[112233]

When sonething Apple does not work (e.g. icloud sync) it simply does not work, there is nothing you can do.

If windows or linux does not work, there is easy 50 step manual fix on arch wiki, toutube, tomsguide (you have to try all to find the right one)

Do you know how nice is to be able to tell others, that there is nothing you can do, and mean it?

[crossroadsguy]

Right. 50 step manual fix! Only that it actually is like generally 3-4 step fix.

But I get it. As opposed to trying to let it sink in that something that could have easily been fixed and diagnosed you get to hear “buy a new one; nothing can do”, I am sure being able to fix something is less appealing. Because we must not lose sight of things like the organismic satisfaction one experiences when being able to pay for something Apple. That opportunity! Oh, my breathing is going up already. Just the thought of it.

Yeah, I get what you mean.

[112233]

I mean, right, right? Once friends and family agree to promote you to their voluntary tech support position, you are installing, reinstalling, upgrading no end.

But if they have sony, apple or any of those - endless vacation!

[rahoulb]

There are times when I find this utterly infuriating, but other times it's an absolute blessed relief. I know there's no point wasting time hunting for a solution (that may or may not make the situation worse) and I should just walk away and do something more meaningful instead.

[kbelder]

It's interesting when somebody lists A, B, and then comes to the exact opposite conclusion C that you would. What a different life you and I must have lead.

[danmur]

lol, plausible deniability

[amelius]

I told my family: fine, you can buy Apple products, but don't expect me to fix them when they fail.

[nikanj]

The 50 step manual fix is actually just generated by chatgpt and sounds plausible, but does not actually work. It's just a red herring to get page clicks / ad views.

[debugnik]

Except these kind of guides have been available for over 15 years. Maybe now it'll be harder to find the genuine ones, though.

[leemailll]

that's the thing. the horror. the horror is not controlled by ai, but people use those junks to abuse search ranking of google.

I guess we may find again the old old yahoo! is useful

[CrzyLngPwd]

Ah, you tell me this now I just go to step 47!