I def realized this once I got the Apple Card, but it couldve been when I joined the iPhone upgrade program... but the truth is there is no better tech ecosystem and everything Apple makes is to streamline it even more
@@ReneRitchie did THE Rene Ritchie just reply to my comment? that is 🔥 thank you sir! and yes luckily they cook up some good food! hopefully the Car and the AR glasses soon too and it’s game over. anyway, thanks for your vids as always!
This video is an example of why I think Rene’s channel is, without a doubt, the best tech channel on RUclips. Real information, meaningful analysis, and enjoyable to watch. Every time.
I prefer the term "invested" in the ecosystem. It is just better that everything works together. I purged Windows from my personal life a few years ago and I am 100% glad I did.
@@steamdecknation7908 no I just replaced my Windows based machines with a Mac laptop and iOS devices. If I am honest I almost don’t need the Mac and could do most everything with an iPad Pro and iPhone but I like the ability to connect the Mac to an ultra wide monitor.
That doesn't make sense that someone who's never been inside Apple's wall garden would even know of its good or not. I've never heard a non-Apple user comment or care about it. It's Apple fan who like convince others it's so great. Fair enough but still makes no sense anyone else would even know or care. For me locking me into one companies vision of what tech should be is so limiting.
@@bradavon Seams like you haven’t meet camp Android, camp Windows / pc master race, or camp open source. Because they complain about Apples ecosystem all the time.
@@priffessI haven’t seen them complain about the ecosystem. I have seen them clown on their products though. Like the MacBooks with the butterfly keyboards, or the trash can they sold for thousands of dollars while having a 3-5 years old processor.
@@lolunderstated533 When you have properly optimized hardware/software.. those "old" processors do not matter.. just like how my 2600k i7 is still more than fine with a good graphics card in an optimized Windows 10 install in 2020. Just different usage cases. I just enjoy the vertical integration between my devices and the ecosystem.. also, when my klutz self breaks something when i'm overseas or in another state for work - I can generally get timely replacements/repairs in person. I have android as well, but it just feels...lacking once you get used to the integration across devices.. and do not get me started on wearables.. I tried ~10 "non iOS" watches this year and each one had a major trade off that was a deal breaker - slow, bad battery life, almost no app support, etc... nothing else can just match the ecosystem that's created, and it just works.. and generally works well.
Everyone is talking about this ecosystem but it is so hard to find real life scenarios for using it. I would love a series of videos explaining all those ecosystem interactions to use my Apple devices to a full extent. I have spent long time on YT finding such videos...
I am coming to Apple after 48 years in the computer world, MSDOS, Windows, and PC’s. I am coming because with my iPhones, and iPads have given me a taste of the Apple Ecosystem and I like it. I am sick and tired of playing games in the PC, and Linux world to get things to work, I am tired of crashes, the constant threat of hacks. I love how everything works together.
I think this video is exceptional as it explains how devices interact with each other and the level of privacy. So glad to be part of this ecosystem. Keep them coming Rene.
I've switched from Apple to andro several times in the past and have promptly come back to the ecosystem. I'm happy and have no desire to leave. I keep buying Apple products precisely because of the benefits being in the ecosystem provide
I like the Apple Ecosystem, everything works together (mostly) flawlessly and it feels like the future. I still want and have my powerful gaming PC and backup Android phone to play around with, but I love how seamless the Apple experience is. Everything just works,and works well, and it feels high end.
Please pretty please ... I love tv so much ... but it’s so frustrating to use Apple TV ... my mom is constantly confused where to find the content ... they need to either pay for the other companies to link better into the app or something ... all tv apps should just be Apple TV channels
Great video Rene! I love that you put “locked” in quotes, because people keep saying it like customers are babies and don’t actually choose to go deeper into the ecosystem themselves. Easier to blame Apple for “locking” than to admit that maybe they have created an increasingly appealing ecosystem.
No problem... buy Apple products and just learn to enjoy. Don't stand out among the crowd just for the sake to be the number one person at the rave party. Just be yourself and enjoy your uniqueness within your own community who truly values and truly cherishes you for who you are and for what you are. Just feel confident with what you buy. You are not meant to be the number one Apple brand ambassador. Just learn to be yourself not having to worry what trendsetters want you to be. You are yourself. You are not a walking ATM (automatic teller machine). Buy with confidence only, and follow your own taste.
"Getting stuck in the ecosystem" is the typical kind of perception within people who crave for public acknowledgement by wanting to be the number one Apple brand ambassador and wanting to be the number one dude at the late night rave party, so to speak.
This has helped me when my phone’s display stopped working and when I broke my phone. Just being able to keep up with family and friends and work related task is incredible. I love the continuity feature.
Your bank account would thank you if you did, long term there’s no better hardware to invest in, Apple’s products last longer and hold their value longer than any other
@@MikeDold Any product can last long if this take care of it. I have a Thinkpad that is still working flawlessly after 8 years. I wonder what all the people who had faulty keyboards on their MacBooks would say about your claim.
@@lolunderstated533 faulty keyboards were exchanged. Apple products not only work a very long time (just look at the minimum supported iPhones for iOS 14) but the also hold their value long
Rene, your explainers are the gold standard! For any given product release or big picture perspective, you are my go-to reference. Thank you! God to watch again and again.
