See, I have this personality flaw. I expect shit to work consistently and reliably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve got 3 pairs of HomePod speakers in this house. 4 HomePod Mini\u2019s and 2 of the standard HomePods. I\u2019ve got an iPad, and iPhone, a watch, 2 Apple TVs, AirPod Pros, Oh and my MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
On the matter of the MacBook Pro, this is my old computer because my new<\/em><\/strong> one was stolen while I was trying to return it to you because it was defective<\/strong> right out of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Of Course, YOU Apple, can\u2019t be bothered to help me out. And because your guy in sales had me flush everything and reset the computer to factory conditions, I can\u2019t even track the machine to whoever stole it. I could have, had you not told me the procedure was to make sure the computer was wiped and disconnected from my account\u2026 So Thanks a TON!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n FedEx screwed me, and Dollar General (The FedEx drop-off point) screwed me so now I\u2019m paying for a computer that I don\u2019t have and I\u2019m sure the fucker that stole it is just happy as hell to have a dumb white fuck paying for their fly computer. Given that they\u2019re probably listening to nothing but RAP I doubt they\u2019ll notice that the sound quality is shit until the audio shuts down completely or the computer shorts out completely and burns their home down. (Hopefully with them trapped inside<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n The police say they have no evidence that the computer was stolen they\u2019re just listing it as a missing package so I can\u2019t even file a proper police report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Okay, I get it nobody is at fault. Except of course the fucker that stole the damn package. Oh and by the way I\u2019m pretty sure I know exactly who the person is. It was the person who \u201cScanned\u201d the package but somehow that scan didn\u2019t actually get recorded by FedEx. But without proof I can\u2019t make allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n So I\u2019ll suck it up, pay for the damn computer, and continue to use my old machine. You know, the one that almost immediately went from 6 hours of battery life down to 3 hours of battery life after your wonderful OS upgrade called Monterey\u2026 Yeah, Thanks for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Before you go into the bullshit about batteries having a limited lifespan. Yeah, I know that. So why does the battery still say it\u2019s got 94% of its charge capacity, and is in good health? Why did the battery drain begin literally the day after the Monterey upgrade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n The thing is, I\u2019d probably be able to let it go except you Apple keep getting in my face. HomePods randomly report they\u2019re not available. Then after considerable screwing around with them they magically come back. The Big HomePods reported yesterday that they weren\u2019t on the same network as my iPhone. Wrong! The Router said the iPhone and HomePods had ip addresses and were pingable on the network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Turns out\u2026 only one of the HomePods had a problem but since they\u2019re a paired set well, the only way to sort it out was to ungroup them, then reset the one that was complaining and then regroup them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n This after the same set of HomePods asking me 3 days running for the passwords to my apple accounts and both of them working just fine as the sound system for the AppleTV while I was watching movies. Oh and just as a point, these HomePods had been set up from the phone they said wasn\u2019t on the same network. Oddly, the other HomePod minis on the same network where fully functional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Today, I thought I\u2019d put a TV show on my computer while I was doing some other stuff. You\u2019d think this wouldn\u2019t be a problem except that the Apple library doesn\u2019t show the second season of the TV show but Apple TV+ does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n My Archer collection is horribly screwed up, apparently because I had the temerity to purchase a multi season bundle. Not ONE of the episodes in that bundle has ever indicated that it\u2019s been played, so if I wanted to watch I had to search through and remember what I\u2019d already seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n It gets better! I\u2019m watching the show that I wanted to watch after finding it in AppleTV+ \u201cup next\u201d. I\u2019m using my office HomePod Mini\u2019s for sound and for no apparent reason, the right speaker simply shuts off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n The speaker is on the network, the router shows it talking to someone. But all the audio is coming through the left speaker. It was working just fine, nothing changed in the configuration other than time passing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Restart the computer, power down the HomePods power up again, and things worked for 5 minutes, then boom, the right speaker is off again. What\u2019s really cool is that if I touch the right speaker\u2019s interface it starts playing music. While the left speaker is still playing the audio from the TV show. So much for them being a stereo