The only product from Apple I've ever been impressed by was Airpods and now every other company has them. I bought mine on a huge sale because I don't respect their bullshit prices and I do like them a lot, but I'm sure there are other brands I would like just as much now that they've been around for years.
I tend to buy iMacs for my workhorse home machines. They tend to last about 10 years or more before I feel the need to replace them.
If you buy an Apple product, you don't actually own it.
I'd say if you buy a smartphone, it's highly unlikely that you own it
Hi, I have an iPhone and like it because it's the best device for my needs and Android doesn't have a critical app I use, and workarounds on Android break things. My case is rare, I admit, but it's true. I would happily switch to a Pixel once that app's available on Android.
Assuming that just because I buy a company's products means I like everything they do is an awfully Rossmanny take though. I like the guy well enough but the blanket statements on things where he doesn't consider any reasoning other than his worldview absolutely frustrates me.
But the same can be said for some Apple fanboys. The absolute foaming at the mouth when some people get a green text message blaming the customer for buying an Android phone rather than thinking about Apple's lack of interest in industry standards absolutely baffles me.
Android has many issues with privacy that don't apply to iOS. While you can degoogle Android, some services don't work as well and some apps won't be available at all.
And hey, maybe that's okay with you! Maybe your phone isn't as big of an extension of your digital life as it is mine. Maybe it is, but you can get by on exclusively FOSS apps. I think all of that is fantastic, but I am not you, and you are not me, and I think the real sucker is the one who's sowing division amongst people over how they use their personal devices.
Mac is the only way work will let me use bash. You can pry my MacBook from my cold, dead, hands if it meant I have to go back to Windows/pwsh.
Used to sell Apple gear. One of the sales managers still owes me an apology for embarrassing me in front of customers, and then returning a week later and repeating what I said and not admitting they were wrong).
But, gave up on windows finally. The Xbox console gives me a black screen on Windows, and got sick of edge hijacking my chrome tabs and cookies
Apple's attitude sucks, but at this point, Microsoft keeps doing weird things in Windows