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Alright, because of the following reasons, I will be cancelling all my Apple products permanently, and discontinuing their use on my websites:
Forced conversion (and no reversion possible) to two-factor authentication in order to access developer program which is no longer free, and doesn't allow local full catalog access anyways.
No Linux support for Itunes, which is required in order to share Apple Music playlists.
Format lock-in through DRM and other control measures.
Lowest quality streaming audio compared to other major competitors.
Digital discrimination against conservatives and Christians for those who wish to use the platform as a voice.
Arbitrary library limit (100,000 songs shared among all playlists - I offer historical and comprehensive access so your platform is the most limiting among all your major competitors) and poor API access for normal users, which limits the amount of music offered on my playlists.
Lack of open source.
Corporate structure based in China, which is a known perpetrator of human rights violations and warmonger, also responsible for the coronavirus.
OS lock-in in order to use all functionality of Apple Music.
Apple has a notorious history of overcharging customers for pointless reasons on necessary items that are normally free.
Anti-competitive software.
Affiliation with woke, anti-conservative, anti-Western and anti-Christian groups.
One i missed:
* Anti-consumer features, such as spying on customer data without their consent, and the digital lockout of data.
I could think of more reasons, but these are the primary ones, and are more than enough reason to not only stop using all your products, but also boycott Apple publicly and visibly on every social media avenue I currently facilitate. I do not do this lightly, and have been a long-term user of Apple and will be sorry to have to part ways, but I cannot morally continue using Apple as long as you pit yourselves against your customers and greater civilization. Thank you for your business, and in the future if you wish to keep customers, serve them in priority over yourselves.
Imagine believing that Apple will ever be damaged by any boycott.
Forced conversion (and no reversion possible) to two-factor authentication
Why is this bad?
in order to access developer program which is no longer free
When was it free? The late 90s?
No Linux support for Itunes, which is required in order to share Apple Music playlists. Yeah, that seems like a really odd one at this stage. Windows is about a decade from official death, and *NIX systems have always played well with ARM processors, which is where Apple’s heading.
Lowest quality streaming audio compared to other major competitors.
Second highest, actually.
Digital discrimination against conservatives and Christians for those who wish to use the platform as a voice.
Just like every other platform.
Arbitrary library limit (100,000 songs
Well fuck, that’s explicitly arbitrary. And incomprehensible.
Lack of open source.
In what way?
Corporate structure based in China
Like all other platforms, you mean?
OS lock-in in order to use all functionality of Apple Music.
It’s available on Windows, Android, Amazon, and Sonos hardware and software.
Apple has a notorious history of overcharging customers for pointless reasons on necessary items that are normally free.
Lot of conditionals there. Yes, they ought to make things cheaper.
Anti-competitive software.
Also proven false.
Affiliation with woke, anti-conservative, anti-Western and anti-Christian groups.
Just like every other platform.
Anti-consumer features, such as spying on customer data without their consent, and the digital lockout of data.
They’re not Google or Amazon. This doesn’t happen.
Looks like we've got an Apple fanboy. You've obviously never tried using their software on Linux or Windows to the extent that I have. There's no functional comparison to their iOS equivalents.
Apple, one of the oligarchs of big tech, is responsible for price-fixing, monopolizing the high-end market, and offering consumers less and worse choice.
Two-factor authentication forces you to be tracked (and geolocated) every time you login. The developer program was free just a couple years ago when I was developing software with their API.
Apple typically uses 256 kbps M4A, which is much worse than the lossless and Hi-Fi offerings, and among the lowest per bitrate.
Not every platform discriminates against Christians and conservatives, but most of big tech does.
The limits are quite low when compared to some platforms (a few offer unlimited).
Apple software is closed-source.
I trust non-Chinese companies. Apple qualifies as a Chinese company, unlike many of their competitors (some of which who outsource but don't have their headquarters in China).
You can't use all the functionality in every OS. It's limited on non-iOS versions of the software.
And who wants expensive dongles when we already have the free equivalent built in with the alternatives!
Apple resells and uses your data against your consent, Whatsapp is one of their products that was caught siphoning contacts off your phone without permission.
And they are anti-competitive, good luck trying to make anything Apple-compatible. You can do clones with Linux and Windows, but not Apple.
The last platform I boycotted was Google Play Music All Access, for removing useful features for no reason, and refusing to fix bugs. That platform at one time was bigger than Apple Music. It's now gone on to the trash-bin at history, so if you don't think the little guy can have an effect, you're wrong. I was very vocal against them.
Nope. Apple’s a fashion accessory company that used to sell the best computers in the world. Some quality still shines through the weeds, is all.
