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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I would say a return to what made them so great when osx came out. One person mentioned open standards which would be part of that but also that their machines were known for power and options as oppose to minimal designs. Lots of ports with strong processors and memory. Also apple care that pretty much was total coverage for three years. This is why I was a big mac fan in the aughts and went away from it in the teens. When the mac store responded to power cable fraying and usage and not just remediating it, when we could not plug into an external monitor without a dongle, when they dropped the cool server edition. The iphone was incredible as were smartphones in general but when they applied that to the whole ecosystem it was like not having a real laptop anymore.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

You’re spot on, my friend.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Users would be able to install apps from anywhere like MacOS. No more monopoly on app distribution.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 5 points 21 hours ago

Open Standards

  • iMessage use and donate to XMPP foundation
  • iCloud federate with nextcloud
  • Airdrop support LocalShare
  • Maps support contributions to OSM
  • Wifi share by qr code
  • Home direct Home Assistant support
  • Homepod support for home assistant plug-ins
  • Allow alternative remotes on the App Store
[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

Sideloading

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 points 22 hours ago

I'd try the crazy upcharge for better specs. A base Mac mini is competitively priced at like 700€ and then they want a whopping 500€ extra for additional 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Open the closed ecosystem and make them much more repair friendly.

Right To Repair!

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

The parental controls should work consistently and reliably.

[–] qx1vsx@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make it easy to move data across non apple devices.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago

My Boox and I agree wholeheartedly

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

iOS telling you what you can't install should be a crime.

Someone should go to jail.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I’ll go you one better. MacOS telling you what you can’t install.

~(Yes, I have mostly defeated it, but it’s the principle.)~

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

... if any desktop computer treats you like iOS treats everyone, it's molotov time.

Or at the very least:

I don’t disagree. My problem is that all the alternatives are worse. At least, in my opinion, and for my use case.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Allow apps to natively integrate alternative cloud services like Google Drive or DropBox. So many apps sync directly to iCloud, but have no way of natively changing that default sync location. Ran into this issue a while ago, where my work uses iPads in the field, but they can’t sync anything with each other because my employer has fully committed to the Google ecosystem. So I can’t just grab any iPad off of the charging rack and continue where I left off; I need to grab the specific iPad that I was using last time.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

This will be addressed in the EU, it is anticompetitive

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Make things more serviceable. I miss the eras of Ram upgrades and drive replacements. I’d also put an SD card slot back on the MacBook Air.

Maybe fire Alan Dye.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

I like the old wedge shaped macbook airs. Go back to that shape. I'm not leaving my m1 air until then.

[–] trajekolus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  1. Tim Cook. Who gave money to Trump
  2. The opaque way money is taken from your account, and it is not clear what it is for, nor easy to stop
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The money thing is very Amazon-esque.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was actually pleased that it came out of Tim’s pocket and not the corporation.

[–] trajekolus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It is blatant corruption - (yes I know it is not illegal but it should be). From outside the USA it seems astonishing that Americans are so at ease with it

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Americans yearn to walked on.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Some of us are, some of us aren’t.

[–] remon@ani.social 0 points 1 day ago

The entirety of iOS.