Same here pal, though a few years behind you at 51. Software should serve, not impede. Software can be as complex as it needs to be, as long as it is well-written; then anyone at any level should be able to use it with ease.
Ooooh! Ooooh! Can I be a "sad old dude?" ..... especially one that can play guitar and have a masterful understanding of music, like this old dude? Where do I sign up?
In this day and age, understanding the ins and outs of music theory and being able to play the guitar (how out of touch with reality!) would probably be used as an argument against you.
New viewer, first commenter... played in rock bands for 30+ yrs and since the whole collapse of the so called traditional, or physical sales of music has dissolved, accepting lp collectors etc of course, and including the whole streaming thing, my real question is this.... HOW HAVE WE GONE FROM THERE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHO GETS PAID FOR WHAT, AND WHERE DO YOU SEE THINGS HEADING?? Is there really a world where great songwriters/ musicians can move forward without the trad. 'Label' owning and controlling output,, I used to be in awe of the mighty dead moon and how they still made worldwide tours selling mono LPs recorded on the same press as the Kingsmen recorded and cut 'Louie Louie', and thier live shows were a religious experience as well as the devils' riffs, Fred howling like a banshee as he rocked toward his 70s... I guess I wanna know yr take on the future of Rn'R, and how the super- auto tuned pop we are having shoved down our thhrouats might be beaten. As we know, Rock N' Roll will never die. How do you see the survival plan for such an important social movement? I hope the head injury and trail of disjointed text above has created some type of solid path of enquiry I have bn able to find the words to ask. Where in general do you see the industry going? Chris
Absolutely! That's what young people don't have. They have all the opinions, information and knowledge, but no experience. You can't buy or download that. Thankfully, knowledge can only be acquired the old fashioned way - with TIME! And that's what us old people have.
I am a hardware and software engineer. Your comments are accurate. I have 3 Macs, 2 pc's, 4 virtual Unix machines, 3 iPads, and both an Android and iPhone. I program on all of them. Let's leave it at, I am familiar. Let the cool kids with more dollars than sense continue to criticize. They don't have a frame of reference for many of the positions taken in opposition to your rant. Those only familiar with a disposable economy, who have only purchased disposable crap, and lack the business acumen to understand your points will continue to be harvested in their temerity. :) Keep on keepin on.
haha that's awesome. I don't make videos myself, but sooooo often I'll be mid-typing an email or something and just decide 'hey I want to play my guitar right now'
So do I .. new subscriber because of the "rant".. I love people saying what's on their mind.. most tech youtuber just tiptoe around Apple because they are scared.. refreshing !
A lot of younger people think that browsing the web on their iPhone = using a computer. Hardly any of them actually knows how to use real productivity software. Somebody who makes a living from producing music and videos, is clearly somebody who knows how to use a computer. And what Rick said about Apple was true in 2017, and it's still true in 2021. They have become a company that makes devices for content consumption, not content production. Why? Because it's more profit for less work. Apple has become irrelevant as anything but a "lifestyle" brand.
@@rebeccaschade3987 --- A lot of software today has interfaces that are not well thought out. This is because designing user friendly interfaces is very difficult. Steve Jobs knew how important this was, which is a big reason Apple did so well, but I guess his approach has faded as new people have taken control of the company.
Brilliant. First vid I watched was your Apple rant and then watched this. Subscribed immediately. I thought I was the only person who held your views - looks like we are brothers from different mothers!!!
@@ThekiBoran You could call it socialism if you want to, in the same way that I could call you a giraffe if I want to. Doesn't make it true. Fascism does not fit into easy left-right categories. It has heavy, authoritarian government control on the one hand (which points left) but that is in service to powerful corporate interests and nationalist (which points right). The point here, being made well, was that Apple presents a brand image to appeal to those who claim to value 'progressive' causes (which include income equality and social provision) while pursuing solidly 'regressive' causes (naked profit grab, exploitative working conditions, tax avoidance etc) as a company.
@@davestone5963 Honestly yours is the only comment here other than the OP's that makes sense. Many people claim to know about capitalism and socialism and fascism have no clue what they are talking about.
@@ThekiBoran Exactly how willing is anyone who must obey the "socialist program" of, for example, a highway speed limit? Usually willing, sometimes grudgingly, occasionally not at all willing. Then they get ticketed to deter them from the cost they might impose on society by destroying lives and property with their reckless driving. That recklessness is narcissistic and a bit sociopathic. The fact is that ALL social programs exist for the benefit overall of society but cannot of course please or satisfy or fill every member of society's needs. That's the nature of society. You don't get to be an island in which every one of your needs is constantly fulfilled, by mommy or daddy or the government or corporations or your neighbors or your family. That's acting like a three-year-old. How old are you then, Krobie/probie/newbie???
I am with you, I left Apple a very long time ago. Never owned a Mac or iPhone. What TF took you so long? LOL. Love the fam. such cute kids. You're a blessed man. Funny thing about tech too. I watch your videos all the time and your Apple rant video popped up in my feed just yesterday, and this one today. Hell, I thought they were new until I looked more closely. This video has stood the test of time IMHO.
"Left Apple a very long time ago.." ?? But you never owned a Mac or an iPhone ? Does not compute. But it is sadly true that Apple lost its ways after Steve Job died. However, without Apple, we would all still be using flimsy black plastic phones and computers with horrendous software, Nokia, Dell, Windoze. At least now we have a choice to use beautiful well constructed hardware.
I really love watching Rick but you should check out Scott's bass lessons. It's like a waterfall of music information, granted it's obviously mostly directed at the bass guitar.
The hubris of people nowadays is staggering. For every "sad old dude", there's an inexperienced young moron who has yet to make the mistakes the older guy has already learned from. Self-awareness is more important than age.
On that issue I once got a comment from somebody that I remember with a smirk to this day: "If you were on an airplane with a really serious problem and there was the probability the whole thing went south, who would you rather have in the cockpit, a young and optimistic dude or a mature guy with one zillion flight hours on his back?"
I'm not usually a fan of James Corden, but when the iPhone 7 was launched, he mentioned AirPods on his show: "That's right 'AirPods'. As in: 'I lost one of my AirPods.'"
Oh man. The apple rant was spot on. Being in IT my whole life and a classically trained musician with grey hair, I am totally with you. Along with my pile of old useless perfectly fine apple gear. Love your channel! Grey hair rules!
Your rants on apple products, especially itunes are on point. I've stopped purchasing anything apple. Feeling much better now. What great videos. Thank you! Also, I'm a coder, I'm upgrading my PC's HDD tomorrow to a samsung SSD and I love hacking my Galaxy S8....The reasons not to buy Apple increase everyday.
