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Because I have more important things to do than inconvenience myself because of a meaningless geek holy war.

1. When I paired my AirPods Pro and my Beats Flex (more convenient for traveling) to my phone, they were automatically paired to and auto switch between my Mac, iPad, Watch and AppleTV.

2. When I get messages on my phone, they automatically appear and I can respond to them on my watch, iPad, Mac and in my car with CarPlay

3. When I go to the gym, run or get in the pool, I can leave my phone at home and still listen to music and accept calls on my Watch

4. Widgets from my phone show up on my Mac.

5. I can control my iPad from my keyboard and mouse paired to my Mac.

6. I can use my iPad as a second display with my Mac.

7. AirPlay works from iPhone /iPad to my AppleTV

8. I can copy and paste between my Mac, iPad and phone

9. I don’t think it’s really an argument that all Android tablets suck and Google has given up in the space.

10. CarPlay

11. My M2 MacBook Air runs cool, quiet, fast and battery last for 12 hours+

12. iCloud - I can drop my phone in the ocean, go to the Apple Store and get a replacement, log in and you can’t tell the difference between my new phone and old phone.

13. While this isn’t iPhone specific and you can do this with Android - Apple Pay from both my Watch and my phone

14. When I’m walking around in a city, having directions on my Watch means I don’t have to take my phone out.



Yeah, the convenience of pairing and switching is something I didn't think of.


Could not have said this better myself, so let me just add a little extra.

It works. Its polished. It’s ubiquitous.

But most importantly.

I don’t have to think about it. My 9-5 is deeply considering trade offs, configurations and debugging edge cases.

Why would I want to do that in my off time?

My only one complaint.

Please for the love of your bottom line Apple, fix Siri, jfc.




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