[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulation

cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/25140646

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Is this where we share all of our Apple woes?

I had to use an iPhone for work the other day. The up arrow to send a text message was present but not responding.

Oh, the autocorrect has highlighted a word it thinks I misspelled, and I’m guessing we can’t send because a word is highlighted?! OK, tap elsewhere on the message to cancel highlight; it still won’t send, WTF? Tap AGAIN elsewhere on the message, and now it can send.

Lots of reaching up to the top of the screen for no reason, too. Why are there controls up there when my thumbs are already at the bottom for the keyboard? I have to reconfigure my grip on the expensive device I don’t want to drop, just for basic user interactions.

iPhone always leaves me wondering who approved the software working like this, have they ever used a computer before; and how is Android going to degrade in an attempt to copy this behavior?

Honestly if there are good alternatives to apple, I would switch to alternatives, I am seriously considering buying a fair phone

Seconding the motorola suggestion, but hold a little longer until the GrapheneOS compatable models drop.

I’m on a pixel 9 with Graphene OS and it’s fantastic

The first Motorola handsets to support Graphene will be very expensive, but a slightly older Pixel from eBay is a fine option