I have an iPhone 12 and a ipad air 2 so I'm gonna save up for the airpods 3 since those are supposed to come out in April and then in may I turn 16 so I will get a job so I can afford the iPad pro 2021
People talk about the ‘ecosystem’ like it’s a bad thing but if it genuinely enriches my life then I don’t see a problem. If I saw a better system out there I would change.
Other than Airdrop (computer support is coming soon, then it'll be the same too), that's not unique to Apple though. Everything he's said in this video other than Airdrop you can do natively in Windows with a Samsung phone.
@@bradavon i think its the fact that its less seamless that is the issue. You don’t have to lift a finger to pair up all your Apple devices, they just do their thing out of box. But if you want to do the same thing with windows and Android you have to manually set things up, Onedrive or google drive? Which browser? You get cluttered pre installed apps that you need to deal with because every company wants to create their own ecosystem. And lastly, you are reeling on multiple companies with different goals and dreams to work together in order for you to get your stuff to work.. Bottom line, yes! You can recreate the Apple experience but, it’s not as seamless and it’s not for everyone.
@@priffess that's a fair point. Onedrive isn't any different than iCloud though. Both are preinstalled on their respective platforms. Much of what he mentions is natively in Windows if you use a Samsung phone. So it's closer than you'd think. But yes still totally a fair point.
@@Nik6644 what's app state? I can start an email on my phone and go to my pc and the email will be there in the place I left it. Granted not the cursor in the right place but the written text will be there. That's the example given in the video but I expect you're right.
@@hisownfool1 I’d be the first to admit their are some parts I don’t like, I love my iPhone but I will openly admit it’s not the best flagship on the market, however, I absolutely love the Apple Watch and is the best smart watch you can get. That keeps me buying iPhones. AirPods are not the best Bluetooth EarPods you can get for the money, but the way they work seamlessly with my iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch makes me want the AirPods over any other EarPods.
its really unfortunate (o maybe fortunate) that the mass cannot yet afford all apple devices due to price (something apple might slowly be correcting) but this intercommunication and fluidity of the ecosystem is a thing of beauty, what technology should be about, to make our lives easier
I’m invested in the eco system and love it😁 1- iPhone 12 Pro Max 512 gig Every Apple new case and MagSafe charger 2- MacBook Pro M1 16 gig ram 1 TB 3- 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 512 gig (Smart Keyboard/Apple Pencil) 4- Apple Watch Series 6 titanium (grey) Apple Watch Series 5 titanium (black) Countless Apple Watch bands 5- AirPod Max AirPod Pro AirPod Wireless case 6- Apple TV 4K 7- HomePod Mini
It’s crazy how much I’m loving this Apple Garden of eden. Yes I know there is stuff out there beyond these walls.. but why taint my blissfulness for that. I’m content.
This was super helpful. From an outsider looking in (Mac and Android phone with no other Apple products), I always saw the negatives of Apple lock-in, that if I buy X Apple product, it won’t work well with non-Apple products.
Awesome explanation René! If someone asks me why I go with Apple I now don’t have to say anything anymore. You are doing it for me, and this way better than I ever could. 😬
There is absolutely no ecosystem, like it. Sometimes, I make my own discoveries a little late, and get surprised by its convenience and fluidity of how integrated and how futuristic all of my Apple devices and apps work together, as well as separately. Continuity and Handoff have been game-changers. As long as it helps enhance my life, I'm glad to stay put.
I just bought the new iphone 12 mini to replace my old SE. I had no other apple products before. I was awestruck when the phones suggested to setup the new phone! I really liked my old phone but this new one and with the easiest setup I've ever experienced I am a lot more exited about apple for sure! This is how phones and gadgets should work in 2020!
Great Video, just a small note on the Wi-Fi password sharing: the people you share the password with CAN actually see it afterwards. They need a Mac for that, but it's visible in plain text as soon as you look it up in the keychain app. So I would still be cautious about who I give access to my Wi-Fi, so they don't mess around with me later.
My wife got me a Sony Walkman MP3 player that I used regularly for more than a year. But it required a Windows machine to transfer music and videos to it. Once I was back on the Mac again and got an iPhone I find using that Sony MP3 player just too cumbersome. My iPhone does everything the Sony used to do and so much more, so much more easily. I was impressed that I could download a bunch of songs from RUclips by the Disneyland Space Stage band from the summer of 1981, Halyx, convert them to MP3s, import them into iTunes and create a playlist with the songs and have that playlist show up in the Music app on my phone just a few minutes later. Magic! Of course ever since June my iPhone doesn't connect to Wi-Fi anymore. In Settings I tell it which Wi-Fi signal to connect to and it says it's connected, but the status at the top of the screen only shows half-strength LTE. All the time. News says no connection. I can download podcasts and listen to them but I cannot browse new podcasts, I can download and read books, but I cannot browse new books. I cannot play games, no connection. Mail and Safari work. I can watch streaming TV but not RUclips videos. Some of my banking and credit card apps connect, some of them don't. Weather apps work, Shazam and Siri work, as do iOS upgrades. App download is a sometimes thing and the App Store won't connect. I upgraded to iOS 14, no change. I reset Network Settings. Twice. No change. I'm on an Apple Support forum about this, apparently there are quite a lot of us with this problem, older phones and newer phones. Apple Support keeps suggesting using cellular data, but that's what I'm doing. The phone used to show full strength 4G most of the time, dropping to LTE in more remote locations. Now it's LTE all the time and not a good data signal. I'm missing the Apple Ecosystem as far as my iPhone is concerned.
