believe them. Then they can charge whatever they want for their products because everyone truly believes they are getting something better than anything else out there.

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Like the BS claim "Macs can't get viruses"?

Macs cannot get most windows viruses =/= Macs cannot get viruses

Each OS has its vulnerabilities. Nothing is perfect.

Lastly · Jul 3, 2012

Beside the Mac Book Pro, everything is overpriced. For the iOS and iPods, it's simply a step back.

ZAFDeltaForce · Jul 3, 2012

CrimzonEyed said:
I hate both Apple and Microsoft.

They both do evertything in their might to drain people of money.

Which is unfortunately true for most, if not all, companies and corporations in the world.

TripleSMoon · Jul 3, 2012

ZAFDeltaForce said:
Which is unfortunately true for most, if not all, companies and corporations in the world.

Indeed. I don't know why people criminalize specific large companies based on that aspect, when it's true of COUNTLESS companies that they probably don't hate at all. Me, I hate Apple, Sony, and select other companies for reasons having to do with their business ethics, attitude, etc.

Tom Bombadildo · Jul 10, 2012

Don't mean to bump this thread, but meh.

It appears to me that people who hate on Android are the people who have only ever used iOS and has tried maybe one or two low-end Android phones. I've heard arguments that Android is laggy and glitchy, that it doesn't work well at all, that the OS itself looks terrible, but what people don't seem to understand about Android and the devices that use it is they are extremely diverse. One device could never represent the entire Android platform.

Fear Zoa · Jul 10, 2012

I dislike people that assume that because they paid for apples overpriced product that it makes them better then everyone else.
Likewise I also dislike many of apples business practices (charging premium for storage, non expandable storage, etc..etc)
Besides that I could care less apple is just another pc company (whether they like it or not)

Rydian · Jul 10, 2012

Suprgamr232 said:
Don't mean to bump this thread, but meh.

It appears to me that people who hate on Android are the people who have only ever used iOS and has tried maybe one or two low-end Android phones. I've heard arguments that Android is laggy and glitchy, that it doesn't work well at all, that the OS itself looks terrible, but what people don't seem to understand about Android and the devices that use it is they are extremely diverse. One device could never represent the entire Android platform.

I was assigned a first-generation ipad from college for a few months, and I now own a Transformer Prime...

And even on the first-generation iPad, iOS had smoother performance and a more pleasant OS. The scrollbar in the stock Android browser is ugly as sin versus the slim type used in iOS, the lack of scroll-direction-lock in android is annoyingly apparent and grinds on me whenever I want to zoom in on a page and then scroll only up or down, some of the main system options are instead hidden behind buttons in the top-right in the main systems panel for whatever reason (versus everything on the iOS panel being shown when you enter the category), etc.

I'd still take my prime over the ipad any day for all the other benefits, of course, but there's some things iOS does better (luckily android's always improving).

Tom Bombadildo · Jul 10, 2012

Rydian said:
Suprgamr232 said:

Don't mean to bump this thread, but meh.

It appears to me that people who hate on Android are the people who have only ever used iOS and has tried maybe one or two low-end Android phones. I've heard arguments that Android is laggy and glitchy, that it doesn't work well at all, that the OS itself looks terrible, but what people don't seem to understand about Android and the devices that use it is they are extremely diverse. One device could never represent the entire Android platform.

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I was assigned a first-generation ipad from college for a few months, and I now own a Transformer Prime...

And even on the first-generation iPad, iOS had smoother performance and a more pleasant OS. The scrollbar in the stock Android browser is ugly as sin versus the slim type used in iOS, the lack of scroll-direction-lock in android is annoyingly apparent and grinds on me whenever I want to zoom in on a page and then scroll only up or down, some of the main system options are instead hidden behind buttons in the top-right in the main systems panel for whatever reason (versus everything on the iOS panel being shown when you enter the category), etc.

I'd still take my prime over the ipad any day for all the other benefits, of course, but there's some things iOS does better (luckily android's always improving).

My point was you can't base the entirety of Android with just one device, the same goes for the Prime. Most of those "problems" are just issues with the Prime (and probably other devices, but not all) I don't use the stock browser cuz it sucks balls, (why you no use Dolphin Browser?) I don't have a problem with scroll-direction-lock on my HP Touchpad...so I'm not sure what's going on there, and the system options vary depending on which firmware you're on and if you're using a tablet or not.

Sure, some devices could be improved upon, you could say that about anything, but saying Android is bad because you have a bad device? That's just dumb.

Rydian · Jul 10, 2012

Suprgamr232 said:
My point was you can't base the entirety of Android with just one device, the same goes for the Prime. Most of those "problems" are just issues with the Prime (and probably other devices, but not all) I don't use the stock browser cuz it sucks balls, (why you no use Dolphin Browser?)
Sure, some devices could be improved upon, you could say that about anything, but saying Android is bad because you have a bad device? That's just dumb.

Black and white view, much? It's possible to complain about something while still preferring it to alternatives, you know.

I said I'd take android over iOS any day.

