---
title: "Why I don’t buy Apple products"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-don-t-buy-apple-products-ta0phqor7
source_url: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3484799/why-i-dont-buy-apple-products.html
type: article
source: "InfoWorld"
published: 2024-08-13T08:32:45.186Z
updated: 2024-11-07T13:48:25.627Z
tags: ["apple", "windows", "android", "privacy"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 29
comments: 11
language: en
---

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# Why I don’t buy Apple products

**[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 5 min read · 29 upvotes · 11 comments

## Summary

Apple products are well-engineered and user-friendly, appealing especially to non-technical users. However, the author prefers Windows and Android due to their flexibility, lower cost, and customization options. Concerns include Apple's closed ecosystem, privacy practices, developer restrictions, and the high App Store take rate. Despite recognizing Apple's success and innovation, the author finds these issues too significant to overlook.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@italoregis** · 10 upvotes

> Apple (and google) is probably the most "data leaker" of all. They pretend to have privacy, but they don't.
> Also, I'm Brazilian; here, a new Apple phone costs R$5000,00, which is a load of fucking money. I can buy a motorcycle with that. Lol. No phone should cost this much.
> I dislike closed system too much.

**@feketegy** · 8 upvotes

> Virtue signalling

**@shashoto** · 3 upvotes

> Most people agree with you on those points. There's a reason why Apple's ecosystem is so closed.

**@nishantsingh** · 2 upvotes

> Because I like oranges more

**@natlac** · 1 upvotes

> OP doesn't buy apple products because:
> -  Apple makes "great products that are well-engineered, beautifully made" but cost more than the cheaper alternatives
> -  Steve jobs was mean to his employees  (because no other exeuctive at a company was ever mean to their employees)
> - Closed ecosystem and the UI is too consistent and meets Apple's high standards
> - Apple is secretly tracking people which is bad; but Google and Facebook doing it is to be expected (so it's okay?)
> - Apple has basic requirements that must be met to pubish on the app store which apparently is bad for OP
> - Apple also charges...

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Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy)

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