Today I watched the Whole Video, Yes all the way to the End. Don’t want you to feel people only listen to Half your content. First time I’ve Commented on your channel. Keep up the Good Work.
No - not "Locked In" (a much underrated album from Wishbone Ash in '75, btw) so much as absolutely eyes-wide-open wanting a secure system to use, including apps that only come from a "safe" store, easy-to-use secure things like passwords all across different ways to get to everything from banks to entertainment, easy switching from airdrop, and a whole system that is regularly updated (almost by itself) with the very latest security features, even if some of my things are 6 or 7 years old. Criticism likely from those who are jealous! Excellent explainer Mr R!!
The consistency of the hardware and software make Apple unique. No wonder why users like me continiue to add and upgrade. Also, incremental innovation is in constant flow flawlessly.
The thing with Apple is that it is one of the only tech companies on the planet that actually provides a useful set of interconnected utilities with their devices. To get a level of integration close to it you have to be very up to date with tech trends and what each company is doing, and even then you probably have to run betas to get most of the useful features. To get a matching level is currently impossible. People who appreciate and use the Apple suite of products in concert are not locked into anything, they just have no other options in the market that come close to what Apple offers.
Intelligent people wouldn't buy into Apple if they knew full well they were being locked into it forever. They would, however, buy into Apple if they wanted the feature set and couldn't get it any other way
Rene, I love, LOVE your videos. No other channel I’ve come across is as informative as this. Thank you for the work you do. I’ve learned a lot, again 🙂
I'm trying to figure out how to tether more quickly between apple devices. Do you mean via bluetooth? When I tether my iPad to my iPhone, I still have to connect the iPad to the network emitted by the iPhone and enter the password. Is there a better way?
Things I personally want to see Apple do eventually but I doubt they ever will: 1.)touch screen Macs, 2.)A Samsung like Dex feature for IPhones, 3.)the ability to use IMacs as monitors
And that's exactly the problem. People have mixed environments. The value of the Apple ecosystem is significantly reduced for anyone trying to operate in a mixed environment.
@@ataferner agreed but until my wife abandons android I can't fully go apple. Cost is also an issue and quite honestly some of that walled garden aspect stops me from doing things I'd like to that I can elsewhere
@@jd-py5nm why "agreed but"? Seems like we both understand that there are plenty of reasons why people might need or even want mixed environments. I wouldn't go fully apple even IF I could. The benefits of the Apple ecosystem do not outweigh the negative consequences of living in a monoculture.
One thing I noticed is how well Apple actually uses Bluetooth. I recently got the Powerbeats (current version) with the Apple H1 chip and it connects over Bluetooth to my iPhone 12 and 10.5" iPad Pro extremely easily, and maintains its connection over Bluetooth in a very stable fashion.
This can lead to interesting situations on airplanes. I attempted to re-pair my beats headphones while flying and saw big white box with my name and headphones pop up on 3 iPads and an iPhone owned by people watching movies next to me. Oops.
Ecosystem = Experience Just like how amazing the Earth and all its ecosystems are ♥️♥️♥️ And yes there are bugs, that’d be the natural disasters and humans 😂
The funny thing is that people fully in the Apple ecosystem believe only Apple can do these things. Things that Apple announce as amazing new features in their phones sometimes have existed in Android for a year or more, as an a example. All that being said I Have and iPad Pro and it’s the most amazing piece of hardware I’ve ever owned, and now I’m side-eyeing an Apple Watch… that’s how it starts.
Usually I like Rene's video commentaries, but this one runs counter to my experience with a HomePod Mini which I bought two days ago and which I am planning to return. I now call it the LEB, for Little Evil Ball, and my experience with it was frustrating to the point of maddening, exasperating, and galling. Basically all I wanted was to use it as a simple external speaker for my iMac, but what I got instead was an (admittedly) attractive device that was just a pain in the ass to configure (starting, first, with having to upgrade my iPhone 8 to iOS 14.3, then having to download and then upgrade the Home app)... The wifi in my home office is poor, which resulted in grossly unacceptable latency when I tried to play music, and even AirPlay has latency issues for me, despite my having an up-to-date iMac with Big Sur on it and the Little Evil Ball sitting about a foot away from the computer. I was continually plagued with line drops that caused the computer to switch to its (so-so) internal speakers... On several occasions the LEB started playing random music uncommanded by me from my music library that defied my efforts to shut it off, you can't just plug the damn thing into the back of the Mac and select it in the Sound Preferences Panel as you would an ordinary set of speakers... after spending a couple hours basically wrestling the ball to the ground and getting it to play somewhat reliably I breathed a sigh of relief and was actually impressed with the quality of the sound, which really is superior considering its diminutive size, and I thought maybe I was over the hump. Instead, the next morning, upon trying to play a nice Joyce Cooling tune, I saw that the device was no longer accessible. Why? Who the hell knows! Back to the internet I go for more troubleshooting, and what I found was I'd have to delete the ball from the Home app and configure it all over again. Well NO THANK YOU. Why would I subject myself on an ongoing basis to the torture of Apple's opaque and capricious connectivity protocols - which are far far removed from the milk-and-honey bliss promised on Apple's web site and by Mac-centric commentators on RUclips - when I can go out and get somewhat less elegant but truly reliable hardwired speakers that give me what I want, which I don't consider unreasonable -- BETTER SOUND than the internal speakers! That's all I want. Is that asking so much Apple? I know you're a 2 trillion dollar market cap colossus but really, what the hell were you thinking when you made this demonic little ball impossible to just frickin' PLUG IN THE BACK OF THE COMPUTER? So you can see why listening to Rene wax rhapsodic about the immaculate seamlessness of Apple's ecosystem is, for me, more than a little grating. Apple, for all its strengths, is sometimes infatuated with technology for technology's sake, and has lately been far less effective than it used to be at hiding the complexity of its gadgets and making them "just work". The HomePod Mini DIDN'T "just work" for me. It delivered an inferior, which is to say crappy, experience for this customer -- so I am returning it.
there are few things I don't had on Apple products, that is the iMacs, iPad and AirPods. some thing I'm own was the Apple Watch, MacBook, iPhone and Magic Mouse 2.
