Trust me, I'm an Apple Fan

Are you sick of Apple purposely making their products worse? Are you frustrated by Apple's insane pricing and the so-called Apple Tax? Are you tired of iPhone season every year and Apple intentionally slowing down older iPhones? Are you generally fed up with Apple and its insane cult-like fanbase?

Well I am and I have an answer and explanation to all of these concerns. Apple fans, your time is up.

Here are the chapters for this video. Feel free to jump around accordingly:

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Why Apple?
2:19 Apple Making Their Products Worse
5:12 Apple Pricing - The Apple Tax
6:21 How Apple Is Ruining Your Love Life
7:11 Apples Never-Ending-Upgrade-Cycle
8:39 Apple Caught Slowing Down Phones
9:38 Apple Right To Repair Issue
10:36 Ethical Issues
11:29 Solution
10:56 Why Apple Sucks Now

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Creators note:
Hello, my name is Zackary Smigel. I've been creating YouTube videos since I was a kid. I started YouTube full-time about five years ago. You might have seen me from Real Estate License Wizard, where I obtained 60,000 subscribers and over 5 million channel views. I have since left that channel for creative pursuits, and this is my first crack at starting something new. I'd appreciate a like and subscribe if this content interests you and I captured your attention for even just a few moments.

On a secondary note, this is a video I've been wanting to create for a while, and finally had time to do it! It's more focused and less exploratory than usual, but I believe it came out well. Like my last two videos, I was nervous to make this one, but you all like my videos where I am more critical, so I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks so much for watching,

Zackary Smigel

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[ZackarySmigel]

DISCLAIMER: 31% of you may hate me after this video!

[rentedshortbus]

If you meet the "love of your life" and they criticize you for not using an iPhone then let me be the first to tell you that they aren't the one.

[BatteryPoweredBricks]

I don't hate you, I just hate Apple. If someone wants to judge me by my green bubble I don't have the time of day for them either. Also congrats on 50k and 70k subs since my last comment 😅

[Dyanosis]

Slapping a $400 billion dollar company with a $500 million dollar fine is like slapping a millionaire with a $200 speeding ticket or $400 parking fine. They don't give a shit. They'll pay it again and again because money is no object.

I wish that the judicial system would hit people and companies where it actually hurts. For these companies, the wallet is the least of their worries.

[alvarobms]

Im so glad you blew up, ever since that algorithm video youve been one of my favorite content creators keep it up man

[jesse]

A company that can, with a straight face, charge $1, 000 for a monitor STAND is laughing at its customers all the way to the bank.

[AntoCharles]

Ngl someone choosing not to date you because of message bubble colors is a blessing in disguise lol

[kindofanmol]

While Samsung's out there releasing the fifth generation of their cutting-edge foldables, the most hyped Apple event this year is them adding USB-C to the iPhone15. Pretty telling tbh.

[staidenofanarchy]

I'm not saying Samsung is some amazing company, but if you're shallow enough to think less of me for using an Android, I don't want you in my life.

[lowellthoerner]

I work in a repair shop and the part about repairability is getting worse every year. If they could get away with welding their phones shut they already would have.

We have a contract with Apple which has 3 main terms:
- Apple lets us buy their OEM batteries to do first-party replacements (these aren't available to the general public)
- In return, we are only allowed to buy their batteries (no aftermarkets)
- They provide us with the software to pair their batteries with their phones because they need special software to make them work

The software has *never* worked and their support will do nothing about it. So we are stuck in a contract which effectively forbids us from doing battery repairs and there is nothing we can do.

By the way, any iPhone after the 12 will disable FaceID if you replace the screen. Screen has nothing to do with FaceID but they'd love it if you bought a new phone so they make it really annoying to get it repaired.

[boahmali]

the culture in USA of having an iPhone is insane, the entire country has been brainwashed by a conglomerate and they cant see how stupid it is.

[Ddaddy]

"im an apple fan and I already hate myslef" same lol

[rentedshortbus]

Gave up on Iphones about 4-5 years ago and haven't looked back since. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people ask me why I don't have one. When I explain to them that I can do so much more with an Android (without having to jailbreak anything) as opposed to a stock iPhone they ALWAYS give me a blank stare.

Like you can literally see the whole "does not compute" on their faces because they simply cannot imagine a life without using their iPhones. When I follow this up with "Well, why do you use an iPhone?" I can never seemingly get a straight answer from them.

Great video as always my dude.

[gideongrace]

I agree. And I think that the defensiveness people have for these companies probably also comes in part from the way people today genuinely have a lack of personal identity due to lack of community, so they defend these companies like they'd defend a friend because that's a thing people want to do but they don't have enough friends soooo.... something's gotta fill that void.

[NotCaptainToad]

Important note- these devices are not waterproof, they are water resistant up to a certain standard depending on the device. I only say this as I worked at a phone store and met too many people that had that impression and damaged their devices. Great video, it is important to be aware as consumer of all the flaws of these giant companies. We as a large group can push these companies to change.

[ManCarryingThing]

This is a great video - the absolute worst part to me is the slowing-down issue. They know the tech isn't advancing at the rate it used to, so they have to invest reasons for us to buy

[bagel]

Apple has become a status symbol of the upper middle class like Hollister used to be.

[jennnieeeeee]

i've genuinely been ghosted more than once after moving from dating app to text because i have an android. i guess it weeds out the narrow-minded folks ... <\3

[dannyseville]

Apple is the king of marketting. They havent invented anything but got good at making a good baseline system that is easy to use and telling people that is what they want.

[HydratedBeans]

Remember when Apple gave you a charger, case, headphones, and cleaner? I miss iPods.