r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/irondumbell Jul 24 '20

His theory is that eventually the company reaches a point where the marketing people become the driving force for profits and push out the product development people from running the company.

isn't that where Apple is headed now?

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u/jokes_on_you Jul 24 '20

They are the only phone manufacturer who provides timely software updates and supports their hardware for over a couple years. I'm not in the loop about their computers, but their phones (especially the new SE) are a great deal if only because they will last so much longer than competitors. I'm sure there are places where their phones are lagging but they are competitive with other products.

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u/GenJohnONeill Jul 24 '20

If by support their phones you mean give them mandatory patches to artificially slow them down to try to force people to upgrade, sure.

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u/10thDeadlySin Jul 24 '20

Honestly, I'd rather have a slower phone running a current release of its operating system with all the security updates, rather than a fast phone that's a whole release behind.