While you’re sharing the pros - I use Firefox on iPad and iPhone and there are always blank tabs open as I share sites on one device to Firefox and it fails to sync that state
I’ve slowly lost pieces of the ecosystem over the past few years. A MBP that was just too old, Apple TV that’s too old, Apple Watch killed, AirPods killed in the wash. Down to just an iPhone, and looking to replace the rest and re-realizing just how much I’m missing out on and how much I miss of everything working together so well.
I'm debating if I should get an M1 Macbook Air. I already have an ipad, and I'm wondering if you are able to work on a powerpoint on a macbook and ipad at the same time? Like if I wanted to have it open on both devices so I could type with my macbook, but also draw with my ipad. Thank you for your video!
I’ve got no issue being in it. I got an iPad, then an iPhone, then an Apple Watch, then AirPod Pros, and just got an M1 MacBook Pro last week. I’m finally invested, my friends ask if I’m an Apple spokesperson at this point
Hey I’d like to suggest two little things to you. First is, some of your Patreon sponsor‘s names at the end the video are always a little cut out because of the channel banner and suggested videos. Secondly, when you scroll down a website in a video, for it to be less choppy, you could either, if it’s not a website with any significant animations, save it as a format you can insert in FCP (considering you use that) and there then control the panning much better; or in the case of an website like a lot of Apple’s, use the keyboard to scroll down, instead of a trackpad or mouse.
Can paid subscriptions be shared with family members living in different states. Multi user subscription are less expensive than multiple subscriptions (specifically. Netflix Hulu and Amazon prime?
Am I the only one that knows they're "locked in" and doesn't complain? I love the Apple Walled Garden
I def realized this once I got the Apple Card, but it couldve been when I joined the iPhone upgrade program... but the truth is there is no better tech ecosystem and everything Apple makes is to streamline it even more
Like any restaurant, you can't cook your own food but if it's good food you're happy.
you're not alone ...
@@ReneRitchie did THE Rene Ritchie just reply to my comment? that is 🔥 thank you sir!
and yes luckily they cook up some good food! hopefully the Car and the AR glasses soon too and it’s game over. anyway, thanks for your vids as always!
Sam I love It here!! Never Leaving to Android Trash!🥰
Most meaningful ecosystem. Glad to be a part of it.
This video is an example of why I think Rene’s channel is, without a doubt, the best tech channel on RUclips. Real information, meaningful analysis, and enjoyable to watch. Every time.
OMG I’m so chained to the ecosystem. I was a full on Android user and now I find myself using all those Apple features.
🧐😖 i don’t understand why
I prefer the term "invested" in the ecosystem. It is just better that everything works together. I purged Windows from my personal life a few years ago and I am 100% glad I did.
Do you mean no PC or laptop?. What did you replace with? I have been thinking of doing this
@@steamdecknation7908 no I just replaced my Windows based machines with a Mac laptop and iOS devices. If I am honest I almost don’t need the Mac and could do most everything with an iPad Pro and iPhone but I like the ability to connect the Mac to an ultra wide monitor.
Rene my friend, you are in a class of its own.
Only those who are outside of the walled garden complain about it obsessively while we enjoy the other side of the velvet rope.
That doesn't make sense that someone who's never been inside Apple's wall garden would even know of its good or not. I've never heard a non-Apple user comment or care about it. It's Apple fan who like convince others it's so great. Fair enough but still makes no sense anyone else would even know or care. For me locking me into one companies vision of what tech should be is so limiting.
Sir, you have a fantastic profile picture! The black & white is top notch 👌🏻
@@bradavon Seams like you haven’t meet camp Android, camp Windows / pc master race, or camp open source. Because they complain about Apples ecosystem all the time.
@@priffessI haven’t seen them complain about the ecosystem. I have seen them clown on their products though. Like the MacBooks with the butterfly keyboards, or the trash can they sold for thousands of dollars while having a 3-5 years old processor.
@@lolunderstated533 When you have properly optimized hardware/software.. those "old" processors do not matter.. just like how my 2600k i7 is still more than fine with a good graphics card in an optimized Windows 10 install in 2020.
Just different usage cases. I just enjoy the vertical integration between my devices and the ecosystem.. also, when my klutz self breaks something when i'm overseas or in another state for work - I can generally get timely replacements/repairs in person.
I have android as well, but it just feels...lacking once you get used to the integration across devices.. and do not get me started on wearables.. I tried ~10 "non iOS" watches this year and each one had a major trade off that was a deal breaker - slow, bad battery life, almost no app support, etc... nothing else can just match the ecosystem that's created, and it just works.. and generally works well.