You've obviously never tried using their software on Linux or Windows to the extent that I have. There's no functional comparison to their iOS equivalents.
Okay. They still exist and you can use Apple Music on them.
Apple, one of the oligarchs of big tech, is responsible for price-fixing, monopolizing the high-end market, and offering consumers less and worse choice.
No, no, very yes; respectively.
Two-factor authentication forces you to be tracked (and geolocated) every time you login.
… no? Not even close.
The developer program was free just a couple years ago when I was developing software with their API.
It hasn’t been free since the mid 2000s at least.
Apple typically uses 256 kbps M4A, which is much worse than the lossless and Hi-Fi offerings, and among the lowest per bitrate.
AAC. Name one lossless streaming service.
Not every platform discriminates against Christians and conservatives, but most of big tech does.
That’s “every platform.” Any hardware manufacturer is part of the PRISM program. Any OS manufacturer is, too. They’re all within the system.
The limits are quite low when compared to some platforms (a few offer unlimited).
Yeah, the number isn’t even based on any inherent limitation to processing. It’s baffling they’d do that.
I trust non-Chinese companies.
Then you trust no company that makes hardware, and therefore are a hypocrite for typing this on Chinese hardware. See how that works?
unlike many of their competitors
You’re brain damaged. Or you’re not even trying. They all have chink manufacturing.
some of which who outsource but don't have their headquarters in China
Is this a joke about how California is China or something? Because it’s Mexico.
You can't use all the functionality in every OS. It's limited on non-iOS versions of the software.
Probably. They’re a hardware company, after all.
And who wants expensive dongles when we already have the free equivalent built in with the alternatives!
Right; that’s always a point of contention.
Apple resells and uses your data against your consent, Whatsapp is one of their products
You doesn’t even know what Apple is.
And they are anti-competitive, good luck trying to make anything Apple-compatible. You can do clones with Linux and Windows, but not Apple.
Literally not what anti-competitive means. People have been building Hackintoshes since the first build of OS X for Intel. Apple is under no obligation to let you use their software in any way you want, just as all other operating systems aren’t, either.
if you don't think the little guy can have an effect, you're wrong.
I hate to do this, but do you even know who I am? And you say that obvious bullshit to me? Okay. Keep wasting time doing things that don’t work, I guess.
Okay. They still exist and you can use Apple Music on them.
But they aren't functionally equivalent, they are gimped, buggy versions.
And any time you login and have to use your phone in the process, Big Tech can track your location via GPS and the phone network. Hence the iphones are the kill phones for the assassination squads they will soon unleash on Americans.
It hasn’t been free since the mid 2000s at least.
You are blatantly lying. They just put a price tag on it within the past year or two.
AAC. Name one lossless streaming service.
There are several. My preference is Deezer, but I am also a fan of Tidal and Qobuz, and their are many niche and regional services (they're all over America and Asia, for example) that also offer lossless. Also Spotify is about to roll it out.
That’s “every platform.” Any hardware manufacturer is part of the PRISM program. Any OS manufacturer is, too. They’re all within the system.
No, there are many alt-tech platforms that don't fall in such systems. Only the big companies do.
Then you trust no company that makes hardware, and therefore are a hypocrite for typing this on Chinese hardware. See how that works?
Not everything is made in China, not everything is owned by China, not every company is based in China. Apple is all three.
Apple produces hardware, software, and web services, so stop focusing on hardware.
You doesn’t even know what Apple is.
Apple owns a lot of tech, WhatsApp is one of their acquired products.
Literally not what anti-competitive means. People have been building Hackintoshes since the first build of OS X for Intel. Apple is under no obligation to let you use their software in any way you want, just as all other operating systems aren’t, either.
Hackintoshes are illegal and subject to civil and legal action.
Stop projecting your racism onto others. I'm not disparaging Chinese citizens or Mexicans in the United States. What I'm referring to is the state of China. Apple isn't run by Mexicans.
I hate to do this, but do you even know who I am?
Yeah, you're that Zionist shill working for Mossad who astroturfed the original Voat, I remember.
And the reason that you're targeting this post is that you obviously have Apple Stock and are afraid you may lose big money.
Take your STalest_liks to Poal, Jew, where they are readily welcomed, your oral discourse here is passé.
And any time you login and have to use your phone in the process, Big Tech can track your location via GPS and the phone network.
Welcome to every single second that your phone is turned on. There’s no argument here.
Hence the iphones are the kill phones for the assassination squads they will soon unleash on Americans.
Enjoy your delusions.
You are blatantly lying. They just put a price tag on it within the past year or two.
Okay, dumb fuck. Enjoy your overt lies. The dev program has been paid for decades.
