Comment by sussmannbaka

9 months ago

There is no other manufacturer that sells what I want. The alternative is worse (Google) or incompatible with the reality of my daily life (my banks app won't work on it). On the desktop side of things it's getting better, the Framework desktop is interesting, but there's still no REAL alternative yet. Maybe in 5 years.

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Eddy_Viscosity2  9 months ago

> There is no other manufacturer that sells what I want.

Not only that, but if there was one it would very likely become very popular. As it is gained market share money and power it that doing all bad things the currently big players are doing (because they tend to increase that money and power) and you're back looking for an alternative again. Regulations, not market forces are the only way to curb these bad behaviors.

ktallett  9 months ago

Fairphone and a Framework is just fine. What exactly do you do that suggests there is no alternative? I can see absolutely nothing Apple does that no other laptop can.

  • bayindirh  9 months ago

    > I can see absolutely nothing Apple does that no other laptop can.

    Let me check the list.

    - High DPI screen with color calibration and automatic white balancing, working 99% of the time. Ensuring your eyes always sees the color it expects without fatigue. Plus, HDR.

    - Most decent external screens you plug will also have their correct color profile installed on the OS level, so they'll not show funny colors.

    - 15+ hour battery life on an ordinary laptop if you don't abuse it. Even my M1 can handle me for a couple of days with light usage.

    - Good quality speakers, decent stereo separation without being too tinny or boomy.

    - Great quality cameras and microphones for its size.

    - Great, backlight illuminated keyboard, with no flex.

    - A realistic 8-10 year usage life without babying it.

    - A full metal body, and keeping it light for that amount of metal.

    - Built-in biometrics which runs on a proper secure enclave, without any "touch here, write absurdly long pasword you don't know there" shenanigans of Windows.

    - A POSIX compliant, BSD descendant OS which can interoperate with Linux way better than Windows.

    - A proper backup system which backs up whole OS and system state to an external drive, better than old "Windows 7 backup" and miles better than new "OneDrive only Windows Backup".

    - Better radios, backend and port bandwidth than its class-equivalent machines. Essentially a loaded MacBook Pro is equivalent to a Z-Workstation Mobile from HP.

    ...and these are standard in almost every MacBook. I don't go through hoops to beg local distributors to build the machine I like via their configuration wizard, and wait them to import it if they feel like it, and pay 3x of its sticker price because it's a one off import tucked inside a bigger shipment. Even CTO devices by Apple are shipped in a week and comes to my door in another 1-2. I pay the sticker price for the device I want.

    Do you need more?

    Sent from my Linux desktop system.

mrgaro  9 months ago

How it is possible that your bank don't have an Android app if they have an iPhone app?

  • sussmannbaka  9 months ago

    Their app needs Google Play Services. To install it on an Android device I'd want to use over my iPhone, I'd have to jump through a bunch of hoops and it would become a project with permanent upkeep. So I use an iPhone instead.