pair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Just FYI Apple this kind of shit is exactly why I dumped Windows and PCs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Either be broken, don\u2019t work at all, or work as advertised. I swear to God I unplug or reset at least one HomePod once a week because it suddenly says it can\u2019t connect to the internet, or it\u2019s taking too long to contact a device on the network, or it\u2019s forgotten a password, or, or, or, or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n The point is, all of this crap just happens randomly. I\u2019m not changing network settings. I\u2019m not changing passwords. I\u2019m just walking into the house or the room and shit mysteriously isn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n The Homekit application on the phone is next to useless. The HomeKit on the computer is worse and that\u2019s frankly inexcusable. You\u2019ve got all the competing power of the MacBook at your disposal for diagnostic capabilities and you send the user to their iPhone or iPad for help that is nothing more than mental masturbation that literally has never solved a HomeKit or HomePod problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Instead you leave the user guessing about what could possibly be the trouble. Additionally, your support pages are next to useless because they provide no answers, and often not even decent steps to troubleshoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n So Apple it\u2019s not you. It\u2019s the phase of the moon, sunspots, the router, the internet connection, or anything that doesn\u2019t point to you having put out shitty software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Just once it would be fucking nice to hear you admit you have a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s a thought\u2026 Stop dicking around with gender confused narcissists, and filling diversity quotas, and do us all a favor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Hire people that can do the job. You know, good software engineers, and testing people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n By the way I\u2019m probably not going to be buying another Apple Watch. I\u2019ve discovered that I prefer a watch that works without recharging and at $1000 for one of your ruggedized watches. I\u2019d rather wait a few years and spend $6000 on a nice Omega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n I\u2019m probably not going to upgrade my iPad and I\u2019m not likely to be buying a new iPhone in the near future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n As to buying a new Apple MacBook Pro\u2026 Well, I\u2019ve already purchased one of those, even though apparently I donated it to some thieving motherfucker at your direction. I\u2019ve reported that serial number to you Apple as stolen and had some expectation that when that SN popped up on the network you\u2019d maybe report it to the Police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n That hope is fading fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n So if Apple won\u2019t report stolen equipment to the Police and is no longer interested in producing equipment \u201cThat Just Works\u201d I am really having a hard time seeing why I should pay a premium price for Apple products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n In this world, perhaps it make more sense to just buy the same shit that everyone else has and replace it when it\u2019s a year old, stolen, broken, or comes in a new color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n (Like Apple did with the HomePod minis last year\u2026 Nothing new except a color change, really Apple? Is that all you\u2019ve got left?<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n How\u2019s that going to work for your Green Agenda? Apple can recycle their stuff all day long but if fewer folks are buying their products it\u2019s not going to matter much is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n I can buy a new android phone for $99 at Walmart and throw it away next year. I could do that for 10 years and just start to come up on the price of an iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n $300 for a Windows Laptop and it\u2019s the same equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n $69 for an Alexa, or whatever and I still have the same shitty performance, connectivity to my smart house, and a speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n That\u2019s going to do a lot of landfills good across the country isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n So no Apple it\u2019s not you. I\u2019m just tired of paying a premium price for mediocrity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Believe me Apple you\u2019ve become mediocre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Now where did I put those speakers that I can plug directly into my USB Hub? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n Maybe I\u2019ll put one of these HomePod minis in the kitchen and another one in the garage. No point in expecting them to work as stereo speakers is there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" See, I have this personality flaw. I expect shit to work consistently and reliably. I\u2019ve got 3 pairs of HomePod speakers in this house. 4 HomePod Mini\u2019s and 2 of the standard HomePods. I\u2019ve got an iPad, and iPhone, a watch, 2 Apple TVs, AirPod Pros, Oh and my MacBook Pro. On the matter of … <\/p>\n