The Problem with apple is that ever since the first iphone came out, their company has gone in a different philosophical direction. They want everything to be on lease to them. Their itunes music for example, you don't really own it, you're renting it. The ipod update from a year or two ago where apple went into people's ipods and removed anything that wasn't in an itunes format, should have been down right illegal. But their agreements point out that they're taking certain privileges with their hardware too. Any time you are to create an iphone application, it has to be submitted to apple for their approval. If it is deemed 'unfit' for the store because of subject matter or quality, then it can be dismissed.
Oneness100 unfortunately, there are a lot of classical CDs out there that are not available on most streaming services and may not ever make it to them. My point being that you could wait a lifetime for the streaming services to catch up to housing all of that missing information. It has the potential to be N Factorial when you think about all of the special editions, EPs, demo tapes, B Sides. My point is life it too short to limit yourself to just one platform for getting all of your music. Seek it out wherever it is. UA-cam has been my primary way of learning about new music.
"Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep." Keep doin' what you're doin.' You are 100% right about Apple. The younger generations are indoctrinated into Apple. My daughter thinks they're the best ever, and of course, she's directly influenced by her friends, who don't have enough summers under their belt to know and experience the difference of technology over time.
I'm young, and I've wanted to jump ship from Apple to Samsung for YEARS. Needless to say, pretty much my whole family made the jump. And I've seen iSheep from many ages. It has to do with the mind. But I have seen so many people around my age pretty much indoctrinated into Apple. Hell, my first glimpse into something being WRONG with the company was when I first got my fist phone, which was an iPhone 3gs. Within a year, it started acting up, battery couldn't hold a charge, overheating, AppStore wouldn't work. My next phone was an iPhone 5s. This is when I noticed the pattern, looked it up, and lo and behold, it really is an Apple problem. Within a year and a half of me owning that phone, it too started overheating, battery couldn't hold a charge, constantly spamming me with "Enter your Apple ID" even though I had entered it CORRECTLY five times in a row, and the slowness. Some apps won't even work anymore, even though they came with the phone such as Pages; whenever I try to change a font, the whole thing just crashes. After I came to my family with my problem, they had problems with their iPhones too. Sooo... we all jumped ship to Samsung, and its been almost two years. My phone's battery works just as well, bluetooth is considerably stronger, better features, and still has a headphone jack. My biggest problem is definitely the planned obsolescence... and it hit a whole new level of low; they're planning on further breaking older iPhones that don't have a certain update, so its break you phone either way, or boycott Apple altogether. This company needs to change for it's own sake, otherwise, more and more people will jump ship. Most of my friends, former avid Apple users jumped. And the only ones who haven't have iPhones their parents bought them and don't want to feel mean. Hell, my girlfriend wanted to jump ship for years as well, but her parents, the iSheep that they are keep shoving Apple down her throat.
I'm 19 and a tech nerd and I have never owned an Apple product because we all know it is overpriced junk brands to make kids feel special, when in reality they look like ignorants that are willing to pay 5x the amount you'd get for a decent Cpu and cheap GPU. I have succesfully convince my friends to switch because I manage to explain in depth all the pros and con of both devices and showing examples. Hopefully in the future people realize how bad Apple is and force apple into a fair market or make them go bankrupt
As a young adult, I personally found your rant to be pretty spot on. Especially after spending $50 dollars on an Apple adapter that now has no purpose.
@@agentcarti9447 ...and Samsung. These companies are the future. They say he can't adapt which is ironic since it's Apple that can't seem to imo. Software wise, They got washed by Microsoft in the nineties, and they're getting washed by Google today. My opinion.
Rick, your "rant" was hilarious, the feedback funnier still. If this helps, your rant sounded like my son, lamenting the dumbing down and loss of function with each "upgrade". He's 23 and he's with you!
You are spot on, Rick. I just had to replace an iPhone 7 and my big mistake was going to an iPhone 12 rather than an Android! You have hit the nail on the head, my friend.
I work in the film business as an editor and have assembled a new computer. For the same performance, I would have to pay twice for Apple. There is no reason to buy this stuff. Greetings from germany!
I disagree. Used windows for 20 years, used Mac for 5. Will choose Mac over windows any day of the week and twice on the weekend. We’ve all heard the phrase... if you sneeze on a window, it’s best to wipe it. All too true.
He has a different experience. Are you now telling him how to interpret his experiences? For half the money you spend on an Apple computer (still a lot of money) you can buy indeed superior hardware nowadays. Without any of the restrictions Apple imposes on you but with compatibility with the rest of the world (excluding Apple of course, but that is Apple's fault)
“Anyone dissing him in the comments is a snowflake apple fan who needs to justify their terrible purchases” so i’m a snowflake huh! i’m 60 years old, have worked since i was 14, worked my way through a masters in physics (no students loans/debt), officially retired at 50 and now just work at doing what i want. no mortgage, no outstanding credit card balance, no debts period, just expenses. oh, no felonies either lol guess there are 3 definitions of snowflake lol
Dude, ru kidding me? Your channel maybe saved my life. After seeing how you detailed what Boston was, which I never knew, that is was this guy who had a vision of sound, and by combining and creating tech in his basement, mixed to come up with that famous unforgettable stuff. Watching more videos, etc. Then sitting down at a "donated to me" old grand piano sitting in the corner of the house, with a broken sound board, out of tune, etc...and cranking out full grand piano versions of some of these iconic tunes, I'll have to thank you because this grey haired old guy's (you describing yourself) videos have given me something else to feel really good about. All the keyboard videos you have done (reminding me of guys like rick wakeman, to start) had my brain during sleep listening and performing different things. Must have been up for a few extra hours last night rolling over stuff and having stuff come out of my hands that I hadn't done before, especially with the left hand, technical stuff I hadnt' done before. So I have to say thanks. I don't know where this leads, but music and learning how to manipulate licks, sounds and combine them in me went to a whole new level from your videos. I'm coming to believe that the vibes we get from playing music move through us and affect our organs and brain in powerful ways. So when we are looking for a sound that feels great, when we get it out of our imagination and into a sound making device, we are giving ourselves what we need. It can energize us if needed, heal organs in our body if needed, and synchronize our body/brain in important ways. Im sure everyone else knows all of this and more, but me realizing it for the first time. Anyway, thanks for your awesome videos.
