Why are Apple Users so arrogant?

They can only act uppity because you look like a dump. What a dump!

Because they grossly overpaid for it and can't admit they were suckered. I've been in the IT business for a million years, and the hardware from them has always been cheap. The antennas/transmitters on anything wireless they have are really shitty just as an example. The vast majority of the population has no background or expertise whatsoever in hardware, so they don't know/can't tell.

I've disdained mac products for decades but I've thinking about getting an i-phone mini 13, because the size is better for my small hands. However, I also like using open source, sketchy apps that let you bypass ads on youtube and read newspapers for free. That is ultimately why I don't think I'll switch-- I like the flexibility that comes with androids.

OP, why do you hang out with such silly people?

When your life includes conversations such as this, OP, it's time to go into the light. No one cares.

I am an Apple only consumer. Mac, iPhone, iPad, AirPod Pro, Apple Watch, 4 Homepods.

I’m not uppity but I switch to an AirMac several years ago from having used PCs which were always fucking up and have not had ANY problem in the last 3 years that have used it. I have an IPhone SE that’s not the latest or greatest but works perfectly well and syncs well with my other Apple devices . The Mac was more expensive that a regular laptop and it was worth it I also doubt I will upgrade for several more years . My boyfriend used his last Mac for ten years with the same experience as mine , no problems with slowing down etc etc. You and your friend sound kind of silly .

What an idiotic post

Android users are TRASH.

The majority of affluent Americans are apple users.

In Manhattan it's considered déclassé to receive GREEN TEXTS from a new acquaintance/admirer.

It bothers you he has more money, huh?

People with an Apple or non-Apple "identity." Jesus. They both can get the job done. People spewing mind-numbingly detailed narratives on how they came to be an Apple Person or an Android/PC person. Fuck. Again, they both work.

I’m an apple user and I’m not uppity. I just prefer their stuff. I don’t make an issue about it or care what anyone else thinks cos who gives a fuck?

I agree, R12, but the OP is just eager to find something to hate.

[quote] I am starting to hate all Apple Users.

"The majority of affluent Americans are apple users."

The majority of affluent American douches/dweebs/dickheads are Apple users.

[quote]LaLa Land

Oh, dear.

Technically he is right about the phones anyway. Apple is just over 50 percent which makes it the majority.

I’m an Apple only user. Today I downloaded the new OS for my MacBook Pro. It was FREE, took about 20 minutes to download and install, unlike Windows OS, which you have to pay for new, shittier versions, then install multiple patches and takes hours to install.

R9 (or anyone) what is the issue with “GREEN TEXTS”?

Yes, those green text users are cheap and nasty and buy stuff which is 100% Asiatic.

Sunk coat fallacy for the lot of all you apple peeps!!!!!!! The university where I work as a researcher not only rejects Apple and iOS products, but some of us use our own operating systems because we don’t trust Microsoft either! Apple is a problem because you cannot repair it you have to bring it to them and the repair is a big scam. Save yourselves!

@ R20

Haha sunk cost fallacy R20 is me making a typo! Apple is still a virus friends and neighbors!

I am in a tropical storm with no power making typos sorry for all that. I’m still smiling though

I have never had an Apple computer crash.

The same child labor makes both phones with similar components. The Apple ecosystem works together well, which is the main advantage besides vanity.

Worth watching

Only stupid Americans buy Apple produo.

Apple users don’t spend much time or energy thinking about Android/PC users. Why is that?

Yeah... my MacBook Pro is going on 7 years and still works great. I bought a MacBook Air to carry around too. Never had problems with viruses, etc. I do think PCs are much improved over the last few years, though. I have one just for games and downloading, and it's a year old and still pretty good. It's a really good HP Elite though (bought it used from my company when we upgraded). My Dell before I started buying Macs lasted barely a year.

$$$$$

My Asus 2 in 1 laptop and touchscreen tablet been doing great so far.(1 year) 15.6 screen, touchscreen, pen, 16 gb or ram, 1 tb storage. Cost probably 1:2 of an Apple laptop

I think I’ve become much bitchier throughout my life due to Apple products.

I bought a MacBook Pro in 2007 and have used the hell out of it almost every day for 15 years. In that time I've had two problems: replacing a charger because my cat chewed the cable, and a battery that should be replaced -- instead I just keep it plugged in at all times and don't rely on the battery for power.