Everyone is talking about this ecosystem but it is so hard to find real life scenarios for using it. I would love a series of videos explaining all those ecosystem interactions to use my Apple devices to a full extent. I have spent long time on YT finding such videos...
Yeah i see all types of comments but i have multiple apple devices and never uses the ecosystem. Only airdrop is very useful
It depends on your lifestyle
I am coming to Apple after 48 years in the computer world, MSDOS, Windows, and PC’s. I am coming because with my iPhones, and iPads have given me a taste of the Apple Ecosystem and I like it. I am sick and tired of playing games in the PC, and Linux world to get things to work, I am tired of crashes, the constant threat of hacks. I love how everything works together.
I decided I didn’t mind being locked into the ecosystem with the purchase of my Apple Watch. That’s like point of no return lol
yep!
I love copy and paste between all my devices 🥳 it is so useful.
Totally my favorite feature. It’s like a little microcosm of what tech should be. Getting out of the way and becoming totally effortless.
Airdrop and AWDL is just pure wizardry! I love it!!
“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” I’ve tried to leave several times but always kept coming back.
“Why can’t I quit you !”
“I wish I knew how to quit you” 😩😩
@@Perazaper86 didn’t expect to cry in the comments of a tech video
Hotel of apple-nia.
Rene, the way you explain this is seriously the best I’ve ever heard. Thanks for all the videos!
I think this video is exceptional as it explains how devices interact with each other and the level of privacy. So glad to be part of this ecosystem. Keep them coming Rene.
I've switched from Apple to andro several times in the past and have promptly come back to the ecosystem. I'm happy and have no desire to leave. I keep buying Apple products precisely because of the benefits being in the ecosystem provide
I like the Apple Ecosystem, everything works together (mostly) flawlessly and it feels like the future. I still want and have my powerful gaming PC and backup Android phone to play around with, but I love how seamless the Apple experience is. Everything just works,and works well, and it feels high end.
Rene you have become a content creation machine!! I love this channel!
Thanks so much!
The two things I wish Apple would work on is the Apple TV and Siri.
Please pretty please ... I love tv so much ... but it’s so frustrating to use Apple TV ... my mom is constantly confused where to find the content ... they need to either pay for the other companies to link better into the app or something ... all tv apps should just be Apple TV channels
I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.
They are supposed to make a new apple TV in 2021 and they might be working on a controller so the apple TV can basically be a streaming gaming hybrid
Great video Rene! I love that you put “locked” in quotes, because people keep saying it like customers are babies and don’t actually choose to go deeper into the ecosystem themselves. Easier to blame Apple for “locking” than to admit that maybe they have created an increasingly appealing ecosystem.
Nice! Thank you!
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No problem... buy Apple products and just learn to enjoy. Don't stand out among the crowd just for the sake to be the number one person at the rave party. Just be yourself and enjoy your uniqueness within your own community who truly values and truly cherishes you for who you are and for what you are. Just feel confident with what you buy. You are not meant to be the number one Apple brand ambassador. Just learn to be yourself not having to worry what trendsetters want you to be. You are yourself. You are not a walking ATM (automatic teller machine). Buy with confidence only, and follow your own taste.
"Getting stuck in the ecosystem" is the typical kind of perception within people who crave for public acknowledgement by wanting to be the number one Apple brand ambassador and wanting to be the number one dude at the late night rave party, so to speak.
This has helped me when my phone’s display stopped working and when I broke my phone. Just being able to keep up with family and friends and work related task is incredible. I love the continuity feature.
My bank account won't allow me to join the ecosystem. Lol
Your bank account would thank you if you did, long term there’s no better hardware to invest in, Apple’s products last longer and hold their value longer than any other
These bank accounts are so self centered...always reminding us of their presence!! Be gone, you cretin!!!
@@MikeDold Any product can last long if this take care of it. I have a Thinkpad that is still working flawlessly after 8 years. I wonder what all the people who had faulty keyboards on their MacBooks would say about your claim.
@@lolunderstated533 faulty keyboards were exchanged. Apple products not only work a very long time (just look at the minimum supported iPhones for iOS 14) but the also hold their value long
Buy 2-3 year old products & you will find its a lot less than you think :) you can join the system and be kited out for 1000 or less :)
Rene, your explainers are the gold standard! For any given product release or big picture perspective, you are my go-to reference. Thank you! God to watch again and again.
Best content on RUclips. I always smile after watching Rene’s content. The best!!!
Rene, you are explaining the reason why, I the Apple head will forever be. Its the ecosystem MAN!
They compliment each other.
They make life a little easier.
They make thing’s frictionless.
Do they say things to each other like, “dang babe, you lookin good in that space grey shell”?
@@Natesmitguitar they charge each other up
@@pillsbury1thegamer ou, I like dat 😂
For real. All the little things they do, you didn’t think you need them after u got used to them
I trapped myself so good this year. Just missing iPad and HomePod.
I got them all about to add the AirPod Max 🔥🔥🔥
I’m just missing iPad and desktop Mac, been considering an iPad for awhile though.
Same
I have an iPhone 12 and a ipad air 2 so I'm gonna save up for the airpods 3 since those are supposed to come out in April and then in may I turn 16 so I will get a job so I can afford the iPad pro 2021
Me too😄
People talk about the ‘ecosystem’ like it’s a bad thing but if it genuinely enriches my life then I don’t see a problem. If I saw a better system out there I would change.