@Steven Soco now that's reverse ageism lol. Cant we see how this negativity goes nowhere? Shitting on the elderly or young when your the opposite probably = lack of self awareness
@@xoxonaotchan_7902 aren't they stupid?? I've met a kid, he is in highschool, he doesn't know how to cut his own nails!!! his mom cut them for him.. 14 y/o
The fantastic RANT, was the first time I saw you. And I said to myself, finally someone is talking about something with substance. I'm so done with Apple products and I was just like you! I HAD EVERY APPLE PRODUCTS! OMG THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A FREAKIN' JOKE! The supervisor lie to me and it was so unnecessary. All I wanted was my phone to be fixed and it has been over three months. So, I'm going on UA-cam to find out how to work the android, because I'm done. Oh yes and I love your show and I've subscribed. I'm also a musician! Drums/percussionist and keyboard! Peace
You simply said what had to be said. Apple no longer make professional products. They used to focus on making good products, and because of this they made a lot of money. Now they are focusing on making a lot of money, and you can tell that the end users needs' no longer guide the design choices in their hardware. Your wide range of content has been excellent. The sharing of decades' worth of knowledge and experience is what adds value to your channel, keep up the good work. Edit: Have you tried Studio One Recently? It's been getting better and better, and the most recent update made the audio engine massively more efficient and allows a degree of individual control over latency of effects/IO/VSTs that no other DAW does (to my knowledge). I moved from Cubase/Ableton several years ago and have never looked back.
for the folks using windows - ie 90% of the planet, cakewalk Sonar is also another very capable daw program. I love that program. if only they made a file compatible android / ios version like steinberg did with cubasis.
I will stick to samsung note! since steve jobs is not here anymore apple is slowly dying and i think steve jobs would have done it different by firing people that have weird ideas like removing headphonejack
There's something hilarious about 20 year old hipsters living in mommy's basement working barista jobs, claiming an older guy is out of touch with 25 years of success in the music industry and 1.4 million UA-cam subscribers. They'd love to be that "out of touch".
I remember reading a comment some ignorant guy said about a Goa Gil live set on UA-cam saying he only knows how to use tapes and excused him of knowing nothing about DJ'ing hahahaha decks and cd's dont work in India hahahahahaha so they all used tape decks and still do to this day. And he had no idea who this guy was and that he started (with a few others) the whole Goa psytrance and trance scene. These kids are so out of touch with reality it painful
@@Yhoda.PsyTrakked Being "out of touch" with whatever their interpretation of reality is can't be a bad thing. I cannot understand why some people watch or read content that they know they will find offensive.
@@SkepticCat-pz1zz I assume the rationale is that it requires a liberal arts degree to compete a job pouring coffee (since the degree is useless for anything else), Therefore the job merits credential.
Hi Rick! I’m a systems engineer and musician, you are right about all happening with apple hardware. Please consider going to PC with your studio recording and make a video comparing the tools you used to have with apple and the ones with PC (I think there are versions for PC of the same tools). Thanks for the good work. Cheers from Lima, Peru!!
You are a huge source of inspiration, Rick! You are truly one of the smartest people on UA-cam and the fact that anyone would defame your opinion (which is well more informed than most of the snap-backs you received) I'm so glad you chose to put yourself out there even though you're not in the primary age bracket of uploaders. You are making UA-cam a better place.
I don't work in the music industry but in the digital experience one. The whole Adobe Creative Suit is available on PC just as on Mac so there's no point in buying the most expensive computer when you can do the same with a cheaper one. In fact the only reason I still use a Mac is Sketch (Bohemian Coding). I think it's a very bad sign for Apple when the reason people buy their product is a single third party product. The day Sketch will be available on PC, I know a lot of people that will switch to the gorgeous Microsoft Surface Pro.
I see that you are older than me and think “he must know more than me and have more experience; I will likely hear some pearls of wisdom emanating from this man” and is the thoughts I have of every one older than me on UA-cam. Sometimes I am disappointed but mostly not. I am normally delighted that someone has taken the time to make a video, edit it and upload it! Carry on. Many thanks.
First off - Rick, “old” never comes to mind when I see you. You look great and the fact that you have been using different tech over the years shows you are adaptive and not a fogie. As a longtime Mac user, I concur with every rant about Apple in your vid - not a thing has changed as of in 2023. Only reason I am still in the ecosystem is they do a superb job of user capture such that most of my life is now embedded into their system.
Hey Rick. I am older than you and I have watched quite a few so called musicians/engineers do their "professional" vids but few, if any, are as open and personable providing information clearly and poignantly as you do,, mixing practical theory with good sound musical advice information and demonstrating your professionalism. You bring a very useful format and delivery to many younger guys/girls who otherwise might spend years trying to understand and achieve results. --IMHO many professionals could do the world a great deal of good by sharing their knowledge in such an open format and answering questions from a position of knowledge and experience. Don't let the jealousy of wanna be studio geeks or nay sayers interrupt your thought processes! -o-- I not only agree with the 'Apple monopolizes the market' concept but I will add that the industry as a whole manufactures thousands of products that undermine the efforts of passionate home studio folks who don't have big dollars to spend on equipment and are perplexed by the plethora of options. ie. Do I need a better computer? PC or Mac? Is my interface fast enough? How many freakin' microphones do I need to cover all my needs? Am I stuck with a lack luster analog gritty sound working in the box? Can I really afford the gear that will make a difference? so on and so on. Capitalism seldom considers the financial limitations of the moderately underprivileged. Your awesome buddy! Thanks!
I fucking hate capitalism, but I do wonder: are audio engineers/recording studios possible in a non-capitalist society, since almost all recording equipment, from PCs to mics, are manufactured solely by monolithic pro-audio and electronics companies?
I used to work for Apple, and I currently am in an industry where we use all Apple products, and you can't possibly be more correct. We were unable to source older Mac Pros, so we had to use the trashcan mac pros and they are constantly overheating, the GPUs keep dying, and all our capture cards need to be in an external chassis which causes lots of problems. We've literally spent millions of dollars on systems for those shitty Mac Pros, and they consistently let us down on a regular basis.
So why would you ever touch their rubbish ever again? The PC market destroys Apple products now days. Doesn't say much for your level of intelligence does it?
Mr. Rick Beato: Thank you, very much for your wonderful help in music and technology. I am 60 years (very young) who loves guitar, keyboard songwriting and music even more now than when I first played guitar in 1974. Your videos are so helpful just plain make sense. Please don't ever listen to the haters and disrespectful youth who hide behind their computers. You are the real deal musician who has helped and inspired thousands. Please never tire of doing the wonderful good you have always done. I work with 27 to 31 year old young men at my son's company and they appreciate my guitar and music experience and actually listen to me when I have musical suggestions for them. You are right about all the Apple issues. I play and write music for church and it has always been SO frustrating getting music onto my iPhone 7 for the next Sunday's practices. My Android is SO much simpler to put the 4 or 5 songs I am using onto my phone, just plug in the cord and drag and drop. No waiting for syncing or figuring out the stupid issue with iTunes. I fought with iTunes/Apple every week for 2 years until I got my Android. So much more usable and efficient. I still use my iPhone 7 every day but as an addition to my Android workflow. Best to you, brother. You inspire me, every day. Your kids are blessed to have you. So glad you invested this great gift of music into your family. Don W.
