georgie01

This attitude of ‘I deserve better’ is literally ruining our societies. I’m not saying they do or don’t deserve better, I don’t know. What I do know is that ungratefulness, jealousy, and entitled attitudes lead to things falling apart. Not building things up.

It’s not even that long ago that people were grateful for their jobs, even if they weren’t ideal. Working is a privilege, but our culture looks at how other people have it better or just that we think we deserve better. Most people don’t understand that attitude breaks down the culture. A lack of appreciation ruins everything.

godofbiscuits said:

Bosa said:

These complainers don’t know how good they have it. Try working in Any other country or even Microsoft and see what happens 

Whataboutism isn’t a valid argument. 

Of course it is. We live in an extremely entitled and ungrateful time in human history. Western ideas, with all their faults, have brought about unprecedented success in terms of providing for people (including for minorities and women).

So when someone moans and complains without an expression of gratefulness for the extraordinary plentifulness they have, the complaint cannot be accepted at face value.

It’s a similar problem to the billionaire complaining they couldn’t get their 100th vintage automobile in perfect condition because someone got to it first who wouldn’t appreciate it as much as they believe they would. Or the person throwing a fit because they were ‘misgendered’, while children in other countries don’t even have enough food to be healthy. Those complaints are trite and meaningless in the bigger picture.

Yikes … an entire article devoted to complaining about something so lacking in information that the author has to presume things in order to complain.

It doesn’t really matter how reasonable the author believes the presumptions are. We have no idea, and so complaining in advance seems blatantly biased and petty.

I’ve never been a fan of the right to repair movement because I think it’s totally fine for Apple to want to protect their reputation by trying to ensure some level of repair quality.

But for some reason I’m totally in favour of this! Genuine Apple parts and presumably cheaper than taking it to an Apple Store.

It’s the typical ploy for power. “This person/organisation is bad. Turn away from them and come to me.” When all they’re offering is their own version of what they’re criticising—too much power. Sounds exactly like the current administration in the US…

I’m not saying Apple doesn’t make bad choices at times, but it’s clear they are usually trying to control the user experience rather than just wanting power. I’d rather take my chances with them than Epic. Sweeney sounds like he just wants power.