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DESCRIPTION: A space for anyone who uses Apple products, appreciates what they get right, and wants to talk plainly about what they don’t. This is a friendly place for healthy criticism. You don’t have to love the company. You don’t have to hate it either. If you want honest discussion about Apple hardware, software, ecosystem choices, design decisions, frustrations, or pleasant surprises, you’re welcome here.

RULES: This is a place for:

Thoughtful critique, real-world experience, and respectful disagreement
Sharing tips, solutions, workarounds, and overlooked features
Questioning decisions without turning everything into a complaint thread
Welcoming users at any level of experience or enthusiasm

This is not a place for:

Trolling, pile-ons, or knee-jerk negativity
Brand loyalty debates
Personal attacks, sarcasm aimed at other users, or rhetorical grandstanding
Gatekeeping based on technical skill, platform history, or product ownership
Derogatory references to cults or fanboyism. I don’t actually believe those things really exist anymore. If you wanna talk about them in a historical context, that’s totally fine.

You use Apple. You think about it. (Maybe you think different). That’s all it takes to participate here.

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Reverendender@sh.itjust.works

If you could fix one thing about the Apple ecosystem, what would it be? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I used to work at the Apple Store from 2007 to 2012 I think. A large part of that time I was a One To One trainer, back when that existed (Before that, I was an iOS device tech aka “Family Room Specialist”). A lot of people would come in with brand new computers they bought or looking for help to upgrade their computer to a newer model, and I would of course assist, and every single time, when they asked me if they should do the ram upgrades, every single time, I told them no. And I told them go to crucial.com and I will help you pick out the correct RAM and I will fucking install it for you when you come into your next appointment. Obviously this was back when RAM was user configurable. Boy those were the days.