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0 pointstemporaryvector6y ago0 comments

>Considering the level of psychological analysis that goes into products like this and others

Don't need to do any analysis or anything. The mere fact that the message doesn't go away is enough to push a lot of people towards getting an authorized repair. If this truly was for consumer protection against bad batteries, they could have implemented a "Check my battery" button which returns the same message instead of having an always-on message.

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hobofan6y ago

Notifications that can't be dismissed or are recurring without a way to turn them off are one of the most annoying things about current operating systems, and Apple is one of the worst offenders.

On my Macbook, I currently get:

- A request to log in to Facetime every time I restart it (I've never used Facetime, and don't intend to, and have lost access to my AppleId)

- A daily recurring notification to update my OS, which again I can't do without my AppleId

- A notification that comes every ~10mins reminding me that I'm low on disk space (like I don't know it)

auggierose6y ago

Seriously, running an Apple OS without an Apple ID doesn't make any sense.

pranau6y ago

If you had made the same statement but replaced Apple with Google or Microsoft, your comment would have been downvoted to death already.

You shouldn't need an online ID to use a laptop. It makes perfect sense to use it without any sort of manufacturer provided profile.

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hobofan6y ago

I haven't had any of those problems before Mojave. No Facetime bugging me, updates were no problem, and there was an easy terminal command to turn off the disk space notification.

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dymk6y ago

This kind of nit picking seems so petty, I don’t understand why people are getting boiled up about it. You can still get non official batteries, the phone still works.

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0 pointstemporaryvector6y ago0 comments

>Considering the level of psychological analysis that goes into products like this and others

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hobofan6y ago

Notifications that can't be dismissed or are recurring without a way to turn them off are one of the most annoying things about current operating systems, and Apple is one of the worst offenders.

On my Macbook, I currently get:

- A request to log in to Facetime every time I restart it (I've never used Facetime, and don't intend to, and have lost access to my AppleId)

- A daily recurring notification to update my OS, which again I can't do without my AppleId

- A notification that comes every ~10mins reminding me that I'm low on disk space (like I don't know it)

auggierose6y ago

Seriously, running an Apple OS without an Apple ID doesn't make any sense.

pranau6y ago

If you had made the same statement but replaced Apple with Google or Microsoft, your comment would have been downvoted to death already.

You shouldn't need an online ID to use a laptop. It makes perfect sense to use it without any sort of manufacturer provided profile.

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hobofan6y ago

I haven't had any of those problems before Mojave. No Facetime bugging me, updates were no problem, and there was an easy terminal command to turn off the disk space notification.

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dymk6y ago

This kind of nit picking seems so petty, I don’t understand why people are getting boiled up about it. You can still get non official batteries, the phone still works.

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