Doug Wilson
1 min readMar 6, 2022

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Careful.

For me, leaving Apple started a couple of years ago. I had at least one of everything they make: phone, tablet, laptop, set-top box, etc, so it wasn't an easy decision and hasn't been a quick transition.

Driving the decision for me is that the "fun and enjoyable prison", "walled garden", or whatever we choose to call it, isn't really that great.

I refuse to be dictated to by Apple about how I organize and consume the media (music, movies, TV shows, etc) that I've purchased from their online store using their devices that I've also purchased.

It started with Apple TV "accidentally" forgetting how to play my photos in a screensaver slideshow. Instead of my kids, friends, places I've visited, etc, I now "enjoy" drone footage of Iceland. Woohoo.

I also have digital media that I've purchased from other outlets. iTunes refused to list or play this media, forcing me to check in two places to find a movie, TV show, etc.

And Apple TV breaks every Tuesday when new movies are released. They can't manage their own APIs, so I've got to restart before I can look at new movies or even movies I've already purchased. When Apple controls both ends of the pipeline and still can't make things work reliably, that should tell you something -- something bad.

As long as you don't mind ceding all your media preferences and decisions to Apple. You should be fine. I'd rather die first. I've bought my last Apple device.

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Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson

Written by Doug Wilson

Doug Wilson is an experienced software application architect, music lover, problem solver, former film/video editor, philologist, and father of four.

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