There are several. My preference is Deezer, but I am also a fan of Tidal and Qobuz,
Oh, Tidal’s lossless at 1100kbps? Okay; I wasn’t sure of the needed bitrate. That’s the one I was thinking of. I’m heartened to see more than one. Gone are the days of 128kbps MP3, but lossless is ignored by companies because “people can’t hear the difference.”
No,, there are many alt-tech platforms that don't fall in such systems. Only the big companies do.
Every company in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Go look at the leaked slide presentation for PRISM. They are required to lie about being in the program.
Not everything is made in China, not everything is owned by China, not every company is based in China. Apple is all three.
Keep lying, I guess.
so stop focusing on hardware.
I haven’t been. Their software is beginning to suffer these days.
Apple owns a lot of tech, WhatsApp is one of their acquired products.
You’re too stupid to be alive.
Hackintoshes are illegal and subject to civil and legal action.
100% incorrect. Literally has never been the case. I can make as many Hackintoshes as I want. Legally. I can even give them away. Legally. What I can’t do is sell them. But neither could any other company with any other software without a license to do so.
Stop projecting your racism onto others
Get off this website. Get the fuck out of here. You’re not welcome.
I'm not disparaging Chinese citizens or Mexicans in the United States.
Then you’re totally worthless and truly not even human.
What I'm referring to is the state of China. Apple isn't run by Mexicans.
Nor Chinese. Eat shit, you illiterate retard.
Yeah, you're that Zionist shill working for Mossad who astroturfed the original Voat, I remember.
Thanks for admitting that everything I said is objectively true. We’re done here. Get the last word and humiliate yourself even more. What else is owned by Apple? I bet it’s Skype, right? Maybe Google is owned by Apple. Oh, Microsoft! That’s why windows is so bad; it’s all a conspiracy of “anti-competitive” software engineering!
And the reason that you're targeting this post is that you obviously have Apple Stock and are afraid you may lose big money.
1. I have no stock. 2. You are literally powerless and incapable of effecting change in this way. 3. You are suffering from clinical insanity and are divorced from reality. You are incapable of telling the truth or substantiating your own claims.
Anyways, nice talking to you, but I'd rather not waste my time on an incessant lying shill and provocateur. Almost everything you said has been patently false, and it's a waste of time to debunk your comments again and again...
For the record, I have corresponded with an Apple dev rep who may convince me to end my boycott. For now it is on hold. So go torment another Voat user with your oral work, hope they're paying you good shekels for your prostitution.
Uh huh, you spoke with literally no one. Your boycott did not exist. Your individual action was completely meaningless. Everything you said was either proven wrong or is utterly meaningless to the point you were making (or I agreed with it because it was true).
Keep claiming that Apple owns Google, I guess. See how far that gets you.
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Why is this bad?
When was it free? The late 90s?
Second highest, actually.
Just like every other platform.
Well fuck, that’s explicitly arbitrary. And incomprehensible.
In what way?
Like all other platforms, you mean?
It’s available on Windows, Android, Amazon, and Sonos hardware and software.
Lot of conditionals there. Yes, they ought to make things cheaper.
Also proven false.
Just like every other platform.
They’re not Google or Amazon. This doesn’t happen.
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Apple, one of the oligarchs of big tech, is responsible for price-fixing, monopolizing the high-end market, and offering consumers less and worse choice.
Two-factor authentication forces you to be tracked (and geolocated) every time you login. The developer program was free just a couple years ago when I was developing software with their API.
Apple typically uses 256 kbps M4A, which is much worse than the lossless and Hi-Fi offerings, and among the lowest per bitrate.
Not every platform discriminates against Christians and conservatives, but most of big tech does.
The limits are quite low when compared to some platforms (a few offer unlimited).
Apple software is closed-source.
I trust non-Chinese companies. Apple qualifies as a Chinese company, unlike many of their competitors (some of which who outsource but don't have their headquarters in China).
You can't use all the functionality in every OS. It's limited on non-iOS versions of the software.
And who wants expensive dongles when we already have the free equivalent built in with the alternatives!
Apple resells and uses your data against your consent, Whatsapp is one of their products that was caught siphoning contacts off your phone without permission.
And they are anti-competitive, good luck trying to make anything Apple-compatible. You can do clones with Linux and Windows, but not Apple.
The last platform I boycotted was Google Play Music All Access, for removing useful features for no reason, and refusing to fix bugs. That platform at one time was bigger than Apple Music. It's now gone on to the trash-bin at history, so if you don't think the little guy can have an effect, you're wrong. I was very vocal against them.
