[nrvn]

As a long term apple customer I would be happy to throw away out of the window every single device and their entire walled ecosystem in face of a decent alternative.

Unfortunately (or thankfully, depends on standpoint) the benefits outweigh nuisances.

[ryandrake]

I feel the same way. When I look at my aging Apple computer(s) I think about all the annoying OS choices that they made that are difficult or impossible to configure away or work around, and I tell myself, "That's it. My next computer will not be Apple!" But, then I look and see the shit that every other manufacturer offers and I can't believe how bad it all is. The hardware is mostly cheap, cheesy, flimsy, plastic garbage, and the software choices are 1. Windows which is so intrusive and user-hostile that I consider it malware and 2. Linux which has been perpetually "will be ready for prime time about 2 years from now." The last time I upgraded Debian on my home lab server, it failed and I had to boot in single user mode to carefully fix it so it would even boot.

Fortunately, Apple's hardware almost always 2X+ outlasts its software support, so I won't have to make an actual buying decision for many years.

[gumby]

When my friends ask why I choose macbook air & iphone my explanation is that they simply "suck less".

Pretty sad when that's the best way to choose.