Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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    Gay man gives gift to anti-lgbtq president.

    Just proves that you can be gay and still be an absolute parasite billionaire. Fuck your pride apple watch bands.

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      you can’t even accept a bottle of water while waiting to vote! the rules are different for us and them.

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    I don’t get why people are NOW saying he’s trying to appease trump. He’s been doing it for years. He was front row at his inauguration right next to other billionaires.

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    I’m not buying any more iPhones. I got used to them and just continued buying them. But no more.

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      I’m going from Android to Apple soon, because I’m finally totally over all the present day Android BS. Good luck, have fun.

      Word to the wise: don’t buy anything less than a flagship. Older flagship if you’re wanting to save some money. Samsung is best. I’ve played around with all kinds of mid-tier Androids & it’s a frustrating experience. The phones just don’t work well for long. Motorola sucks ass, don’t even bother.

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        With the mid range Pixels you get a very polished and high quality Android I’d say.

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          I admittedly have no personal experience with Pixel; I have observed that people who get Pixels either love them or they’re total shit & they hate them. No inbetweens, love or hate. My BIL got a shit one, but I see lots of happy Pixel owners.

          I currently have an Oukitel Titan. It’s a little quirky sometimes but it’s also a beast of a phone, which makes up for any mishaps.

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        What do you mean by “don’t work well for long”?

        I’ve been using my Sony Xperia phones for many years, without significant issues.

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          I mean I’ve just had a different experience than you, all of you. I have never had a Sony Xperia, but I’ve only heard good things.

          I have been concerned about going off of main line Samsung. I did it once for the OnePlus One, which was solidly alright at the time, but then I went right back to mainline. S8 Active, SGS 20 5G FE, then that was failing & I went to Motorola but that was buggy as shit & I went back to my 20 FE until I got the Oukitel Titan.

          Generally speaking, I don’t like buying a more niche product with limited support. And maybe the apps don’t work well. All of the mid, cheaper phones have bad batteries that don’t last very long, in no small part because I watch lots of videos & things that eat the battery.

          The Oukitel Titan is impressive, a little obnoxiously big & slightly buggy, but not having to plug it in every blessed night makes up for any gripes I’ve got. It will make for a great Android to do Android stuff when I buy the iPhone 17.

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    This almost makes me wish I still used Apple products so that I could boycott them.

    Ive been Apple free for 20 years though.

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      I’m of the opinion that Apple hasn’t produced a good consumer friendly product since like the Apple II or the original Macintosh (debatable). Hell even the Lisa.

      now people will say oh the original imac, ipod, and iphone were revolutionary and sure they were but they were by no means consumer friendly. They broke, and still do, easily. constant cord replacements, and computers you can’t upgrade unless you were on like a G8 or PowerMac and even then your options for upgrades were limited. Add to the fact you’re primarily paying for the name Apple more than anything else.

      Add to the fact anything you buy from Apple is guaranteed to be obsolete, per the company, within a year or less. hell at one point they even treated their OS post X the same way.

      And they’ve always been like this ever since Jobs was ORIGINALLY running the show. Remember the Macintosh required a special tool just to open it up, a tool only available to certain developers on the Macintosh team. For a guy that lived his life as a hippie he sure did love tossing electronics away willy nilly.

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    Giving him a literal gold bar (though disguised as a stand) is stereotypical buying El Presidente in a Banana Republic bullshit.

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    In other countries this would be a criminal offense. For example in Austria: if the value of the gift is above 50000€ , it’s 6 months - 5 years; if over 300k€ it’s 1-10 years of prison.

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      Not sure if you know this but I find it fun to know so I’m going to share.

      In English when deciding whether to use a or an you should look at the start of the following word and if it starts with a vowel sound then use an else use a.

      Examples:

      • An apple
      • An hour (note doesn’t start with a vowel but sounds like a vowel)
      • A goat
      • A criminal offence