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[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

Any Apple product, mostly the iPhones. If you live in Latin America, those things are more a burden than something useful. They are too expensive, too fragile, and too Eye-catching for burglars.

They eats up your phone plan in hours just by existing, you can't borrow a charger because everyone around you has Android. The simplest things to do on Android are an ordeal on Iphone.

The only way it can be worth it is if you have all Apple products (iMac, AppleTV, iPad, etc). But for that, you better be prepared to pawn your soul.

[-] crystenn@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

The first paragraph, I can get along with and understand where you're coming from.

The second paragraph, could you elaborate what you mean by "eat up your phone plan just by existing"? I personally use an iPhone and have had very normal data usage rates that is accurately tracked through both the phone and my carrier's app.

Also regarding borrowing a charger, they just moved to USB-C so that will be a non-issue a few years down the road when lightning is phased out.

[-] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Should probably point out thatbthey were forced to move to USB-C

[-] crystenn@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sure, but whether they were forced to move over or did it out of the (non-existent) goodwill of their hearts wasn't the point of contention in the discussion and results in a similar outcome. The initial commenter pointed out that they couldn't share a charger and I just mentioned that this should be a non-issue once lightning is phased out.

[-] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Considering they made it so that you need apple issued usb-c, and have problems with normal one (probably fixed now because people obviously complained). I'd say avoiding it is a good choice.

[-] crystenn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Not true. Check my other comment on this thread where I talked about my experience with 3rd party USB-C cables

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