I hate f^%&$ Apple Inc and all things Apple

[MD]

As mentioned Spotify can be had for free but when I tried it there was limited function - and ads now apparently. My brother has it and pays the subscription which gives you control and no ads.

You don't buy songs, you pay a monthly subscription. Like Apple Music - which I will not subscribe to.

Cheers Pritch, I will get off the couch and look into that.

[Swoop]

For years I have detested Apple ... It's a filthy greedy corporate with no conscience.

Sorry, but that statement needs correcting. They are a TAX AVOIDING greedy corporate.
The other year their tax comitment in nz was somewhere close to 20k. No wonder their "office" is in Ireland...

Sadly the fanbois are Ifelch deluded by being either 1: "fashionable" or 2: wanting an "easily used device".


Music = MP3's on the Samsung. Rip them from your CD's so they don't fuck you over on piracy bullshit.

[Paul in NZ]

I hear you - I fuckin hate them as well - but hate em all is my default setting

[Berries]

Horses for courses. I think Samsung sucks arse for phones.

Unfortunately I dumped many of the CDs after uploading the songs I liked off each one.

Why would anyone do that?

[pritch]

Sorry, but that statement needs correcting. They are a TAX AVOIDING greedy corporate.

Not unlike Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc etc etc?

[actungbaby]

Avoided Apple products for years until I was forced to use an iPhone 4s. 9 or so years later I'm on an iPhone X (due to be replaced soon) as I find they do everything I need, are user friendly and well supported.

Yes are very simple to use brought my wife a 4 s. Knows she's got 5s.
I think music side speakers.well
The sound is good too.
No what got me was .if you have a problem .as phone got locked.
They treat you as it's there phone.
Unless you can prove you brought it.
Spent 3 months trying ..long story.
So that's why I don't like iPhones.
Happy with Android .I prefer them.
They will not unlock the phone .
We even had top guy in UK looking after .us in the end I worked out old
Password.what happened .was lost access to org isp clear .so password option was out .then stubid .shop said did have serial prove purchase ,gave them this and they said was wrong one.


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[actungbaby]

Thanks Dave. I did rather explode yesterday but that was coming off a stressful week and just looking forward to chilling out with my music and then being denied was the last straw. So is the consensus recommendation Spotify. Does that mean I have to buy all my songs again?

Don't think I have any choice soon since 12 months ago my old PC Windows (some 18th century version) was working fine but I plugged in the nano to sync and buy another song only to have a Apple message pop-up say, We Apple have decided you can no longer use your old Windows and must buy a new Apple PC or phone. My response was of course, F*&^ you Apple and I bought a new Windows based laptop. Sadly though on signing in on the new baby the Apple database of my library of hundreds of songs vanished. Still comes up as my account, shows my $ balance etc. I have somehow managed to restore them but the hundreds I loaded up from my CD collection have been booted off. They are still on the nano device itself. Unfortunately I dumped many of the CDs after uploading the songs I liked off each one. So if/when the nano dies I lose half my library.
Love technology, it's our friend.

I read where apple going kill of iTunes. Use another platform.


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[Bonez]

Horses for courses. I think Samsung sucks arse for phones.



Why would anyone do that?

Wifey manages to set up and get around andriod on her phone with no problems

[F5 Dave]

Yes are very simple to use brought my wife a 4 s. Knows she's got 5s.
I think music side speakers.well
The sound is good too.
No what got me was .if you have a problem .as phone got locked.
They treat you as it's there phone.
Unless you can prove you brought it.
Spent 3 months trying ..long story.
So that's why I don't like iPhones.
Happy with Android .I prefer them.
They will not unlock the phone .
We even had top guy in UK looking after .us in the end I worked out old
Password.what happened .was lost access to org isp clear .so password option was out .then stubid .shop said did have serial prove purchase ,gave them this and they said was wrong one.


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And now I can read your posts.

Thank you for the extra effort.

[nerrrd]

Are there any corporations that aren't cash-grabbing, tax-avoiding, wannabe monopolies?? And then put exactly the opposite in their 'mission statements'? The really scary thing is that anyone working for said corporation has to voluntarily drink the Kool-aid and then regurgitate it on demand ad nauseam, you know, like a cult.

I got stuck in the Apple ecosystem thanks to the publishing industry. I have to say though my experience has been the polar opposite of yours, no hardware failures over the last 20 years of owning various iPods, iPads and Macs, including a little over two years of working at home publishing a magazine without one single IT issue that I couldn't solve myself with a Force Quit or a Restart.

My biggest issue with Apple has always been the cost of the hardware, so I try to buy refurbished or second hand wherever possible. I did buy a couple of iPhones and quickly realised they were way overpriced for my needs, so swapped to much cheaper Android phones without too many issues.

Thankfully I was suspicious of this whole digital media thing from the start, so I own physical copies of all my music. No problems ripping them in iTunes and copying the files to my Android phones for listening as required.

I'm equally suspicious of the recent trend towards subscription services - f**k you Adobe would be my particular rant on that score.

[MaxPenguin]

IPhones infuriate me. Android all the way. Spotify for music which is "free" with spark plan as well as Netflix.

[pritch]

A couple of hours after I bought my Samsung I wanted to throw it at the wall. That impulse recurred regularly.

When it started to play up I bought an iPhone SE. It was like coming home.
I'm going to be pissed off when they stop supporting it.

Ive had three iPods. The first was one of the early click wheel ones that came in any colour as long as it was white, that has died. The other two, a Nano and a Touch still function as intended.

Two iPads both of which still work.

My MacBook Pro, approaching eleven years old, is not well, but the problem was caused by me dropping it. The MacBook Air is relatively new so...

I guess I'd better buy a stack of CDs and burn the iTunes music I want to keep on to discs?

[Gearup]

A couple of hours after I bought my Samsung I wanted to throw it at the wall. That impulse recurred regularly.

What annoyed you so much about it?

[Bonez]

What annoyed you so much about it?

I'm curious as well. My 60 year old wife has had no bother with hers over the years and set them up herself.

[pritch]

What annoyed you so much about it?

Back then I basically had a cell phone for when I was on the bike so I didn't want a plan. The phone was used for texts occasionally but rarely to make a call. I had no idea what all the apps were for and had no use for them and it wouldn't let me delete the ones I didn't use. Which was nearly all of them.

Then there was the updating thing I mentioned.