Re:iPhone 6 and Android value
by Nerdfest on Saturday September 13, 2014 @11:37AM
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That 'simpler lifestyle' only works until they force something that you can't abide by, and by that point it's too late. Personally I can't even tolerate that there's only one hardware manufacturer and one source of software. That never ends well for consumers.
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Re:iPhone 6 and Android value
by mark_l_watson on Saturday September 13, 2014 @11:51AM
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I feel like I am not really trapping myself in the Apple ecosystem because the things that I use (web browser, emacs, IDEs for Java, Clojure, Ruby) are available on Linux. I just don't use my Linux laptop very much since the Apple experience is more polished.
I do agree with your comment in general. That is, for non-tech computer users, moving off Apple's platforms would be difficult after years of use.