There are more Apple fanboys around than for almost any other product
there are certainly more Apple fanboys around than there are normal, well-adjusted people that quite like Apple products.

Expect a lot of this over-the-top tearing of hair over the next few weeks. Along with interminable amounts of memorial style programming.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:08, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Also a lot of apple fanboys in Meeja.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:14, Reply)

Apple users.
Smug gits.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:16, Reply)

Basically.
The products them selves are OK, if you like paying too much for something that does less but is pretty, but the intolerable smugness is unbearable.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:18, Reply)

There's a pirate version of Apple kicking about.
The i-patch.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:23, Reply)

This is a bit of a misnomer really.
The vast majority of Apple users are perfectly fine. A few high profile smug wankers about it doesn't mean that the guy sitting to my left with an iPhone is any different to the guy sitting to my right with his android phone.

The media led 'All Apple is wonderful' brigade of Stephen Frys is no better or worse than the 'All Apple is shit and all users are cunts' brigade of Charlie Brookers.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:24, Reply)

Charlie Brooker is a traitor to the cause
and now has an iPad.

And the guy on your left paid more for less because it looked pretty, therefore I, personally, think slightly less of him.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:27, Reply)

If Apple toned iTunes down
I might be tempted myself. It's just too invasive and restricting for my tastes.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:29, Reply)

I'd like to be able to remove the shit I have no use for, which is pretty hard on apple devices.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:31, Reply)

I dislike anything I can't format and rebuild.
I'd be tempted by an iPhone, since I don't bother with phones much. But, iTunes.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:35, Reply)

you represent about 1% of the population
everone else wants something that works straight out of the box with minimal fuss.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:38, Reply)

And Apple did that very well
by stopping everybody from doing anything Apple didn't want them to do.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)

exactly,
we luddites want an easy life; I would happily have a Mac, i-phone/pod/Tv etc just because by having them all the same they will sync easily.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:41, Reply)

Yes they will, it creates a captive market
which in turn eventually creates a monopoly.

Apple are basically forcing their users to be dependent on them.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:50, Reply)

Hush!
you're only 1% of the population, doesn't matter if it's the smartest percent.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:53, Reply)

Genuine question -
what is it that people find wrong with iTunes? I use it, but have nothing to compare it to, so I don't know what's not good about it relative to other options.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:32, Reply)

I can't work out where to put the needle
/luddite
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:33, Reply)

Also, you can't skin up on an mp3

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:34, Reply)

memories
a cassette box full of spliff and a trip to the park, good times.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:37, Reply)

It's Memorex
you idiot.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:41, Reply)

very good fat man

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:43, Reply)

Or is it real?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

iTunes is fine
so long as you're happy to only use it to buy music, don't try to play stuff bought on iTunes on a non-iTunes device, don't mind the thing bloatwaring the fuck out of your PC and are OK with it force-updating and bombing you out of whatever it is you're doing at the time.

I'd like to think it's changed, it's been a while since I last had to use it.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:34, Reply)

What do you use instead?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:36, Reply)

Torrents, mostly
CDex for ripping.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:37, Reply)

how do you maike music go onto your ipod?
I torrent lots, but i-tunes often gets grumpy with the results
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)

I don't use an iPod
iPods require iTunes.
( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:47, Reply)

I don't think it auto updates anymore
it's often prompting me to update, but I just say no unless I know I am not going to be using the computer for a while.

And yeah, I only use it for music, so anything else it may do doesn't affect me.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:37, Reply)

I'm going to knock up a £15 Steve Jobs memorial iPhone app.
Just a picture of him and some angels.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:17, Reply)

4eva in or harts

( Kroney, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:18, Reply)

And a £10 android app which is just a picture of him with HAHAHAHAHA HE'S DEAD ANDROID WIN
played on a loop.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:24, Reply)