So, I get home from work, and log in to Facebook. Shouldn't be to out of the ordinary, right? Just a typical day, right? Wrong. Anyway I'm browsing through my news feed, when I suddenly notice that Apple is announcing a new MacBook. Naturally, I just brush it off because Apple's hardware life cycle seems to be about the same as any decent Linux distribution (about 6 months). I had also heard about USB 3.1 type C and heard that Apple might be adopting it. Again initially the announcement didn't phase me that much.
I even saw a picture of it and it still didn't phase me that much. Just another Apple product that has had a few more inches shaved off its aluminum body with a lathe, which didn't phase me either (honestly, I could have done that myself in high-school shop class). Oh no, the worst was yet to come. Once I saw how all of one's devices would be connected to it, any convincing that Apple could have done to get me to join them went right out of the window when I saw this:
Yes, that's right. your eyes are not deceiving you. Apple has lost all common decency to make it easy for a person to connect devices to their computers. For a little history: in the old days, when a person bought a computer, IBM compatible machines (or "PCs") were empty boxes that you had to add components to. The advantage that Apple had over their competitors was that everything was right there and you could connect it in minutes, if not seconds, whereas a PC had to be gathered up and connected together either by plug shape (or by color if your computer was a Pentium 3 or newer). They even used to boast about it on their commercials [1].
Now, as I look at the above picture, and realize that Apple is taking a "1980" approach to desktop connectivity (buy PC now, add more later), it leaves me convinced that they have lost any conceivable advantage that might have been previously owned or within their reach.
For more information on what the crap I am referring to, please read this article: http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/9/8177087/macbook-port-adapter-accessory
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