A Reddit thread has been discussing some of the things that annoy them about Apple – more specifically, examples of Apple ‘nickel-and-diming’ its customers. Areas where Apple cheaps out.

There are absolutely no prizes for guessing what’s number one on the list …

And on the topic of storage:

Yeah, and the fact that they constantly remind you to buy storage if you opt out. It’s a pretty low move.

This has been my biggest annoyance, I almost had my service cut off because I had to get a new debit card and forgot to update my payment information, not only do I need to keep paying the ****ing 99 cents, but I can’t even pay yearly.

5GB of iCloud space is appalling.

I would note that the super-fast PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSDs Apple uses are most definitely not cheap, but I absolutely agree that 128GB is ridiculous in a laptop sold in 2018.

There was also something which caught me out when buying an additional power brick for my MacBook Pro back in 2016.

The transition to USB-C and dongles were of course another common one.

Buying the USB C power brick only to find there’s no way to connect the power brick to a laptop. Had to go back to buy the USB C cable.

Though my own experience has been that mostly all I had to do was replace a few USB-A cables with USB-C ones – I have only a couple of devices with hard-wired cables where a dongle is required.

Other complaints include:

  • 5W charger with iPhones
  • Low-spec USB-C cables supplied with MacBooks (no Thunderbolt support)
  • The removal of the headphone socket

On a related note, Macworld questions Apple’s commitment to privacy when it is pricing products out of reach for many people.

Finally there’s a quote from exiled Steve Jobs in 1995

In an age where we see the adverse effects of corporations mishandling user data every day, in an age when our personal data is used to manipulate us and turn us against one another, and in an age where passwords too easily grant access to our whole lives, Apple could arguably do no better good than make greater efforts to keep its products accessible to a wider audience.

– Steve Jobs, 1995

Do you agree? Are there other areas where you think Apple has Scrooge-like tendencies? Let us know in the comments.

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