Comment by tomcatawk | Hacker News Reader

Comment by tomcatawk | Hacker News Reader

Apple is a terrible company through and through that should have been broken up million years ago. But, nobody dares to question apple.

My 2019 macbook pro recently started giving me CATERR errors. There are a few forums and LLMs tell me it is logic board. I took it to Best Buy - a location suggested by apple support and they say we could replace battery but there is no guaranteee it will work. Logic board replacement would be $600 to $800. Unfortunately, only Apple can repair it given how every component is integrated and soldered. There is no help available from Apple support or anyone on this issue.

Apple creates "Planned Obsolescence" deliberately. Every year they launch new products with minor improvements and that basically distorts markets. There is MEGA scalping going on for Mac Mini but Apple does not care. As a trillion dollar corporation seeking profits Apple does nothing to help price gauging. Unfortunately, there is no competition. Microsoft is 10x deep into its own issues.

I wish we had startups who came up with strong competition for Apple.

My 2019 macbook pro recently started giving me CATERR errors.

It's a seven year old laptop. Did you want to be buried with it? All in good humor, my guy, only wondering about your expectations. The error seems to be Intel related, Apple is the manufacturer, but you are out of warranty. What is your issue?

Muh nagios, I can’t be buried but I expect it to run forever like my Toyota. Apple has been caught before to deliberately slow down macs and iPhones. It doesn’t matter it has intel processor or not. Apple’s current suppliers are Broadcom and Qualcomm. Do you get to their throats? No. You blame apple since laptop is sold under apple brand.

How can "it" run forever? Things burn out, overheat, bit rot, SSD read/writes, blah blah. The warranty is the warranty, or you get an extended one. Comparison to a Hilux seems fair on surface but isn't in reality. At some point your Toyota is a ship of Theseus. It's doable under the vehicle constraints. Just musing, cheers.

Your thing is past its warranty, Mac or Toyota. You can take either to an authorized repair center and get an estimate.

All Apple fanboys are butthurt. I hope we see real competition one day and Apple is broken up.

This seems to be the favotitr solution for the anti-Apple crowd: make it so no one can buy Apple products. Misery loves company.

Bitch, you’re the one with “mid” in the name. Looks like it fits. Can’t handle a comment that butthurts you and your precious device? You look like a miserable little soul.

Misery loves company? Fuck off.

You are the one defending a company that deliberately makes its own shit unrepairable so it can shake people down for $800 on a 7-year-old laptop, then acts shocked when anyone wants actual competition instead of this locked-down ransom model. That’s not me being miserable. That’s you simping for planned obsolescence and calling it principle. You’re the classic white knight who gets bullied and then turns around defending the bully. Any chance that’s your whole personality?

I mean, I can tell you the same thing, to f*ck off. If you don't want to buy Apple products, don't buy Apple products! But don't you dare prevent me from buying them because your butthurt demands that Apple be destroyed because their success makes you uncomfortable.

Again, a "mid" comment from a "mid" person. You can't take valid criticism of your devices, how can you ever take negative feedback? Nobody stopped you bitch from buying anything but don't write off other people's experiences.

No, I don't care what you think about the devices, and I wouldn't have even bothered replying if it was just criticism. Its comments like "we need to make Apple go away" that piss me off, because you are trying to force your opinion onto everyone else because you don't like that Apple devices exist, hence the "misery loves company" comment. It really pisses me off when people want to take away my choices.

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