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[–] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize that convenience and simplicity are sometimes a feature. Just Works™ technology has a lot of value (assuming the thing does in fact just work).

I don't have any Apple products, but there are plenty of other categories in my life where I've paid more for a worse product just because I didn't have to think at all about the one I got.

Just Works™ technology has a lot of value (assuming the thing does in fact just work).

And that assumption is unfounded in Apple's case. My parents have constant issues with their iPhones that you would never get on Android. But my mom is convinced that it's easier to use than Android despite never having tried Android

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

I feel this way about cars. I still don't even like automatic doors. Electrical systems in any car is a nightmare. Add 10k little doodads and features all drawing electrical power make so complicated a mess you'll never sort it out and if you do you'll probably realize that the automotive engineer set it up that way because there isn't a better solution that's obvious to anyone who knows how electrical systems are designed and work let alone a backyard mechanic.