It's been a joy in simply performing correctly ALL the time. My company-issued 5 or 6 Dell laptops in that time, at a rate of 1 every 3 years - twice for performance issues, 3 times because that was the replacement schedule. The did all the irritating things: the sluggish, stubborn anti-virus software grinding things to a near halt when least convenient, and no less inconvenient, the neverending updates where everything has to stop and then be started with some frequency (the Mac made updates, but there were maybe 3 times where the update took more than seconds and could be scheduled at my convenience.

For travel and if I want to work on something outside my office, I have a Google Pixel Chromebook (2018.) It's great for that purpose, super Slim and reliable, avoids the constant PC update interruptions. However it's not so lightning fast with a hundred tabs open, and the keyboard layout has its Google quirks, requiring done effort to use foreign language and current characters and some other quirks that take some tie upfront to acclimate to - it's a great laptop, more than most people might need for non-gaming personal use, it just have a couple learnable style quirks. But 4 years with a lot of use it's been great.

I started with PCs and Microsoft and turning over part of your computer life ti fighting/feeding endless "for your own good" mandatory updates that shut everything down just when you would least like. I'm accustomed to upgrading every 3 or 4 years to address the creep of PC sluggishness. I'm not unfamiliar with having a laptop that feels more adversary than servant, but I would never buy one again.

Apple-induced arrogance seems very 2007. Everyone has a decent phone these days so why brag about spending $2000?

Really this is a thing? You lack self acceptance and self esteem because of devices? K.

Yeah, he’s the arrogant one. Imagine giving a fuck which devices or brands another person uses. Life is too short for that nonsense, right?

[quote] [R9] (or anyone) what is the issue with “GREEN TEXTS”?

R18, I'm not R9, but when you text, iPhone to iPhone, the text bubbles are blue. If you text, iPhone to non-iPhone, then the text bubbles are green.

There's a bit more to it than that, R237 & R9. I participate in several large-group chats from work. There are 17 people -16 iPhones and one Android. Because of the Android in the group, whenever anyone does a tapback (like, love, question, etc.) the Android can't handle the emojis, so instead everyone is treated to a repost of the original message, with the header "so-and-so liked..." If someone says something popular, you literally get the message reposted 15 times! That leads to a lot of scrolling and more than a few lost messages. In an Apple-only group, you can give the group a name, which is really helpful when you have multiple discussions going. Maybe those things all work in an Android-only environment, but they are hell in a mixed marriage...

I have been apple-only for at least ten years now, and quite honestly, I have never had one single problem. That was NOT the case with Windows products (seemingly from ANY manufacturer). The Windows products and operating system regularly went wonky (seemingly for no reason) and were constantly infected with hundreds of viruses which slowed it down. I have never had any of that with Apple. For me, it was worth the cost; for others, maybe not.

I avoid like the plague anyone whose self-worth is tied up in the things they buy. I don’t care what phone anyone owns. The question is, will they answer it when I call and are they good company.

R38 Add your use of the word "literally" to all those problems as well.

Back when I had a Toshiba PC which ran on a Microsoft operating system, if I had a problem with a mouse with hardware and drivers by yet another company, whom do I call for help? Invariably each company would say I needed to talk to another company.

Switch to Mac and call Apple who makes everything—hard and soft.

Is that a superior customer experience? Yes.

And no viruses.

Apple users aren’t particular arrogant. They just keep claiming they like Apple because the products just work.

Why would anyone claim that as arrogance?

Why do you care? It's a possession. If people are snooty about shit they own, let them think their ownership makes them better. It only makes them look like fools to sane people.

As I understand it, phone manufacturers and phone companies load up Android phones with their own software and control when (and whether) updates from Google are distributed. Chosing to enter that ecosystem is not something that would cause me to call others foolish.

"Chosing to enter that ecosystem is not something that would cause me to call others foolish."

R46 What?

I resisted Apple products for years until I bought my first Mac, then my first iPhone and so on. I won't say all their products are infallible (the AirPods, for instance, suck) but as a whole, my experience has been so much better than with any of the other brands. To be arrogant about such shit is stupid but that has nothing to do with Apple and everything to do with your friend's insecurity.

I like Apple products and how they interact with each other.

I’m not crazed about them and don’t need to convince the world to buy them. That said, it’s just easier for me to keeping buying them when one breaks.

My MacBook Air, however, continues chugging along at year 10

Why am I arrogant? I bought Apple stock at $11. Since then it has split fourteen times, and is currently at $150.

Are you living in a hovel in Nairobi, OP?

Otherwise you must be writing from 2009, because no one who has an Apple product is arrogant anymore in the developed world. Only in 3rd world places where they live off of Chinese brands you've never heard of.