I've been boycotting Apple for over ~30yrs. I forget why - but it was a dam good reason at the time, and my guess it still is.. Hang in there Rick - Old guys ROCK !
I've been boycotting them since they released the first Mac. All it had was a mouse - no keyboard. Mouse and menu-driven OS was a great idea, but no keyboard was idiotic. Then they sold Apple IIe's to all the schools just as I graduated, and I could see how they planned to infiltrate the youth market and convince the public that they'd never "need" a command prompt ever again.
I've boycotted Apple since... 🤔... Well, a very long time. Mainly now because they force you to all new stuff when the next generation comes out. But mainly because I'm contrary by nature.
Apple impressed me as a company that made innovative products, but would milk you for everything you had. I would never own another Apple product & I'm just into them for a mini ipod! Innovation, not control!
Well, we shouldn't scare everyone away from Apple. Apple does have a useful role in the marketplace in driving the accessibility of technology - but I don't have to be one of the chumps paying up front for it. Open-source WILL save the world someday!
I taught myself computer literacy on an Apple 2E. Have never bought anything Apple for myself. I read how Steve Jobs treated his employees. That did it for me, forever. Still, the fam don't care, the kids want what their friends have, and the wife wants to be able to connect with the kids directly, so, there's that.
I'm 15... am i an sod as well? I hate apple with all my bones because, well, everything else is just better and cheaper(besides the s20 ultra. That's no doubt better, but not cheaper)
Steve Jobs made fun of Microsoft because their PC's forced you to buy hundreds of adapters and drivers to get anything to work. Now Apple has turned into worse than PC's, and almost nothing is compatible anymore unless it comes from the App Store. They turned into their worst enemy.
@@benkleschinsky yeah, I think if Steve Jobs saw his company today, he'd be really disappointed. Everything worked well and was good until he died, that's when the company went waaayyyy downhill. And now, there's nothing new with their products and it's pretty much all for the money.
The haters attacked your age Rick as they had nothing to offer but to mindlessly deflect your point with irrelevent fluff. Dimwits confirmed. Keep up the great content buddy.
Right on the money Rick. I'm amazed when I walk into a meeting at the tech company that I work at, and guys try to connect their MacBook Airs to the video system in the room, have to bring out a mess of adapters, then spend 5 minutes trying to figure out how to make the video go to the projector. I walk into the same room, plug in my Win10 laptop to the HDMI cord and it works with no hiccups, no adapters, no problem. The only guys I've seen legitimately use Macs to their real benefit is graphical artists. Those high-end Macs make hi-res photo editing and video editing more efficient, mostly because of the software. My music machine is a high-end PC. I built it myself, and it really smokes. I can run a bajillion concurrent VST FX/Instruments on it with really low latency. If it breaks, I can fix it very easily. It took me like an hour to build, with half of that time just unpackaging the elements. I've never understood Mac fanboy-ism. I'm also an old guy with a lot of white hair and I have no problem with 2020 tech.
There was a time when it was the exact reverse. Plug and Play was originally an Apple concept. All my Windoze friends had to download drivers with every new dongle. I just opened the box, took out the iThing (in the days before the iPrefix), and connected it to the mac. It worked. Now you need a PhD to work out how to connect anything to anything else.
@@riverstun you do know that Apple stole other peoples pc ideas for their machines in the 70s, no I'm not a boomer, but I did study this at school. They didn't have real plug and play, as ALL of their machines have been full of overpriced propriety kit. IBM with their machines allowed individual buyers to upgrade EVERYTHING. 30 years and I'm still building my own pcs
Love this and the Apple rant. iTunes makes me nuts. Seems like it updates itself on my 2011 PowerBook - I can't find menus, etc. Too much useless stuff! Thanks Rick!. Fun to see your family.
Rick, I'm a 66 year old guy who built my first computer in 1977. I have worked in electronics, sonar, computers, ROV's audio, video and more since the early 70's until today. I have forgotten more, coded more, interfaced more, and designed more stuff than these know nothing youngsters will in a life time and I am in 100% agreement with you on your Apple Rant. I never owned on but have recommended Apple stuff many times in the past. No more. You can build a PC with more power and everything that can run IOS and be way less than 1/2 the price of any Mac. Why you would want to run IOS but then again you probably have tons of legacy software. I wish you luck in the future.
not only that, you can build a hackintosh, which uses regular components but you run iOS on it, but you need to choose parts very carefully, never liked apple and never will
Yeah, try to use any of the AUDIO DRIVERS of microsoft to create music, compare it to the efficient CORE AUDIO. and just to be clear ASIO IS NOT FROM MICROSOFT so you can't compare it to that. Compare de CoreAudio of Apple to any of the shitty audio drivers of Microsoft. then you will understand an be fair an value what is good in apple, if you compare the pros and cons of the OS , microsoft windows is the worst. the worst OS system to produce anything creative. Yeah apple suck but the alternative Windows is worst accept it.
joserendon can you please show me the line where he mentioned windows or microsoft? I cant find on... so why are you not allowing third-party drivers in this conversation? And windows and OS X are not the only operating systems on the market...
I'm 56 and you look young to me. Also, I have no f**king idea what all your techno-jargon means. Have you got any idea where I can buy blank audio casettes for my Sony Walkman? That's right, I upgraded from 8-Track......
When you get to our age (I'm older than you) we have every right to pull up crap that should be better. We have the perspective to know how things were and how they should be.
it's like in Asia young people respect old people because they have wisdom. That's the way it should be here , but instead we have this Cult of Youth, where ignorant idiots without perspective (youth) are deemed the most important members of society. Sad
40 years old here, write software, hardware engineer, audio engineer.... Agree with everything you said here. I work off a custom built pc built into a BMW case, easiest computer in the world to upgrade, cost maybe $1400 and would benchmark laps around a $6000 Apple. Edit: edited autocorrect error in OP
By custom, do you mean that you made it yourself out of a bunch of different brands of high quality components? (or did you hire someone to do it) You see, I'm also an audio engineer whom is sick of Apple's money grubbing, incompatibility, shitty service, and slow (for the money) machines. I'm thinking of purchasing one of those pro PC audio/video machines from Sweetwater. I've heard they kick ass and unlike Apple computers, they come rack mountable so you don't have to purchase those expensive special boxes or rack ears. (another ridiculous expense that even most of us gear-heads tend to forget about) But I'm wondering if would be cheaper to just build something myself. (I think you can get rack-mountable computer cases these days) Any advice would be appreciated!
