Tough luck. And I do mean it.
But look at it this way. Apple could afford to remove the Ethernet jack because WiFi had become ubiquitous and reliable enough. The cd drive is now thicker than the MacBook itself. USB C is taking off in a big way over the past year. These features are needed (or will eventually be needed) only by a niche group of users and I think it’s ludicrous to expect Apple to leave them in just for this small user base, to the detriment of everyone else.
We can debate till the cows come home as to whether their removal was necessary or not, but we cannot deny that it took courage to be the first major player to remove these features, especially when you know you will get a lot of pushback and invite a ton of criticism and derision for it.
These changes have pushed the market in a specific direction, and we are, for most part, better for it.
We thank you for your sacrifice. It will not have been in vain.
The argument is that Apple certainly didn't HAVE to go this route. They did so because simplification saves THEM money. It has NOTHING to do with pushing the industry forward or making things better. There's no reason why Apple cannot sell machines for today AND the future.
Sadly, I need devices I can use TODAY.
I cannot use their current products, so the only choice I have is to wait for the industry to "catch up", in one of 2 ways:
1. Use their older machines or ...
2. Switch back to Windows
Both options kinda suck, hence the frustration.
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Oh yeah, because Apple should stop selling everything it had already produced before just because it made new models that lack certain ancient technology. Because that’s what you would do, right?
Apple doesn't want or need to do anything else. They're making money had-over-fist off of people like you who justify EVERY decision they make, however anti-user it is.
What I would've wanted was for them to NOT stop selling the stuff that some of us can use today, and sell their "futuristic" machines ALONGSIDE them to people like you.
Alas, it's not to be. Too bad.
Thanks to this I find myself more and more comfortable with the idea of switching, which a few years ago would've made me throw up in my mouth.
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It’s easy to do more with more. What’s harder is being to do just as much, if not more, with less, and that is the route Apple has chosen to take, and it’s a mentality I respect and admire.
I am genuinely happy that your note phone is serving you well. Personally, I just prefer Apple's design principles vs Samsung's kitchen sink approach.
To each their own, I say. Let us each use the device which best suits our individual needs, and be happy that we at least have the option of doing so.
Agreed, to each his own, but I disagree with the idea that with Apple you can do just as much if not more with less.
With Apple, I CAN'T DO PERIOD with less, unless I add MORE dongles, and only for those things they make dongles for.
For some things Apple just makes it harder, more expensive, or flat out impossible to do.
It's the ability to DO these things, in the simplest and most inexpensive way what I appreciate from the Note devices.
But I get that for many (not me) the things I'd miss are trivial when compared with what Apple IS good at (ecosystem integration).
