Sorry I can’t join your apple circle jerk. I’m not sure there’s anything anyone cans ay to you to feel differently about apple.

You forgot the part where Apple has been actively trying to stop people from repairing their own devices to the point of taking some to court. Down to actively blocking refurbished parts from ports of entry (claiming they’re counterfeit) and actively lying or using “willful ignorance” when it comes to repair at their…

That was my takeaway when she was not able to enjoy spending Halloween with her kids because she couldn’t use Facebook.

This basically just confirms a lot of the Apple-user stereotypes. People who use mainly Apple devices are HELPLESS without then. I know very tech-savvy people who are obsessed with the stupid blue bubble of iMessage, which is sincerely one of the most nonsensical things to worry about. And I can totally relate to…

37 years old and you can’t figure out how to cut Apple out of your life? I hate to stereotype but when I see or read about someone who ONLY uses Apple products, it immediately sends out a message that you probably don’t know what you’re doing and your IT skills are probably subpar or nonexistent. Apple does a lot of…

All brainstorming sessions at Apple start with “Why don’t we restrict the customer from...”

Name one other company that even comes close to Apple in terms of Profit/Worker Pay. They could double the pay of every single worker in every single factory for every single product they sell and they’d still be in the top 20 most profitable companies.

Totally agree. Every other week, when Kashmir dropped a brand, she sought out the next-best alternative, but with Apple, it felt like she intentionally made life harder than necessary just to express how vital Apple is.

I appreciate your optimism in believing she’d made anything right that would have shown how irrelevant and replaceable Apple is. Kashmir clearly went into this decided on showing that Google, Microsoft and Amazon are evil and that Apple is an indispensable caring angel of light that nobody could ever possibly conceive…

What, did you expect an Apple fangirl to promote a fair and balanced comparison between her fashion statement gadgets and actual tech? Of course she’d manipulate things to make Apple seem like the most essential and necessary tech giant of all or she’s have to turn in her biased fangirl card by putting the company at…

So much this. Millions and millions of adult Americans go through each day in a very high-tech world without ever interacting with a single Apple device or service.  How someone who is tasked with trying to find out the easiest way to cut Apple out of their lives temporarily could not figure out how to function like…

This is why I have way more respect for Microsoft than I do Apple. Apple has it easy, they control the hardware and the software. Microsoft has to work with almost limitless combinations of software and hardware and does an admirable job in maintaining the peace between all. Is it perfect? God no, but they have a…

Seriously, I get more and more annoyed as I read these articles. By week, what is this 4? You should have an idea of what you need to do to prep for a disconnect. I don’t use any apple products but it shouldn’t be to hard to duckduckgo “switching from Iphone to none apple device, instructions”. Like a week beforehand.…

The ignorance to the reality of what Apple do to be that profitable is amazing.

I only read that far. Had to come down to the comments to make sure I wasn’t insane.

Definitely. In securing devices to be used in the final week of the experiment, the author completely missed the part where she can extol the good from Google and Ms devices, and made it appear as though giving up Apple is like giving up heroin. I live without Apple. If I was giving up Google, I’d use modified…

Yes, it’s an incredibly valuable and powerful company, the world’s most valuable company according to the stock market most days, but it’s generally thought of as a good guy as far as the big tech companies go.

You have to honestly wonder what the conclusion drawn next week is going to be. “Well, these companies may be bad from a social standpoint, but my life would be a hopeless shambles without them. Please like this post on Facebook from your iPad!”

Nearly every single complaint on this list could be solved by basic technical competency or the foresight to understand her professional and personal needs. The writer failed to take the basic precautionary step of signing out of iMessage, something that dozens of tech blogs counsel those who switch away from Apple do …

And this is why we don’t give one company total authority over your computing life, kids.