As a college student, it’s so nice to save time with having an iPad and iPhone completely sync with my Mac. Definitely worth the investment!
Other than Airdrop (computer support is coming soon, then it'll be the same too), that's not unique to Apple though. Everything he's said in this video other than Airdrop you can do natively in Windows with a Samsung phone.
@@bradavon i think its the fact that its less seamless that is the issue. You don’t have to lift a finger to pair up all your Apple devices, they just do their thing out of box.
But if you want to do the same thing with windows and Android you have to manually set things up, Onedrive or google drive? Which browser?
You get cluttered pre installed apps that you need to deal with because every company wants to create their own ecosystem.
And lastly, you are reeling on multiple companies with different goals and dreams to work together in order for you to get your stuff to work..
Bottom line, yes! You can recreate the Apple experience but, it’s not as seamless and it’s not for everyone.
@@bradavon the native versions of Samsung and Microsoft do not Share App states
@@priffess that's a fair point.
Onedrive isn't any different than iCloud though. Both are preinstalled on their respective platforms.
Much of what he mentions is natively in Windows if you use a Samsung phone. So it's closer than you'd think.
But yes still totally a fair point.
@@Nik6644 what's app state?
I can start an email on my phone and go to my pc and the email will be there in the place I left it. Granted not the cursor in the right place but the written text will be there.
That's the example given in the video but I expect you're right.
If there is any ecosystem to be locked into it’s Apple’s. Nothing better out there in my opinion.
Rene, a lot of Jon’s subs are about to help you out teaching you’re next milestone! Love your work as always!
Oh but it’s a good ecosystem to be in! I’d love to find one better but no other company gets anywhere near Apple.
Yep. Same here.
@@hisownfool1 I’d be the first to admit their are some parts I don’t like, I love my iPhone but I will openly admit it’s not the best flagship on the market, however, I absolutely love the Apple Watch and is the best smart watch you can get. That keeps me buying iPhones.
AirPods are not the best Bluetooth EarPods you can get for the money, but the way they work seamlessly with my iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch makes me want the AirPods over any other EarPods.
Apple is literally the only company with such a wide ecosystem. No other company has such good hardware-software integration, no one.
@@ivansit0TV Samsung are trying but no where near as good as apple
Same. I switched from Microsoft to Apple and I'd switch again if any company did better.
I just like the products. Apple Software is gold!
Sign In With Apple is a nice lock-in for the ecosystem.
its really unfortunate (o maybe fortunate) that the mass cannot yet afford all apple devices due to price (something apple might slowly be correcting) but this intercommunication and fluidity of the ecosystem is a thing of beauty, what technology should be about, to make our lives easier
Amazing! I've always wondered how airdrop and continuity worked. Thanks!
I’m invested in the eco system and love it😁
1- iPhone 12 Pro Max 512 gig
Every Apple new case and MagSafe charger
2- MacBook Pro M1 16 gig ram 1 TB
3- 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 512 gig (Smart Keyboard/Apple Pencil)
4- Apple Watch Series 6 titanium (grey)
Apple Watch Series 5 titanium (black)
Countless Apple Watch bands
5- AirPod Max
AirPod Pro
AirPod Wireless case
6- Apple TV 4K
7- HomePod Mini
This is the most exhaustive explanation of Apple’s ecosystem that I’ve come across. Superb!
It’s crazy how much I’m loving this Apple Garden of eden. Yes I know there is stuff out there beyond these walls.. but why taint my blissfulness for that. I’m content.
I would die for Rene from the Apple Ecosystem!
Ha!
@@ReneRitchie 🙂
one of the best explanation about "THE ECOSYSTEM". Thanks, i can comfortably buy Iphone 12 in another three months.
Damn Rene would make a good teacher - he isn't boring and knows his stuff well. Learnt more than I did in school lol 😂 Great video!
This was super helpful. From an outsider looking in (Mac and Android phone with no other Apple products), I always saw the negatives of Apple lock-in, that if I buy X Apple product, it won’t work well with non-Apple products.
Awesome explanation René! If someone asks me why I go with Apple I now don’t have to say anything anymore. You are doing it for me, and this way better than I ever could. 😬
Great way to explain the ecosystem. PS, I NEED that shirt!
yes!
Air Drop is literally my favourite thing ever
Ready for a updated Apple TV
It’s about time, hope it will out in March 2021 or even before .
There is absolutely no ecosystem, like it. Sometimes, I make my own discoveries a little late, and get surprised by its convenience and fluidity of how integrated and how futuristic all of my Apple devices and apps work together, as well as separately. Continuity and Handoff have been game-changers. As long as it helps enhance my life, I'm glad to stay put.
I just bought the new iphone 12 mini to replace my old SE. I had no other apple products before. I was awestruck when the phones suggested to setup the new phone! I really liked my old phone but this new one and with the easiest setup I've ever experienced I am a lot more exited about apple for sure! This is how phones and gadgets should work in 2020!
Its those videos that make me love your channel, the implementation of those features is so genius, thank you so much for explaining them!
I love that companies create this system of connected products all working together, apple and Google are the only ones that do this
shout out to u for all this useful information and knowledge. Thank u
Congrats on reaching 200K 🎉
Great Video, just a small note on the Wi-Fi password sharing: the people you share the password with CAN actually see it afterwards. They need a Mac for that, but it's visible in plain text as soon as you look it up in the keychain app. So I would still be cautious about who I give access to my Wi-Fi, so they don't mess around with me later.
