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Lmao I didn't even get that far down their stupid post. That's some impressive stupidity. Apple is a marketing company that happens to manufacture some sub-par commercial devices that appeal to idiots that like to pretend they know what they're talking about.

Did this person manage to get anything correct in their long-winded cloud yelling?

Yes. I am a bit biased and I generally try to decorate biases when they aren’t obvious.

I do admit, I’m a bit older, so Apple was primarily a computer company while I was growing up. They were a bit of a media company before they were a phone company, with the iTunes Music Store. They still are with Apple Music and Apple TV.

To be fair, they run the iPhone like they run the Mac. They don’t allow pack in software, sometimes called shovelware, and including stuff like Facebook and Amazon. Though some say including their own apps counts. I don’t really think so, but I don’t think it’s worth debating. I think their rent seeking and not allowing third party app stores and sideloading is the more interesting criticism, and one I share as well.

The problem is that Apple is getting into services, which is where Google started. And adding ads is the next step and they’ve already begun that.