Submitted by ennuinerdog t3_10adh31 in gadgets
MercatorLondon t1_j45blmq wrote
That sounds like my iPad Pro. I bought it in 2015 and I have full software updates 8 years later running their latest iOS. I believe it will also run next year update. I also had a battery replaced last year in Apple Store. I looked around the 3rd party repair shops but the cost was similar. So far this was the best supported IT product I had up to date. We need more companies doing this.
jdbrew t1_j45sefa wrote
This is the big reason why I went back to apple products after switching to android and windows in 2014. Yes everything apple is more expensive and no you can’t do everything an android phone can, but I can do everything I need to, and their product support is so much longer.
On a tangent, Ted Chiang has an incredible short story stalled The Lifecycle of Software Objects that is excellent
zilist t1_j462wmm wrote
Exactly, literally zero of the features Android has that iOS hasn’t are relevant for me.
HunterDecious t1_j45n535 wrote
>I looked around the 3rd party repair shops but the cost was similar.
That's by Apple's design.
>We need more companies doing this.
Genuinely curious how right to repair people like Louis Rossman would react to this comment, lol.
tjeulink t1_j469ye7 wrote
louis rossman is often not knowledgeable about anything not hardware. he knows a lot about hardware and is usually right in that.
apple is genuinely very good in their software support. just as they are very good in regards to privacy compared to windows or android.
and even if your android phone receives long enough updates, the apps are just not going to work on it properly after sometime. you won't have that as much with apple products.
TheRetenor t1_j46wnrg wrote
I have actuallt never seen an Android app not work on an Android phone that was on a somewhat reasonable older version (like 8.0 kind of is currently). I have however seen apps act up specifically in brand terms. Sometimes an app will not work on a certain Samsung device or similar.
And ontop of that you can install literally any Android version on most android phones if you are willing to invest a day of reading through guides (and have an unlockable phone), I mean there was the Android 10 patch for the 2011 Galaxy S2 and even new apps ran on that. Issues came mostly from insufficient hardware, which is of course not as much a problem on apple phones because there is no budget segment. A 2018 Galaxy J Something will struggle with anything 2023 way before flagships.
But in general, backwards support is mostly good for both OSes and I wouldn't want to discredit apple there.
In privacy terms however I disagree as recent events have shown. If you watch rossmann, you would know about some of those anyways though.
tjeulink t1_j47at6d wrote
you don't have to invest a day of reading for an iphone to just work.
backwards support is much worse for android. new API versions just aren't supported by older systems causing glitches, crashes, inefficient opperation, etc.
apple completely clamps down on shit like that.
and no, apple is still better privacy wise. android does very little to protect your device. there are custom niche versions out there that do it better but even those are not good.
RenegadeAccolade t1_j45w30q wrote
I think the “We need more companies doing this” was more about the long-term software support for devices.
I definitely am against Apple’s anti repair attitude, but I can respect them for having one of the, if not the longest, software support for their hardware.
HunterDecious t1_j45xk6o wrote
Right, and I laughed because it comes at the cost of strangled repair rights. RtR has no chance if people are perfectly content with the current setup.
SharkyIzrod t1_j45kp9r wrote
Leave it to r/gadgets to make literally any comment section a pro-Apple one.
RenegadeAccolade t1_j45x0nz wrote
When any fan of any thing can back up their love for that thing with legitimately commendable things, I don’t think it should be shot down or avoided simply because you have a personal problem with it.
Apple is notoriously anti repair for sure, and they are the pioneers of insane price jacking for their devices, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that they really do support their hardware with software updates for a long, long time. One of the longest for sure.
The iPad Air 2 only stopped being supported in 2022 with iOS 16. It stayed on the list for nearly 8 years (just 1 month shy of 8). That’s insane. Do you even remember 2014?
SharkyIzrod t1_j45zrhq wrote
I really, really like StarCraft II, in fact it might be my favorite game ever. For all of Blizzard's misgivings, that is one thing I cannot and will not take away from them.
My point being, what does that have to do with the article?
ennuinerdog OP t1_j45p84s wrote
I'm running an 11 year old MacBook Pro on the latest version of iOS. Credit where credit's due.
SharkyIzrod t1_j45pz4r wrote
My favorite supermarket carries great golden kiwi and has carried it year-round for like 10 years now. Credit where credit is due.
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