# Why I hate Apple (long)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 9, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528 "2012-11-09T22:53:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 10

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528/182 "2012-12-01T09:03:49Z")

</div>

> [@tagos](#):
>
> One lovely little app I’ve found is Write Now - which allows you to conjure a little yellow note pad by moving your finger from a hotspot to the screen centre.

Try the voice dictation. Surprisingly good. Oh, and also try the slideyfinger kyeyboard thing. Takes a bit of practice but then much, much faster than tapping to type.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528/183 "2013-09-12T00:29:47Z")

</div>

[Say hello to the hideous new USB 3.0 cable your new smartphone or tablet will come with](http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/09/say-hello-hideous-new-usb-3-0-cable-new-smartphone-tablet-will-come/)

Yeah, the Lightning connector was a “mistake”.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528/184 "2013-09-12T01:39:47Z")

</div>

> [@Sleel](#):
>
> [Say hello to the hideous new USB 3.0 cable your new smartphone or tablet will come with](http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/09/say-hello-hideous-new-usb-3-0-cable-new-smartphone-tablet-will-come/)

I guess I’m not seeing the problem. It’s a cable, and like current USB cables, it has a right way up and a wrong way up. And it’s sort of big, but so what? I rarely care what my cables look like.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528/185 "2013-09-12T02:31:49Z")

</div>

And wtf does that have to do with hating Apple?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528/186 "2013-09-12T12:49:37Z")

</div>

> [@squeegee](#):
>
> And wtf does that have to do with hating Apple?

USBraiiinnnnsssssss!!! 3.0

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-apple-long/640528.md?page=9)