Now I understand why my iPad and iPhone Safari tabs were not syncing. I turned off the Bluetooth. Thanks Rene.
My wife got me a Sony Walkman MP3 player that I used regularly for more than a year. But it required a Windows machine to transfer music and videos to it.
Once I was back on the Mac again and got an iPhone I find using that Sony MP3 player just too cumbersome. My iPhone does everything the Sony used to do and so much more, so much more easily.
I was impressed that I could download a bunch of songs from RUclips by the Disneyland Space Stage band from the summer of 1981, Halyx, convert them to MP3s, import them into iTunes and create a playlist with the songs and have that playlist show up in the Music app on my phone just a few minutes later. Magic!
Of course ever since June my iPhone doesn't connect to Wi-Fi anymore. In Settings I tell it which Wi-Fi signal to connect to and it says it's connected, but the status at the top of the screen only shows half-strength LTE. All the time. News says no connection. I can download podcasts and listen to them but I cannot browse new podcasts, I can download and read books, but I cannot browse new books. I cannot play games, no connection. Mail and Safari work. I can watch streaming TV but not RUclips videos. Some of my banking and credit card apps connect, some of them don't. Weather apps work, Shazam and Siri work, as do iOS upgrades. App download is a sometimes thing and the App Store won't connect.
I upgraded to iOS 14, no change. I reset Network Settings. Twice. No change.
I'm on an Apple Support forum about this, apparently there are quite a lot of us with this problem, older phones and newer phones. Apple Support keeps suggesting using cellular data, but that's what I'm doing. The phone used to show full strength 4G most of the time, dropping to LTE in more remote locations. Now it's LTE all the time and not a good data signal.
I'm missing the Apple Ecosystem as far as my iPhone is concerned.
Rene’s video..? Just like it first and then watch. Content is always ace..
Today I watched the Whole Video, Yes all the way to the End. Don’t want you to feel people only listen to Half your content. First time I’ve Commented on your channel. Keep up the Good Work.
No - not "Locked In" (a much underrated album from Wishbone Ash in '75, btw) so much as absolutely eyes-wide-open wanting a secure system to use, including apps that only come from a "safe" store, easy-to-use secure things like passwords all across different ways to get to everything from banks to entertainment, easy switching from airdrop, and a whole system that is regularly updated (almost by itself) with the very latest security features, even if some of my things are 6 or 7 years old.
Criticism likely from those who are jealous!
Excellent explainer Mr R!!
Nearly 200k subscribers!!! Best channel out there. Keep up the fantastic work
I'm really digging that jacket.
What is it, and where can I find one?
It’s simply … to good
The consistency of the hardware and software make Apple unique. No wonder why users like me continiue to add and upgrade. Also, incremental innovation is in constant flow flawlessly.
I wonder how many support people Rene has to help make these vids. Is it just him?
The thing with Apple is that it is one of the only tech companies on the planet that actually provides a useful set of interconnected utilities with their devices. To get a level of integration close to it you have to be very up to date with tech trends and what each company is doing, and even then you probably have to run betas to get most of the useful features. To get a matching level is currently impossible. People who appreciate and use the Apple suite of products in concert are not locked into anything, they just have no other options in the market that come close to what Apple offers.
Intelligent people wouldn't buy into Apple if they knew full well they were being locked into it forever. They would, however, buy into Apple if they wanted the feature set and couldn't get it any other way
Congrats on 200k Rene. You deserve it!
Rene, I love, LOVE your videos. No other channel I’ve come across is as informative as this. Thank you for the work you do. I’ve learned a lot, again 🙂
Thanks for Great info. You offered on RUclips
Great video as always Rene, appreciate the quality content.
Thank you!
Awesome video
“Son, or daughter, or person” love the inclusion 💜
I'm trying to figure out how to tether more quickly between apple devices. Do you mean via bluetooth? When I tether my iPad to my iPhone, I still have to connect the iPad to the network emitted by the iPhone and enter the password. Is there a better way?
Things I personally want to see Apple do eventually but I doubt they ever will: 1.)touch screen Macs, 2.)A Samsung like Dex feature for IPhones, 3.)the ability to use IMacs as monitors
very interesting, thanks
Has its benefits but having an Android device and windows machine as well are musts for me
And that's exactly the problem. People have mixed environments. The value of the Apple ecosystem is significantly reduced for anyone trying to operate in a mixed environment.
@@ataferner agreed but until my wife abandons android I can't fully go apple. Cost is also an issue and quite honestly some of that walled garden aspect stops me from doing things I'd like to that I can elsewhere
@@jd-py5nm why "agreed but"? Seems like we both understand that there are plenty of reasons why people might need or even want mixed environments. I wouldn't go fully apple even IF I could. The benefits of the Apple ecosystem do not outweigh the negative consequences of living in a monoculture.
One thing I noticed is how well Apple actually uses Bluetooth. I recently got the Powerbeats (current version) with the Apple H1 chip and it connects over Bluetooth to my iPhone 12 and 10.5" iPad Pro extremely easily, and maintains its connection over Bluetooth in a very stable fashion.
This can lead to interesting situations on airplanes. I attempted to re-pair my beats headphones while flying and saw big white box with my name and headphones pop up on 3 iPads and an iPhone owned by people watching movies next to me. Oops.