If you have the technical chops, go for it in the true spirit of DIY independence. From a money point of view, you won't really save much, and buying a known good configuration with a warranty is a good option. Don't spend $5000 on a tricked out iMac Pro when you get the same performance in-studio on a good Windows PC. Do some homework, find out what the pros use.
bassman5123 built it myself from high quality (and value shopped) components. You can roll either way of course, both will land you at a more powerful / more easily upgraded computer. If I was going to let someone else build one for me I would go with CYBERPOWERPC. look them up, good luck!
I say build it yourself, it's not like it is difficult. You can choose the components you want based on your budget, doing so will net you a computer that is easily 3x better than any off the shelf computer you can find. Say you find a system that specs out the same as your custom rig, ok now look at the capacitors, mosfets, diodes and the like..a company like Dell is going to trim off every possible cent in manufacturing cost resulting in a far inferior machine than if you just built it yourself with quality components.
Rick is literally a musical genius and knows more about these companies and softwares than any of those people in the comments...love your attitude man💪💪❤️
I loved the rant! It incapsulated all of my frustrations. I run 2012 Mac that I built from 2 separate machines and a new SSD drive...my favorite store Tekserve went out of business 2 years ago. I focus on creating compositions for dance on loop stations and pedals because I got tired of upgrading macs and software...then again I’m 46 so I guess I’m an “SOD” I don’t agree with all of Beoto’s taste but when it comes to genuine knowledge of the totality of music, I’d put my money on Beato over anyone else on the internet, young or old. Love your videos!
Hey Rick. Millennial tech here. Have had my hands in many a PC and Mac and your rant is super legitimate. Anyone saying otherwise is being a fanboy. The design has gone downhill steadily hardware wise since 2010. Now it's all glue and it's constantly failing. The focus is on paywalls and ad inundation in the software.. it's ugly and stupid to use. The beauty in Apple came from the effort to design FOR the user, now the user must retrain themselves to work the programs. That is BAD DESIGN.
I complained about Apple products being held together with tape and glue on 9to5mac. The next day my username was banned across multiple websites. Looks like the truth hurts so bad that they feel the need to sensor their customers for having an opinion.
Your Apple rant was the first video I've ever seen of you and I thumbs upped and subscribed and hit the bell notification half way through....been watching you ever since!
I am sick of companies sticking me with a monthly subscription I stopped using Pro Tools for just that reason! When I buy something I want to use it until it wears out not until the subscription ends. Thank you Rick for your focus on this subject.
Hi Rick I once worked for Apple in the 90's here in Colorado and I can tell you that man you are right on target. I have the old Quadra 650 models and a couple older ones. When I went to the Apple store and asked about upgrading anything they just looked at me like I was from outer space. The customer service lady said " oh you can't " and my reply was why would I pay $6000.00 for a computer I can not upgrade when your are always upgrading everything every 6 months. She said " oh we can do it for you" I told her I worked for Apple and on other computers for a very long time and I think I am capable. She said " well the user can not upgrade it now only techs can upgrade it." I told her have a nice day and left the store. Yes they have become crap and I tell everyone never ever buy a mac if you want to have a computer that you can upgrade yourself. The money hungry corporation has no interest in if your satisfied it got your money and that is all that counts.
+Joseph Murphy I'm not sure what you wanted to upgrade. But in general the mid-90s Quardras and Powermacs where very easy to upgrade. Opening them up and changing Ram or even upgrading the processor was no problem at all. And it was all user replaceable. What you said definitely does not apply to the systems Apple made back in those days. Things changed with the iMac and later machines though.
Thank you for the rant! It was spot on. Dumping all the crap from a bag really illustrated how bad Apple has gotten. No longer fighting for the little guy and no longer caring about not creating useless e-waste. The Apple "my way or the highway" attitude is stale. They've become what they said they would never be.
I use Apple products as well and typically speak positively about it but I've noticed the changes as well and once I watched your "Apple Rant" video I was laughing because I completely agreed with you.
Hey Rick, In the beginning, I visited a few youtube channels of trolls that insulted me out of curiosity. They never have content on their channel. That told me everything I need to know about them. Love your content! Thanks!
iTunes was one of the main reasons I NEVER bought any Apple products. My brother had the first iPhone, and while it was amazing at the time, it would have sucked for my purposes. I like to do things my way. Today, still running my 2014 Galaxy S5 with an expanded battery, 400 Gb SD card, and Neutron MP and MX Player. All I need. F apple.
I could never understand how people liked iTunes. I installed it once when I had my gen1 iPod touch, and it was just plain slow. Slow to load, slow to navigate, slow to connect to my device, slow. I guess I was so used to the speed of bar bones programs like win amp that iTunes was just never fun to use.
Awful, awful software that would've trashed my music collection more than once if I hadn't made backups. A big part of the reason I vowed never to use another Apple product.
@@ElrondHubbard_1 Get this. Apple's slow motion videos have "handles" on them to use as a gimmick to switch between real time and slomo. This means that you must TRANSCODE the video IN THE PHONE when moving it out of the phone. So now moving 60-80 videos out of your phone and onto a hard drive for pro editing takes several hours. If you import into the photo app it is faster... but then moving them out of THAT app takes several hours. They could have left the slow motion handles off or ignored them when moving the file and then you could copy them all in 5 minutes.. .but NOOOOO the GIMMICK is what matters... not your time. Screw you people who want your videos OUTSIDE our ecosystem.
Hi Rick, new to your channel. I clicked on it when I discovered you and I are enthused by the same topic; Apple Crap! Removing the headphone jack on the new (although nothing has changed) I-Phones was the last straw for me. I am due an upgrade but I'm sad to say I'll be moving onto pastures less controlling, Samsung! - The funniest thing about the die-hard Apple fans were their inability to get over the fact the Apple logo fails to light up on the lid of the new Mac-book Pro. Lets ignore the fact the USB ports were all removed. Lets ignore the fact you can no longer update the hardware. Forget the fact the headphone socket has gone and why worry about having to buy a million and one adapters. The damn Apple logo fails to light up! Rant over. Love your kids. Ignore the ageist buffoons. Subbed
Gary Gough I hope you want to get a Samsung flagship, everything but the S and the Note lineups sucks real bad. Their version of Android is the most uselessly heavy piece of crap I have ever seen.