I have a friend who is inexplicably bitchy about me not being an apple phone user. He will feign shock that I have an android phone. He will ask why I don't have an iPhone like as if not having one is some sort of affliction. It's automatically assumed I must defend why I don't have an iPhone. I have to point out that android has been ahead of Apple on some features. Thankfully after all of the above over the years, he has shut up about it.

Stop generalizing about Apple users. As a graphic designer, the Mac is the only computer I learned to do graphics on when my field went from old school 'paste up mechanicals', done with T-squares, rubber cement and triangles, to graphics and layouts done on computers.

I never brag about my Apple computers. I have a desktop for work, a laptop and an iPad. I don't even have an iPhone. I hate cells in general, I use a flip phone! I don't need to do banking or go online etc on a cell. I laugh when people tell me, "My LIFE is on my phone, I would die if I lose my cell!" Please.

Apple computers happen to be very easy to use. That is a big plus.

[quote]I have a friend who is inexplicably bitchy about me not being an apple phone user. He will feign shock that I have an android phone. He will ask why I don't have an iPhone like as if not having one is some sort of affliction.

What the hell kind of people are you guys hanging out with?

Apple people are cooler than PC people. Always have been. Creative people will always use Macs and Apple products and creative people dictate what and who is cool. That said, you shouldn't give a fuck and should get whatever you want.

I’ll give up any and all of my Apple devices when they pry them out of my cold, dead hands.

I heard young Millennial (verging on Zoomer age) coworkers making fun of people whose text messages are green or blue or whatever color indicates they're not from an Apple device. I didn't understand what they were talking about. They explained it, giggling. I told them they're preoccupied with the wrong things in life and are always going to be strapped for cash if they associate brand names with self-worth, and then I walked away.

They probably made fun of the old gay guy but I really don't care. Pay dumb fashion victims no mind.

[quote]I’m an Apple only user. Today I downloaded the new OS for my MacBook Pro. It was FREE, took about 20 minutes to download and install, unlike Windows OS, which you have to pay for new, shittier versions, then install multiple patches and takes hours to install.

I've never ever had to wait more than 5 minutes for any download on a Windows product.

To all those people who mentioned Dell computers, why the hell would anyone buy a Dell computer? Dell makes shitty computers. That's not a Windows problem. I buy Lenovo and HP computers and so does my job. We never spend more than $500 for a computer. We run seventy two computers, 16 or more hours a day and they last at least 10 years, without any hardware problems. I just ordered a new $600 HP computer. It's replacing my old $300 computer from 2011 (which still runs).

I have an apple phone and an Android phone (for work). I only got the Apple because it was free. I'd never pay that much for a phone. The apple has a much better camera, but other than that, I don't find it much different.

I buy Apple products then keep them for a long time. I just put a new battery into my iPhone 6S (2016).

[quote] the AirPods, for instance, suck

I like my AirPods. The only Apple product I didn't like is the pen. Loses charge too quickly.

Really, does anyone really boast; "I have a Macbook!!"?

R52 Your friend is mentally retarded. Ghost it.

R57 "They explained it, giggling"

At which mall are you employed?

Also, another giant plus for having an iphone over an android;

Androids can easily be hacked into turning the camera on unsuspecting victims.

[a suspicious bf of a friend of mine does this on occasion to him].

This may be a T-Mobile issue but data loads much more quickly on my Samsung than my iPhone. On the iPhone it doesn’t matter if I click on an Apple News or a Google featured article it always takes longer for the text and pictures to appear. The iPhone was more expensive. The Samsung is a free phone with a 2-year plan - so it’s not even a high-level recent Galaxy.

R64 I wonder if it's because of higher security - preventing tracking, etc.?

R64 again - I will agree the Apple look is more hip and sleek and Apple marketing is more compelling.

R65 That’s a possibility. Maybe it’s just my Apple device which is a little over a year old.

R65 That may be possible.

OP, is a Luddite. He uses a landline with a cord, refuses to get a laptop, still has dial up internet (reliability issues with any other connection) AND he still uses the outhouse his grandfather built in 1927 for the family farm. His most major shift in life was having the boiler converted to natural gas when the coal yard finally closed in the late 60’s… Again he hung on to shoveling that coal because he liked to know exactly how much fuel he was using, you know gas meters can be fanangald and are notoriously inaccurate.

I prefer iOS/iPhone because it just works. Far too many problems with android.

And before anyone says "get good with tech", tech is exactly what I do. Sometimes you DON'T want to have to fuck around with everything.

I can't get rid of Apple. All of their music will go away from my machines if I do.