cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/1072752
For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.
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I haven’t needed to tech support on any of my Apple stuff in the entire time I’ve owned them, I have at home both a Linux server and a Mac mini running as a headless server. Guess how many times I’ve had to fix the Mac mini 0.
My iPhone I’ve had 0 issues with and my M2 Air which I use for work has had 0 issues.
I don’t really see a situation where the sorting out a mac would be troublesome it’s pretty much all simple as hell.
Oh and fun fact, I have done tech support for apple stuff on a daily basis as part of my job as a store manager of a retail tech store and I’m constantly thrown problems from Android/iOS Devcies as well as MacOS, Linux & Windows Devices and guess which ones give me the most problems.
Sorting out a Mac is troublesome. Errors that give you no information, lack of easy access to advanced utilities, and of course, it bring all in the name of “It Just Works! ™”. I found myself cursing at a Mac, but never had on literally any other operating system ever. Even TempleOS is easier to troubleshoot.
Errors on every major OS:
Windows: The application could not start because of missing dll X (0xb). Reinstalling the program may fix this problem. Linux: Could not find libfluidsynth.so.1. Reason: No such file or directory! macOS: Could not connect to this network. Android: App not installed. There's also another "There was a problem parsing the package" which either means it's corrupted or your phone is from the Stone Age. iOS: Literally reboots your iPhoney every 3 minutes because the fucking microphone is broken.Now let’s see what those errors tell me.
Windows: A DLL is missing. Either it got corrupted or the user fucked up. Linux: App is linking against a super old library. Update the app or compile it to use a newer library. macOS: LITERALLY NOTHING. Super vague, but at least the Android one below only appears when you are sideloading (you should know what you're doing) Android: While the error itself is vague, it usually means "no space left" or "bad signature". Again, if you see this error, you should know what you're doing. iOS: I couldn't tell unless I knew the mic was broken.Guess how many times my Dad had trouble with Bluetooth on macOS. More than I can count, to the point of needing to steal my mic from me.