Yeah, that's the funny thing about those that have the courage to look over the wall of the little Apple garden. It's an alien concept to a lot of them... choices. With Apple, you get what Apple thinks is important, when they think it's important. Usually, it's a feature that has already existed on several Android-based phones. If you look at Android phones (which many Apple users don't, because they aren't Apple), there are a ton of phones from different manufacturers with different features. Android phone makers have to compete with one another, as well as with Apple, so they innovate and they diversify. No single phone is perfect for everyone, so you get to choose what phone makes the most sense to get the features you want, need, or are actually going to use. Apple's perspective is... "Well, we'll give them choice... We'll have two screen sizes and a few colors". Apple's planned obsolescence is smart for them. Charge too much (what the hipster traffic will bear), glue and solder everything together, including the cover, so you can't replace battery, add SD memory, etc... keep changing connector types to sell more dongles and adapters, and squeeze developers by taking a third of their sales. As long as there are people who are too afraid (or locked-in) to look over the walls of the garden, they'll keep parting with too much of their money and stupidly shunning anything that wasn't produced at the Church of Apple, Inc.
I'm 33, been using computers since I was about 5. iTunes is objectively one of the worst pieces of software I've ever used. It's not about being old or unable to adapt or inept at computing. Apple have disappeared so far up their own butthole they've forgotten how to make what people want or need.
I'm your age, plus or minus a year, in fact I think we might even have some friends in common. I've been a software engineer for 25 years and and a musician for 35 years. You are right about apple. I won't go near any apple products made after 2012.
The kids are just cuteness overload ;) Computer ageism is funny, given that Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, or Richard Stallman, are all in their sixties...
I completely feel you, Rick. They consider themselves to be "adopters", in fact they're just victims. Pathetic. "It’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled"
Rick you are completely fucking awesome. You give so much of us hope to do things we only dreamed of. You have a wealth of knowledge and experience we can only appreciate and take something good from all these comments are from people who don’t know what the fuck is up. Like I told other people on UA-cam who are so worth paying attention to don’t let these people take your energy. You’re freaking awesome and we love your videos your kids too...all amazing ...
Age doesn't change your intellegence. I really enjoy your videos because you express your opinion on new tech and obviously apple fanboys had to find a reason to hate so of course they had to bring up your age. Smh. Anyways I really love your videos and you give me a lot of updates in the tech world. Keep doing you!
the lack of the 35mm jack is a step backward until we have the technology for long distance, contactless wireless charging that doesn't kill you (instantly or in months) when the iphone 7 came out, apple used the word "wireless" to advertise the first iphone packed with an extra adapter (wire), without wireless charging. more ironic, when an apple event starts with talking about protecting the environment, then they announce their new pro product that you have to completely replace if you want more ram. i'm not talking about replaceable cpu, gpu or such. i'm talking about adding 1 or 2 more years of usable lifetime for an electronic machine "made for professional users" by a company that "protects the environment". pricing a product based on it's storage is a simple mathematically calculated decision of a company. it has nothing to do with the way of innovation, so it's offtopic. i'm not a native english speaker and this is the first time i saw the word "greedy". let me try to use this word in some sentences to practice... - a company that sells a phone with fast charging capability without a fast charger is greedy. - a company that sells their "pro" notebook and their flagship phone without a cable to connect them is greedy. - apple is greedy people should stop watching EverythingApplePro. smoke weed instead. it will also make you think you know what you are talking about but it only lasts for a few hours.
I read Linux computer magazines, in one of them was a question for all the article writers; what would you do in case of a zombie apocalypse? The best answer was; "I would go stand in line at an Apple Store, zombie's are only after brains."
Rick - I loved your rant - my thunderbolt MacBook Pro just died last year and when I got a new one home after spending another $5k AUD you can imagine how angry I was knowing it was only USB-C. All my FireWire devices became incompatible and the poor quality adapters are unreliable - in with you in the build my own device! For the record, for 20 years I’ve been producing music on a self built Windows XP SP1 computer with a RME Hammerfall light pipe PCI card installed - and running Nuendo 1.6! it’s still running perfectly well and is an incredible sounding multitrack solution. Thank you Bob Clearmountain for pointing this out years back! I have RME converters and some Apogee. VST1 plug-ins work, and I only use a handful of them in any case. There is being old, and then there is knowing what works and sounds good, I’m a little of both lol.
Old guys rule. I'm 56 and still can lead the pack when it comes to software development / use. Your rant was spot on!
Same here pal, though a few years behind you at 51. Software should serve, not impede. Software can be as complex as it needs to be, as long as it is well-written; then anyone at any level should be able to use it with ease.
Age is irrelevant, I change mine every year.
I change my age today
Made my day! :-)
I Will quote that one!
Guy - Yes I have. General economic policy seems to have returned to the 19th century model.
Guy Fredlund Yep. It happened the same time I taught myself perfect pitch at age 44.
When people start criticising age/appearance, you’re guaranteed they can’t come up a valid argument.
WHo do you think you are? Randy?? i bet you look more like Ozzy these days...oh wait, i don't actually have an argument..How about that? you're right.
he should lose those sideburns tho
@@alquinn8576 I mean yeah... its time. The 50's greaser look should have been left in the 50's.
@@Minty.Fresh.Tunes. i don't know. I wouldn't turn down having hair again. even if it was that style.
Millenials only valid argument is whining about how everything is everyone else's fault, and being lazy asses still living in their parents basement
Ooooh! Ooooh! Can I be a "sad old dude?" ..... especially one that can play guitar and have a masterful understanding of music, like this old dude? Where do I sign up?
...and bass, and drums, and keyboards...
Count me in!
You only have to work. And wait. And work...
In this day and age, understanding the ins and outs of music theory and being able to play the guitar (how out of touch with reality!) would probably be used as an argument against you.
New viewer, first commenter... played in rock bands for 30+ yrs and since the whole collapse of the so called traditional, or physical sales of music has dissolved, accepting lp collectors etc of course, and including the whole streaming thing, my real question is this....
HOW HAVE WE GONE FROM THERE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHO GETS PAID FOR WHAT, AND WHERE DO YOU SEE THINGS HEADING??
Is there really a world where great songwriters/ musicians can move forward without the trad. 'Label' owning and controlling output,, I used to be in awe of the mighty dead moon and how they still made worldwide tours selling mono LPs recorded on the same press as the Kingsmen recorded and cut 'Louie Louie', and thier live shows were a religious experience as well as the devils' riffs, Fred howling like a banshee as he rocked toward his 70s...
I guess I wanna know yr take on the future of Rn'R,
and how the super- auto tuned pop we are having shoved down our thhrouats might be beaten. As we know,
Rock N' Roll will never die.
How do you see the survival plan for such an important social movement?
I hope the head injury and trail of disjointed text above has created some type of solid path of enquiry I have bn able to find the words to ask.
Where in general do you see the industry going?
Chris
Old people are really just young people that survived. Love the vids keep it up 😎
There is no substitute for experience my friend! I love your channel and enjoy all of your videos! Keep them coming!