Great video! Amazed that you learned and understand all this information and glad you shared it with us 🤯
Ecosystem = Experience
Just like how amazing the Earth and all its ecosystems are ♥️♥️♥️
And yes there are bugs, that’d be the natural disasters and humans 😂
Not only humans, but ALL organisms, viruses, and aliens are bugs for universes
Long life robots, machines, and computers
Nice breakdown chief. 📱🤔🤷🏿♂️👌🏾😎👨🏿🎤🤓
is the apple watch can now pair with the ipad?
thank you
The funny thing is that people fully in the Apple ecosystem believe only Apple can do these things. Things that Apple announce as amazing new features in their phones sometimes have existed in Android for a year or more, as an a example. All that being said I Have and iPad Pro and it’s the most amazing piece of hardware I’ve ever owned, and now I’m side-eyeing an Apple Watch… that’s how it starts.
Usually I like Rene's video commentaries, but this one runs counter to my experience with a HomePod Mini which I bought two days ago and which I am planning to return. I now call it the LEB, for Little Evil Ball, and my experience with it was frustrating to the point of maddening, exasperating, and galling. Basically all I wanted was to use it as a simple external speaker for my iMac, but what I got instead was an (admittedly) attractive device that was just a pain in the ass to configure (starting, first, with having to upgrade my iPhone 8 to iOS 14.3, then having to download and then upgrade the Home app)... The wifi in my home office is poor, which resulted in grossly unacceptable latency when I tried to play music, and even AirPlay has latency issues for me, despite my having an up-to-date iMac with Big Sur on it and the Little Evil Ball sitting about a foot away from the computer. I was continually plagued with line drops that caused the computer to switch to its (so-so) internal speakers... On several occasions the LEB started playing random music uncommanded by me from my music library that defied my efforts to shut it off, you can't just plug the damn thing into the back of the Mac and select it in the Sound Preferences Panel as you would an ordinary set of speakers... after spending a couple hours basically wrestling the ball to the ground and getting it to play somewhat reliably I breathed a sigh of relief and was actually impressed with the quality of the sound, which really is superior considering its diminutive size, and I thought maybe I was over the hump. Instead, the next morning, upon trying to play a nice Joyce Cooling tune, I saw that the device was no longer accessible. Why? Who the hell knows! Back to the internet I go for more troubleshooting, and what I found was I'd have to delete the ball from the Home app and configure it all over again. Well NO THANK YOU. Why would I subject myself on an ongoing basis to the torture of Apple's opaque and capricious connectivity protocols - which are far far removed from the milk-and-honey bliss promised on Apple's web site and by Mac-centric commentators on RUclips - when I can go out and get somewhat less elegant but truly reliable hardwired speakers that give me what I want, which I don't consider unreasonable -- BETTER SOUND than the internal speakers! That's all I want. Is that asking so much Apple? I know you're a 2 trillion dollar market cap colossus but really, what the hell were you thinking when you made this demonic little ball impossible to just frickin' PLUG IN THE BACK OF THE COMPUTER? So you can see why listening to Rene wax rhapsodic about the immaculate seamlessness of Apple's ecosystem is, for me, more than a little grating. Apple, for all its strengths, is sometimes infatuated with technology for technology's sake, and has lately been far less effective than it used to be at hiding the complexity of its gadgets and making them "just work". The HomePod Mini DIDN'T "just work" for me. It delivered an inferior, which is to say crappy, experience for this customer -- so I am returning it.
there are few things I don't had on Apple products, that is the iMacs, iPad and AirPods. some thing I'm own was the Apple Watch, MacBook, iPhone and Magic Mouse 2.
While you’re sharing the pros - I use Firefox on iPad and iPhone and there are always blank tabs open as I share sites on one device to Firefox and it fails to sync that state
Apple Ecosystem == Convenience … and I'm a sucker for convenience.
Right, convenience that respects your privacy. It's a good mix.
I’ve slowly lost pieces of the ecosystem over the past few years. A MBP that was just too old, Apple TV that’s too old, Apple Watch killed, AirPods killed in the wash. Down to just an iPhone, and looking to replace the rest and re-realizing just how much I’m missing out on and how much I miss of everything working together so well.
THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM IS ELITE
I'm debating if I should get an M1 Macbook Air. I already have an ipad, and I'm wondering if you are able to work on a powerpoint on a macbook and ipad at the same time? Like if I wanted to have it open on both devices so I could type with my macbook, but also draw with my ipad. Thank you for your video!
How do you not have 1M subs yet?
this video made me realise i need a home pod
Great video and explanation Richie!!!
I’ve got no issue being in it. I got an iPad, then an iPhone, then an Apple Watch, then AirPod Pros, and just got an M1 MacBook Pro last week. I’m finally invested, my friends ask if I’m an Apple spokesperson at this point
Nice video
Hey I’d like to suggest two little things to you. First is, some of your Patreon sponsor‘s names at the end the video are always a little cut out because of the channel banner and suggested videos. Secondly, when you scroll down a website in a video, for it to be less choppy, you could either, if it’s not a website with any significant animations, save it as a format you can insert in FCP (considering you use that) and there then control the panning much better; or in the case of an website like a lot of Apple’s, use the keyboard to scroll down, instead of a trackpad or mouse.
Thanks, appreciate the feedback!
Can I limit what I share with family on icloud
Good content. Thank you.
Can paid subscriptions be shared with family members living in different states. Multi user subscription are less expensive than multiple subscriptions (specifically. Netflix Hulu and Amazon prime?