Suprgamr232 said:
I don't have a problem with scroll-direction-lock on my HP Touchpad...so I'm not sure what's going on there

I'm talking scroll-direction-lock as in when you scroll only up and down for a moment, it locks it, so any more scrolling in that scroll instance (i.e. without removing your finger from the screen) is in an up/down or left/right motion only. This allows you to scroll just up and down in a zoomed-in page in the browser (for example) without the page moving slightly side-to-side as your finger does while scrolling.

This feature appears to be missing from android, or at least the prime (I've never tried to use it on a phone).

Suprgamr232 said:
and the system options vary depending on which firmware you're on and if you're using a tablet or not.

Not what I'm talking about. I'm talking the secondary options you need to use the context-menu in the upper-right to gain access to. Examples...

In the Wifi settings I need to click the vertical ellipses button in the upper-left and go to "advanced" in order to get to the settings on whether to keep wifi on during sleep, and to view the MAC address.
In the storage settings I need to use the that button again to access USB settings, for example toggling between MTP and PTP modes (and presumably MSC, though I haven't tried that).

Again these are small gripes (and I only listed the ones I cared about), but those are settings that appear at first glance to not exist in the settings panel until you click an unlabeled button that's not located in the same place as all the other settings, which makes it hard to find.

Ralph Steven · Jan 27, 2014

Apple have a strategy with which I disagree: you pay more for a product but pay even more for accessories. They consider that the price is justified by the quality. Just look at the latest products and see if they are right or not

Yepi69 · Jan 27, 2014

Because they complicate too much, honestly I spent half an hour yesterday trying to find how to send pictures through bluetooth on my mom's iPhone 4, and still couldn't figure out how to transfer pictures.
Through an Android or even older phones I could easily.

They are different and more complicated to use, also they are extremely expensive so that's why people hate it, also buying an Apple computer because you think ''its the best one out there'' its lying to yourself, the specs inside an Apple computer you can build yourself a desktop with more powerful specs and still pay less than you would for an Apple computer.

Arras · Jan 27, 2014

Yepi69 said:
Because they complicate too much, honestly I spent half an hour yesterday trying to find how to send pictures through bluetooth on my mom's iPhone 4, and still couldn't figure out how to transfer pictures.
Through an Android or even older phones I could easily.

They are different and more complicated to use, also they are extremely expensive so that's why people hate it, also buying an Apple computer because you think ''its the best one out there'' its lying to yourself, the specs inside an Apple computer you can build yourself a desktop with more powerful specs and still pay less than you would for an Apple computer.

Actually for the most part they are pretty easy to use, BUT the moment you try to do anything Apple didn't want/care about it suddenly becomes impossible.

Edster · Jan 27, 2014

People will always hate a company once it gets large. They feel they lost their person touch with them. It's just like a band that becomes hugely successful, there are those that will hate them even if they liked them in the past.

That being said, Apple make a fine product. They control their hardware and software which make some unhappy but it makes for greater compatibility. I have a MacBoook and a MacBook Pro. I don't have to worry that software I buy may work on one and not the other due to hardware issues. I know it will work. My iphone as well and all my contacts and appointments sync flawlessly with icloud through all my devices. This is perfect for me. I would prefer this over Android. Worry free.

Both Microsoft and Apple have their plus and minus. I prefer to use my Mac most times and there are time were I prefer Windows. Some amazing features like being able to boot your computer off a USB has come in handy.

The haters can hate all they want but Apple must be doing something right and if you consider them overpriced, that is an opinion since people are buying them. So that is an indicator that they are not. I love my MacBook Air and consider it the best notebook I have ever owned. :-)

Tom Bombadildo · Jan 27, 2014

Edster said:
People will always hate a company once it gets large. They feel they lost their person touch with them. It's just like a band that becomes hugely successful, there are those that will hate them even if they liked them in the past. No, that's not what happens. Google and Microsoft don't seem to have this problem, and they're both considerably larger than Apple.

That being said, Apple make a fine product. They control their hardware and software which make some unhappy but it makes for greater compatibility. It's fine to control your hardware and all, but over-charging for your hardware is a no-no. Charging 2x more than a custom built/OEM Windows PC equivalent is silly I have a MacBoook and a MacBook Pro. I don't have to worry that software I buy may work on one and not the other due to hardware issues. This isn't a problem on Windows either, besides gaming (but that equally applies to Mac's too so...) I know it will work. My iphone as well and all my contacts and appointments sync flawlessly with icloud through all my devices. This is perfect for me. I would prefer this over Android. Worry free. Android/Google has had the same service for years.

Both Microsoft and Apple have their plus and minus. I prefer to use my Mac most times and there are time were I prefer Windows. Some amazing features like being able to boot your computer off a USB has come in handy.

The haters can hate all they want but Apple must be doing something right and if you consider them overpriced, that is an opinion since people are buying them. No, that's not an opinion, it's a fact. Here's a nice comparison of a Macbook Pro (one of the cheaper but still high-specc'd ones I could find) and a $600+ cheaper and superior in specs Ultrabook. So that is an indicator that they are not. I love my MacBook Air and consider it the best notebook I have ever owned. :-)

Do many people really HATE Apple that much?

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