Hey Kids and haters from Ricks last video: Do you know who is commenting here?
Great to hear you like Ricks Videos too Warren. You guys rock!!!
Hi Andreas Franzmann aw shucks thanks very much! That's very kind of you! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
Andreas Franzmann Yes, Rick Beato and Warren Huart have two of the very best UA-cam channels around.
Rick should get you on his 'sounding off with' series, that would be great!
Absolutely! That's what young people don't have. They have all the opinions, information and knowledge, but no experience. You can't buy or download that. Thankfully, knowledge can only be acquired the old fashioned way - with TIME! And that's what us old people have.
I loved your Apple rant, and agree 100% with everything you said. Then again I'm 55!
I'm 17 and I agree with it too, it's not about age. I don't know what it is about Apple people like
34 agree
14 turning 15 here
the rant was the best
55 ?!? Man, you're a KID ........
@@abradfordajb Yes, But a very old kid!
Gorgeous kids, Rick! They're very fortunate to have you as a father. Love your work and thank you SO much for all you do!
I am a hardware and software engineer.
Your comments are accurate.
I have 3 Macs, 2 pc's, 4 virtual Unix machines, 3 iPads, and both an Android and iPhone. I program on all of them. Let's leave it at, I am familiar.
Let the cool kids with more dollars than sense continue to criticize. They don't have a frame of reference for many of the positions taken in opposition to your rant. Those only familiar with a disposable economy, who have only purchased disposable crap, and lack the business acumen to understand your points will continue to be harvested in their temerity. :)
Keep on keepin on.
00:06 I like how the guitar in the background turns to the front , like it's interested in hearing what you have to say
Lol
It's magic called video editing.
haha that's awesome. I don't make videos myself, but sooooo often I'll be mid-typing an email or something and just decide 'hey I want to play my guitar right now'
That could not be done with an apple product :)
That comment made my day xD
First video I saw was the rant, this is the second, I already like this guy.
So do I .. new subscriber because of the "rant".. I love people saying what's on their mind.. most tech youtuber just tiptoe around Apple because they are scared.. refreshing !
same here
I love how they say Rick is a grandpa and doesn't know how to use "new" technology when iTunes looks like a program from the early 2000s.
They've also failed to watch him flex on audio tracks in ProTools editor.
A lot of younger people think that browsing the web on their iPhone = using a computer. Hardly any of them actually knows how to use real productivity software. Somebody who makes a living from producing music and videos, is clearly somebody who knows how to use a computer. And what Rick said about Apple was true in 2017, and it's still true in 2021. They have become a company that makes devices for content consumption, not content production. Why? Because it's more profit for less work. Apple has become irrelevant as anything but a "lifestyle" brand.
@@rebeccaschade3987 --- A lot of software today has interfaces that are not well thought out. This is because designing user friendly interfaces is very difficult. Steve Jobs knew how important this was, which is a big reason Apple did so well, but I guess his approach has faded as new people have taken control of the company.
@@rebeccaschade3987 Exactly, Apple are the Mercedes of computer companies - expensive, disposable junk that is nice to look at.
My grandpa is 76 and he still built his own PC and noscopes kids in Call of Duty
Sure
There is a gaming grandma that's real and she's pretty good lol
@@kingbeast777 Awe I love Shirley Curry. She is just so sweet.
@@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129 yeah but she's one bad Ass Motha jamma
@@c0smo263 He is a pretty eccentric guy if ya know him
Brilliant. First vid I watched was your Apple rant and then watched this. Subscribed immediately. I thought I was the only person who held your views - looks like we are brothers from different mothers!!!
They don't take 1/3 of the profit. They take 1/3 of the revenue which is much worse.
They take 1/3 of the revenue. The record company takes 3/4 of the revenue. The artist must pay the remaining difference!
Offer and demand
@@ThekiBoran You could call it socialism if you want to, in the same way that I could call you a giraffe if I want to. Doesn't make it true. Fascism does not fit into easy left-right categories. It has heavy, authoritarian government control on the one hand (which points left) but that is in service to powerful corporate interests and nationalist (which points right).
The point here, being made well, was that Apple presents a brand image to appeal to those who claim to value 'progressive' causes (which include income equality and social provision) while pursuing solidly 'regressive' causes (naked profit grab, exploitative working conditions, tax avoidance etc) as a company.
@@davestone5963
Honestly yours is the only comment here other than the OP's that makes sense.
Many people claim to know about capitalism and socialism and fascism have no clue what they are talking about.
@@ThekiBoran
Exactly how willing is anyone who must obey the "socialist program" of, for example, a highway speed limit? Usually willing, sometimes grudgingly, occasionally not at all willing. Then they get ticketed to deter them from the cost they might impose on society by destroying lives and property with their reckless driving. That recklessness is narcissistic and a bit sociopathic.
The fact is that ALL social programs exist for the benefit overall of society but cannot of course please or satisfy or fill every member of society's needs. That's the nature of society. You don't get to be an island in which every one of your needs is constantly fulfilled, by mommy or daddy or the government or corporations or your neighbors or your family.
That's acting like a three-year-old. How old are you then, Krobie/probie/newbie???
I am with you, I left Apple a very long time ago. Never owned a Mac or iPhone. What TF took you so long? LOL. Love the fam. such cute kids. You're a blessed man. Funny thing about tech too. I watch your videos all the time and your Apple rant video popped up in my feed just yesterday, and this one today. Hell, I thought they were new until I looked more closely. This video has stood the test of time IMHO.
"Left Apple a very long time ago.." ?? But you never owned a Mac or an iPhone ? Does not compute. But it is sadly true that Apple lost its ways after Steve Job died. However, without Apple, we would all still be using flimsy black plastic phones and computers with horrendous software, Nokia, Dell, Windoze. At least now we have a choice to use beautiful well constructed hardware.
I'm a 25 year musician and a guitar teacher. I spend quite a bit of time on UA-cam. You are THE AUTHORITY on music on UA-cam.
Yearp, Rick makes the musical world a better place. He’s a global treasure. Apple take note. Every oak tree, started out as an acorn
I don't know if Rick is THE AUTHORITY or not, but he is the one I prefer to listen to.
🤟
I really love watching Rick but you should check out Scott's bass lessons. It's like a waterfall of music information, granted it's obviously mostly directed at the bass guitar.
@@anniedarkhorse6791 hahaha. Love that line.
The hubris of people nowadays is staggering. For every "sad old dude", there's an inexperienced young moron who has yet to make the mistakes the older guy has already learned from. Self-awareness is more important than age.
juvenoia
These kids will never have the opportunity to make the mistakes we made... A.i will steer them...
