|OT| Apple Corner | I like MacBooks and I cannot lie.

[Nebulys]

Man, I JUST came to bitch about Liquid Ass.

This release has to be the worst one in terms of bugs. Just on the last three days:

• Fitness+ refusing to detect my AW.
• iPhone deactivated my alarm for no reason.
• Complications on my AW disappearing.
• TouchID on my Mac refusing to consistently work.

I wish Asahi Linux worked on M4. I’d be on it so fast.

Apple does world class hardware and world ass software right now.

 

[LEANIJA]

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I just wanna point out, to whoever is too lazy to click on the posting to follow to the actual article (I hate that mastodon embeds make you got to mastodon first instead of the article).... this isnt about Apple iTunes at all...its just some unrelated music app called "Parachord" that aims to unify various streaming services. good luck with that .

 

[Le Pertti]

lashman with a rage bait mastodon link that anti apple ?

 

[lashman]

 

[Nebulys]

I think I'm pretty set on ditching Apple, except for my M4 iPad Pro, which is a legit great tablet and quite unmatched. iPadOS 26 feels like the only Apple OS they haven't fucked. And I love snapping it into my keyboard cover and having a mini laptop for out and about.

Once I've cleared my current credit card (couple of months), I'll gradually replace my Apple devices and with more open ones, hardening them for privacy.

I'm thinking:

First, replace my iPhone 17 Pro Max (which I deeply regret buying - I really dislike this phone because of iOS 26) and iPad mini 7 (an otherwise decent tablet) with a folding phone. I'd be 100% on board with a Pixel (replacing the stock OS with GrapheneOS), but I'm concerned my bank will require me to have Google Play installed regardless. So I'm gonna go with a safer bet, and get a Samsung Fold 7/8 and just debloat it of Google shit (except Play Store) on Samsung's OS.

I'll also have to sell both my Apple Watches (Series 7 and 10), and I'm thinking I'll replace them with a Garmin Forerunner 570 for when I'm out on a run, and one of the new Pebble watches for my day-to-day.

Next, replace my MacBook Pro M4 Pro, which I hate because of iOS 26, with a Lenovo Yoga 14" with AMD CPU, shipped with no OS, then stick Linux on it. I'm thinking Aurora (from Universal Blue, creators of Bazzite) because it's going to be low maintenance and all I want to do on this thing is write, email, browse and dock it to my USB4/Thunderbolt hub for the same functions on a dual screen desk setup. I could get cheaper, but I like having a lot of browser tabs open and I really enjoy a snappy OS. This should be adequate for my needs.

And if I need something with more umpfh, I've got a high-end Lenovo gaming laptop that I can use. It currently has Windows on it, but I'm hoping the Nvidia driver situation improves soon so I can stick Bazzite on it.

That just leaves me with my iPad Pro M4 which, as I said above, I'm going to keep about. It works well as a tablet and mini laptop, and I'm going to subscribe to Filen to sync across all the different OS's I'll be using.

 

[NarohDethan]

I think I'm pretty set on ditching Apple, except for my M4 iPad Pro, which is a legit great tablet and quite unmatched. iPadOS 26 feels like the only Apple OS they haven't fucked. And I love snapping it into my keyboard cover and having a mini laptop for out and about.

Once I've cleared my current credit card (couple of months), I'll gradually replace my Apple devices and with more open ones, hardening them for privacy.

I'm thinking:

First, replace my iPhone 17 Pro Max (which I deeply regret buying - I really dislike this phone because of iOS 26) and iPad mini 7 (an otherwise decent tablet) with a folding phone. I'd be 100% on board with a Pixel (replacing the stock OS with GrapheneOS), but I'm concerned my bank will require me to have Google Play installed regardless. So I'm gonna go with a safer bet, and get a Samsung Fold 7/8 and just debloat it of Google shit (except Play Store) on Samsung's OS.

I'll also have to sell both my Apple Watches (Series 7 and 10), and I'm thinking I'll replace them with a Garmin Forerunner 570 for when I'm out on a run, and one of the new Pebble watches for my day-to-day.

Next, replace my MacBook Pro M4 Pro, which I hate because of iOS 26, with a Lenovo Yoga 14" with AMD CPU, shipped with no OS, then stick Linux on it. I'm thinking Aurora (from Universal Blue, creators of Bazzite) because it's going to be low maintenance and all I want to do on this thing is write, email, browse and dock it to my USB4/Thunderbolt hub for the same functions on a dual screen desk setup. I could get cheaper, but I like having a lot of browser tabs open and I really enjoy a snappy OS. This should be adequate for my needs.

And if I need something with more umpfh, I've got a high-end Lenovo gaming laptop that I can use. It currently has Windows on it, but I'm hoping the Nvidia driver situation improves soon so I can stick Bazzite on it.

That just leaves me with my iPad Pro M4 which, as I said above, I'm going to keep about. It works well as a tablet and mini laptop, and I'm going to subscribe to Filen to sync across all the different OS's I'll be using.

Great plan!

I still have my S24 Ultra in here, my only problem with it is that it has a custom ROM installation from my carrier and it keeps installing stupid shit like games without my consent. Otherwise, it works fine I think. Since I have an eSIM, I'd have to go to my carrier for a switch, but that should take like 5 minutes.

So, I'd be selling my 16 Pro Max and my Watch S11. I'm already covered with a Forerunner 960 for my fitness tracking needs. I already sold my iPad, and I'd sell my Macbook but that would leave me without a computer, so I'll hold to it for at least this year.

I will keep my Apple TV though.