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You sleep in the bed you make.
When my phone brakes I'll either be able to repair it myself or it gets cremated, i don't trust anyone near my phone.
We are forced to participate in the society we live in. It is not the consumer's fault that a company is shitty.
How are we forced to buy Apple products? Legitimately asking.
Smart phones are almost essential in this day and age, most people get an apple product because it's what other people have, they shouldn't be punished for just wanting to have a smartphone was my point. It's not their fault apple is like this.
It isn't most people everywhere. Where I live I'd say about 30-40% have iPhones, about another 20% Samsung and Pixel, and the rest are brands like Xiaomi and One Plus. Personally, I love being able to just order a part or battery on Aliexpress and replace it myself or at an independent repair shop, and worst case paying a quarter of what an iphone costs just to replace the whole phone. Which is why I don't totally understand people needing to buy specifically an iphone.
Well, for one, that is anecdotal evidence, but aside from that, outside of the US Android does reign supreme, but the majority of the US has iPhones. A lot of work apps are made for iPhone, and some apps in general are only for iPhone. Not to mention apple has intentionally made it super easy to enter their ecosystem and just stay there, but super hard to leave.
Maybe someone got their first Mac and iPhone in college and didn't really know much about apple, and now they're so integrated in the ecosystem that it would be very difficult to changeover.
Maybe someone really likes having the all iMessage group chat with their family.
There are tons of reasons that have been intentionally created by apple.
Now, as a fellow power user, most of that stuff doesn't matter to me, and I am able and willing to put in extra time and work to customize things to my liking, but the average user just doesn't do all that.
My gf has had iPhones so long she literally doesn't know where to begin to work an Android.
You have to step outside your personal box when thinking about these things. It's not what I need and/or want, it's what the average phone user needs/wants/is used to.
So that's why I say it's not their fault, they went with the easy option because they're worse with tech, and then they get screwed over by apple. Most people don't know about all the right to repair issues, hell, most don't even know how overpriced most of their products are. They shouldn't HAVE to know these things to not get screwed over.
Sure it's always good to be an informed buyer. But let's be honest, most people aren't, especially not somebody like someone's grandma who walks into their cell carrier store and says "I need a phone."
True, but also stop giving Apple money