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[ - ] Tallest_Skil -1 points 3.1 yearsMar 26, 2021 11:05:33 ago (+0/-1)
Nope. Apple’s a fashion accessory company that used to sell the best computers in the world. Some quality still shines through the weeds, is all.
Okay. They still exist and you can use Apple Music on them.
No, no, very yes; respectively.
… no? Not even close.
It hasn’t been free since the mid 2000s at least.
AAC. Name one lossless streaming service.
That’s “every platform.” Any hardware manufacturer is part of the PRISM program. Any OS manufacturer is, too. They’re all within the system.
Yeah, the number isn’t even based on any inherent limitation to processing. It’s baffling they’d do that.
Then you trust no company that makes hardware, and therefore are a hypocrite for typing this on Chinese hardware. See how that works?
You’re brain damaged. Or you’re not even trying. They all have chink manufacturing.
Is this a joke about how California is China or something? Because it’s Mexico.
Probably. They’re a hardware company, after all.
Right; that’s always a point of contention.
You doesn’t even know what Apple is.
Literally not what anti-competitive means. People have been building Hackintoshes since the first build of OS X for Intel. Apple is under no obligation to let you use their software in any way you want, just as all other operating systems aren’t, either.
I hate to do this, but do you even know who I am? And you say that obvious bullshit to me? Okay. Keep wasting time doing things that don’t work, I guess.
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But they aren't functionally equivalent, they are gimped, buggy versions.
And any time you login and have to use your phone in the process, Big Tech can track your location via GPS and the phone network. Hence the iphones are the kill phones for the assassination squads they will soon unleash on Americans.
You are blatantly lying. They just put a price tag on it within the past year or two.
There are several. My preference is Deezer, but I am also a fan of Tidal and Qobuz, and their are many niche and regional services (they're all over America and Asia, for example) that also offer lossless. Also Spotify is about to roll it out.
No, there are many alt-tech platforms that don't fall in such systems. Only the big companies do.
Not everything is made in China, not everything is owned by China, not every company is based in China. Apple is all three.
Apple produces hardware, software, and web services, so stop focusing on hardware.
Apple owns a lot of tech, WhatsApp is one of their acquired products.
Hackintoshes are illegal and subject to civil and legal action.
Stop projecting your racism onto others. I'm not disparaging Chinese citizens or Mexicans in the United States. What I'm referring to is the state of China. Apple isn't run by Mexicans.
Yeah, you're that Zionist shill working for Mossad who astroturfed the original Voat, I remember.
And the reason that you're targeting this post is that you obviously have Apple Stock and are afraid you may lose big money.
Take your STalest_liks to Poal, Jew, where they are readily welcomed, your oral discourse here is passé.
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[ - ] Tallest_Skil -1 points 3.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 08:29:50 ago (+0/-1)
Welcome to every single second that your phone is turned on. There’s no argument here.
Enjoy your delusions.
Okay, dumb fuck. Enjoy your overt lies. The dev program has been paid for decades.
Oh, Tidal’s lossless at 1100kbps? Okay; I wasn’t sure of the needed bitrate. That’s the one I was thinking of. I’m heartened to see more than one. Gone are the days of 128kbps MP3, but lossless is ignored by companies because “people can’t hear the difference.”
Every company in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Go look at the leaked slide presentation for PRISM. They are required to lie about being in the program.
Keep lying, I guess.
I haven’t been. Their software is beginning to suffer these days.
You’re too stupid to be alive.
100% incorrect. Literally has never been the case. I can make as many Hackintoshes as I want. Legally. I can even give them away. Legally. What I can’t do is sell them. But neither could any other company with any other software without a license to do so.
Get off this website. Get the fuck out of here. You’re not welcome.
Then you’re totally worthless and truly not even human.
Nor Chinese. Eat shit, you illiterate retard.
Thanks for admitting that everything I said is objectively true. We’re done here. Get the last word and humiliate yourself even more. What else is owned by Apple? I bet it’s Skype, right? Maybe Google is owned by Apple. Oh, Microsoft! That’s why windows is so bad; it’s all a conspiracy of “anti-competitive” software engineering!
1. I have no stock.
2. You are literally powerless and incapable of effecting change in this way.
3. You are suffering from clinical insanity and are divorced from reality. You are incapable of telling the truth or substantiating your own claims.
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For the record, I have corresponded with an Apple dev rep who may convince me to end my boycott. For now it is on hold. So go torment another Voat user with your oral work, hope they're paying you good shekels for your prostitution.
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[ - ] Tallest_Skil 0 points 3.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 12:51:30 ago (+0/-0)
Keep claiming that Apple owns Google, I guess. See how far that gets you.