tenacious - clock time readers of his pillar will love that the Macalope is not above pasture on low - hang fruit . Far from it . First of all , who does n’t like a nice piece of music of fruit ? Second , it’sright there . At sass point .
C’m on .
Okay .
No , the Macalope is going to eschew Zuckerberg ’s bitter barbs and or else take a look at , well , some other low - hanging fruit : Dell ’s rebranding effort . ( Look , the Macalope ’s not made of Harlan F. Stone . If they do n’t need the Macalope to pasture on it , stop hanging it so low . )
For a company that does n’t make anything any longer , Apple sure enough gets copied a lot . This time , however , it ’s names .
Dell announce that it is ditching name like “ Inspiron ” and “ Latitude ” in favour of some it whole issue forth up with on its own , what are you even talk about , they resent the suggestion : Dell , Dell Pro , and , um , Dell Pro Max .
Any similarity to existing product names , living or idle , is purely simultaneous .
Michael Dell even got into a huff when called out on it :
… I asked CEO Michael Dell a simple question : “ What does Dell gain ground by copying Apple ? ” Needless to say , he did n’t look pleased .
He always looks like that . He ’s got resting Michael Dell face .
This got the Macalope thinking about companies copying Apple , from smartphones to laptop designs to even product assignment convening . We laugh about it , but it really does a disservice to the industry as a whole .
And , to be absolved , it ’s notjustother company copy Apple , although they certainly take their cue from Apple . Let ’s be generous and call it more of a herd mentality . The marketplace is supposed to give us choice , but very often it settles on a particular character of product and everyone make small variation of it . ( party even herd onhow much to donateto incoming U.S. presidential organization that have say they ’ll put tariff on companies that do n’t encounter clod . )
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Let ’s talk about modest speech sound .
Yes , again .
No , youget over it .
Not only does Apple not make a small phone anymore , but it continues to demote its existing screen sizes every couple of years . Reportedly , the size of the groundwork iPhone 17 – the current one , at a not - unreal 6.1 column inch , having been grade by Marques Brownlee asthe good small phone of 2024 – will increase to 6.3 inches .
The Macalope might be tempted to huff dramatically and suggest that he will simply take his commercial enterprise elsewhere ( like he would really do that other than as a stunt ) , but he but ca n’t . There are n’t any . All of these companies making smartphones and you ca n’t get a little one .
Well , that ’s not totally rightful . You ca n’t get aname - brandsmall headphone . Some somewhat fly - by - night companies sell earphone with screens as small as 4 inch , but they have slow processors , lower tone materials , and poor to no support .
That is not a little speech sound .
Living in the Apple ecosystem has always mean dealing with fewer choices , but all of the name - stigma smartphone manufacturing business have plainly decided that every earpiece should be great . As Apple came comparatively late to larger phone , we could say this was an instance of the company copying others . But however you crybaby - and - egg this , no one is point people who might want smaller phones . The Macalope bite the bullet and upgrade to the 6.1 - inch iPhone 16 this past fall , now he ’s get wind he need to go a 6.3 - in sound if he need to upgrade again ?
ungulate are usually all for herding , but this is make ridiculous .
