I actually prefer the Apple OSes to Windows & Androids. I fight them less. I prefer some PC apps and use Windows for them though. Do I hate paying a lot more for a brand name, hell yeah. Hell most companies are pretty horrid with that. $700 for a PS3 when it came out. I wasn't biting.
I realize it super cool to be hating on Apple and has for longer than some of you have been alive. It's old. Yeah the sending prepackaged gif images thing is frankly retarded but look at Facebook, message boards, forums, lots of people want to do that & Apple provided an option. Don't use it.
I don't like apple updates since Jobs left but I don't like Windows updates either. I postponed the upgrade to windows 10 for a long time waiting them to fix most bugs and when I finally updated I start experiencing bugs if the privacy issues were not enough. Back to the old Windows!
You got it. Your description of Apple products was spot-on.
I think, in the end, what Apple did was to play up humanity's tribal nature to get people to buy their products to feel part of a group. Also, brand recognition.
I prefer the options offered by Windows and Android platforms, and find customization on Apple products to be difficult, to say the least. That being said, they do offer a simplicity that people not so technically inclined tend to better acclimate to.
Point just generally is? Sometimes, devices with the same manufacturer can interact fantastically, in ways devices from different companies just can't.
So, here's the one thing I love, love, love about Apple stuff.
I have an iPad and an Apple TV. My iPad has Twitch on it. If they're on the same WiFi, I can tell my iPad "Hey, whatever Audio/Video content you've got playing right now? Stream it to the Apple TV", whereupon it plays on my TV.
Oh, and who remembers the "no viruses" claim? Ya, because, most people have PCs, why would anyone bother making a virus for a computer hardly anyone uses?
I will admit they Are good for music and movie production and the like, and have sleek designed laptops, I guess? ( who remembers this joke? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/03/imac.jpg circular mouse, lol )
I have never, ever, Ever liked apple products. I mean look at their desktops, I havent sen one lately but last I checked even when PC moved to 3 buttons or even five buttons, (default not gaming) they STILL had ONE BUTTON mice!!! "theres a button on the keyboard for that" UNNECESSARY!!!
I saw this coming (Apple going downhill) when Jobs retired. Apple was dying without him 20 years ago, and was rescued from death when he came back. It's dying now, albeit slower, but no Jobs now because he's dead.
They skimped a bit on the QA for this particular release ;)
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/theres-actual-hardcore-porn-hiding-in-ios-10-nsfw-1786670537
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/theres-my-little-pony-porn-hiding-in-ios-10-1786653053
Never liked Apple, for the same reasons you've mentioned: it's overpriced, and very strict with the way it does things... so, in a way, i actually like that they're tripping over their own feets, so to speak... maybe they'll learn thE lesson!
Gotta agree with you there - it's one of the reasons I never dicker with any apple products. I don't care if Microsoft and Sony and other cooperations don't do as good a job - Apple just walls you off too much. I like to be able to take my stuff apart and redo it the way I want.
