Has Apple Lost it’s mojo?

[wdfifteen]

Newest products from Apple are simply versions of already existing services, sure it’s nice to see more competition for Citibank and Amazon and Netflix, but is it innovative? No.
I would love to see them get as explosively innovative with something like data transmission and delivery as they did with the iPad and iPhone. Vast areas of the country aren’t served by fast internet. Apple could address that with some innovation that is as transformative as the Mac and the iPhone, but instead they want to make small tweaks to existing business models. Apple is becoming just another purveyor of consumer services.

*Heavily edited now that I have my glasses on and not typing on my iPad. Sorry for the gobbeldy gook.

[berettafan]

A damning statement. Though I guess I’d prefer nothing over nonsense.

[tabs]

Jobs is dead and Apple is atrophying

[Tervuren]

The one apple product I use, I would not replace with an apple product.

Their software is durn frustratin'.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Newest products from Apple are simplyes. versions of already existing services, sure it’s nice to see more competition for Citibank and Amazon and Netflix, but is it innocent? No.
I would love to see them get s explosively innovative with something like data transmission and delivery as they did with the iPad and iPhone. Vast areas of the country aren’t served by fast internet. Apple could address that with some innovation that is as transformative as the Mac and the iPhone, but instead they want to make small tweaks to existing business models. Apple is becoming just another purveyor of consumer servic

Steve was the mojo.

Apple are going all in on AR which is the stage before neural implants.

John Legere / T Mobile will be / are doing the data thing taking on the cable industry with a for realz 5G network that could very well be one of the final nails in the cable industries coffin. Can't come too soon.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

The one apple product I use, I would not replace with an apple product.

Their software is durn frustratin'.

This.

I love my iPhone. But I hate with a passion iTunes. I have to use it to back up my phone to my computer. I have a 128Gig phone and 80 gig of data. I will not use the cloud to store my data, especially for what they charge.

I have been using computers since 1980 when I got my Commodore Vic16. I have had countless PCs and several Macs, even some Unix machines. I have use a lot of different software packages.

Without hesitation, I can say iTunes is the worst piece of crap software on the planet that I have ever used. 100% illogical, and hard to use. Just stupid velvet collar restrictions of Apple.

[RANDY P]

How about a reliable keyboard that won't break? Until they address that, I'm not buying another Apple laptop. Tired of form>function with Apple these days.

Silicon Valley thinks tactile feedback is the devil's work. All the same nonsense minimalist 'look' the sheeple love and buy. Touchscreens suck.

rjp

[onewhippedpuppy]

I think their products are still quality but they are no longer innovative. Apple is just adding the same content to the iPhone that Samsung announced 6-12 months ago. I hate Android more than IOS, it’s the only reason I haven’t switched. Their UI has become clunky and convoluted over time, the software has more bugs, and ITunes does totally suck.

[Halm]

"Has Apple lost it's mojo?"


October 5, 2011,

[recycled sixtie]

I am on my second apple iphone and it is a 5s. The previous one was the 4s. I really enjoy the iphone but prefer non apple laptops such as hp. Having said that my apple stock is doing well. Not such whether to sell it or not.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by RANDY P

How about a reliable keyboard that won't break? Until they address that, I'm not buying another Apple laptop. Tired of form>function with Apple these days.

Silicon Valley thinks tactile feedback is the devil's work. All the same nonsense minimalist 'look' the sheeple love and buy. Touchscreens suck.

rjp

What are you using? I love my Macbook Pro. The keys don't click, but I feel a definite little "pop" when I press a key.
The only keyboard failure I've had is the one I spilled a cup of coffee into.

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

What are you using? I love my Macbook Pro. The keys don't click, but I feel a definite little "pop" when I press a key.
The only keyboard failure I've had is the one I spilled a cup of coffee into.

I had a 2016 12" macbook that ate it's keyboard- it was warrantied but it wasn't even a work machine. Kinda left a negative impression. I dare not use one for work- I got a Lenovo with Win 10, now everything else but the keyboard is goofy.

I don't want to spend the cash unless it's fixed.

rjp

[LakeCleElum]

Just switched to an Android phone yesterday. Had Apple since smart phones came out.

My biggest frustration beside I-Tunes was letting them give me the the honor of having my defective I-phone battery replaced for only $35.....Since I live a long way from an Apple store, they advertise you go online to order a pre-paid shipping box........That web site was down for 2 months (They didn't want to do it for that price)

So, I call and takes 45 minutes to get walked thru a battery test. set up a Paypal thing thru my phone and they tell me a Fed-ex box is coming........Never Happened.

Another 45 minute call....They don't know what went wrong, but now set up an account on my Visa and they tell me I have to take it to a UPS store with a label I printed. That store is 1/2 away. They ended up charging my Paypal.....I get home and there is the FedEx box waiting for me......What a f'ed up mess for a simple battery fix.......Would have done it myself, but would have voided the warranty.......Goodbye.......

[herr_oberst]

I think the mojo is gone. Used to be when Apple would announce a new product it was a big deal. Ain't no thang anymore. I don't have a single f*c* to give about Apple TV, and the new ipads and macs appear to be just more of the same....having said that, I've had an imac and a macbook pro that have been working just fine for years and years and years and they don't feel old, so I feel like the premium I paid worked out in my favor....

[berettafan]

Oh agree very much Herr! Love my imac and MacBook pro! I didn't opt for the touch bar model and don't really see where there is value in that but otherwise it's been a great product.

[Adrian Thompson]

Apple have become what they set out to fight. A locked down system that does everything possible to make it hard to use. Apple used to be simple, it just worked. Honestly Windows and Google have far surpassed them in usability these days. They are so locked down now it's a pain to use. Have you tried reading your own pictures or songs if you back them on a hard drive then try to read them on a different machine. It's a pain. If it wasn't' for the fact my wife is >< far from being completely electronically illiterate, she can just about navigate the Apple world, I'd kick every one of their ****-can products to the curb.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by RANDY P

How about a reliable keyboard that won't break? Until they address that, I'm not buying another Apple laptop. Tired of form>function with Apple these days.

Silicon Valley thinks tactile feedback is the devil's work. All the same nonsense minimalist 'look' the sheeple love and buy. Touchscreens suck.

rjp

I love my Apple keyboards and have never had one break. I've owned multiples of every laptop model since day one. Still have a Blackbird in original box in a closet.

I also hoard the wired keyboards.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

2016: When did Microsoft buy Apple?

[speeder]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I love my Apple keyboards and have never had one break. I've owned multiples of every laptop model since day one. Still have a Blackbird in original box in a closet.

I also hoard the wired keyboards.

Me too, never had one break. Never heard of anyone having a problem w them, either. He must be really smashing the keys when he's angry on PARF or something.

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I love my Apple keyboards and have never had one break. I've owned multiples of every laptop model since day one. Still have a Blackbird in original box in a closet.

I also hoard the wired keyboards.

Butterfly keys, right? The old one was good.

My 12" mac has those, and it's not as comfortable as the Windows it's passable.

I just don't want a failure on a $2K machine. That, and excel isn't multi thread in native Mac, nor any fuzzy lookup tool.

rjp