On that issue I once got a comment from somebody that I remember with a smirk to this day: "If you were on an airplane with a really serious problem and there was the probability the whole thing went south, who would you rather have in the cockpit, a young and optimistic dude or a mature guy with one zillion flight hours on his back?"
ok boomer
@@sujalgautam9761 that's as may be...
I wanted to listen to this video but I couldn't find my lightening to headphone adapter.
Heathcliff Best comment! Haha!!
I think the intentional irony may have been missed by a few hundred people. Well done to those who spotted it :D
I'm not usually a fan of James Corden, but when the iPhone 7 was launched, he mentioned AirPods on his show: "That's right 'AirPods'. As in: 'I lost one of my AirPods.'"
Heathcliff Hahahaha!! On point 👏👍😂
You got the point
Oh man. The apple rant was spot on. Being in IT my whole life and a classically trained musician with grey hair, I am totally with you. Along with my pile of old useless perfectly fine apple gear. Love your channel! Grey hair rules!
Your rants on apple products, especially itunes are on point. I've stopped purchasing anything apple. Feeling much better now. What great videos. Thank you! Also, I'm a coder, I'm upgrading my PC's HDD tomorrow to a samsung SSD and I love hacking my Galaxy S8....The reasons not to buy Apple increase everyday.
I'll hack your S8.... :^)
The Problem with apple is that ever since the first iphone came out, their company has gone in a different philosophical direction. They want everything to be on lease to them. Their itunes music for example, you don't really own it, you're renting it. The ipod update from a year or two ago where apple went into people's ipods and removed anything that wasn't in an itunes format, should have been down right illegal. But their agreements point out that they're taking certain privileges with their hardware too. Any time you are to create an iphone application, it has to be submitted to apple for their approval. If it is deemed 'unfit' for the store because of subject matter or quality, then it can be dismissed.
Oneness100 unfortunately, there are a lot of classical CDs out there that are not available on most streaming services and may not ever make it to them. My point being that you could wait a lifetime for the streaming services to catch up to housing all of that missing information. It has the potential to be N Factorial when you think about all of the special editions, EPs, demo tapes, B Sides. My point is life it too short to limit yourself to just one platform for getting all of your music. Seek it out wherever it is. UA-cam has been my primary way of learning about new music.
"Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep." Keep doin' what you're doin.' You are 100% right about Apple. The younger generations are indoctrinated into Apple. My daughter thinks they're the best ever, and of course, she's directly influenced by her friends, who don't have enough summers under their belt to know and experience the difference of technology over time.
Wisdom is for those who have lived long time. Impulse is primary in the Young.
Perspective is king. I love it!
I'm young, and I've wanted to jump ship from Apple to Samsung for YEARS. Needless to say, pretty much my whole family made the jump. And I've seen iSheep from many ages. It has to do with the mind. But I have seen so many people around my age pretty much indoctrinated into Apple. Hell, my first glimpse into something being WRONG with the company was when I first got my fist phone, which was an iPhone 3gs. Within a year, it started acting up, battery couldn't hold a charge, overheating, AppStore wouldn't work. My next phone was an iPhone 5s. This is when I noticed the pattern, looked it up, and lo and behold, it really is an Apple problem. Within a year and a half of me owning that phone, it too started overheating, battery couldn't hold a charge, constantly spamming me with "Enter your Apple ID" even though I had entered it CORRECTLY five times in a row, and the slowness. Some apps won't even work anymore, even though they came with the phone such as Pages; whenever I try to change a font, the whole thing just crashes. After I came to my family with my problem, they had problems with their iPhones too. Sooo... we all jumped ship to Samsung, and its been almost two years. My phone's battery works just as well, bluetooth is considerably stronger, better features, and still has a headphone jack. My biggest problem is definitely the planned obsolescence... and it hit a whole new level of low; they're planning on further breaking older iPhones that don't have a certain update, so its break you phone either way, or boycott Apple altogether. This company needs to change for it's own sake, otherwise, more and more people will jump ship. Most of my friends, former avid Apple users jumped. And the only ones who haven't have iPhones their parents bought them and don't want to feel mean. Hell, my girlfriend wanted to jump ship for years as well, but her parents, the iSheep that they are keep shoving Apple down her throat.
I gave up on them two years ago. The first true shocker was when they acquired Beats.
I'm 19 and a tech nerd and I have never owned an Apple product because we all know it is overpriced junk brands to make kids feel special, when in reality they look like ignorants that are willing to pay 5x the amount you'd get for a decent Cpu and cheap GPU. I have succesfully convince my friends to switch because I manage to explain in depth all the pros and con of both devices and showing examples. Hopefully in the future people realize how bad Apple is and force apple into a fair market or make them go bankrupt
As a young adult, I personally found your rant to be pretty spot on. Especially after spending $50 dollars on an Apple adapter that now has no purpose.
Rick isn't generalizing to include you...he's ranting about the ignorant young bravados that generalize us older folks! I'm 54 BTW.
Ha! Your kids are adorable. Keep ranting. The Apple criticisms were on point. Great stuff Rick.
One of the first rule in user iterface is: "If you have to explain it then you failed"
why we love google
u're rite Ben, maybe the very first rule.
Amen!
@@agentcarti9447 ...and Samsung. These companies are the future. They say he can't adapt which is ironic since it's Apple that can't seem to imo. Software wise, They got washed by Microsoft in the nineties, and they're getting washed by Google today. My opinion.
That's why nobody uses iTerfaces anymore. BTW, that's not a rule of UI at all.
The only apple product that I'll ever buy is juice :)
apple schnapps is fine, calvados will do fine too
Haaahahahaha xd
i like applr slices
Their pie is good too.
And green apple!! My favorite!! Lol
Rick, your "rant" was hilarious, the feedback funnier still. If this helps, your rant sounded like my son, lamenting the dumbing down and loss of function with each "upgrade". He's 23 and he's with you!
Everyone with the slightest clue about tech complains about that, but they're in the vast minority. Sad
Plus they listen to music the old fashion way, using lp's and they don't know how to use it!
Apple actually is notorious for bricking their upgrades by not updating drivers or not allowing other hardware to work with their newer software.
You are spot on, Rick. I just had to replace an iPhone 7 and my big mistake was going to an iPhone 12 rather than an Android! You have hit the nail on the head, my friend.
Dude I'm 34 and you're my inspiration. Someday I'll have a music room like yours!
That would be quite the achievement since it's awesome. Good luck to you.
I work in the film business as an editor and have assembled a new computer. For the same performance, I would have to pay twice for Apple. There is no reason to buy this stuff. Greetings from germany!
᚛᚛᚛ ᚜᚜᚜ my system works well done without any problems. Premiere and Avid run more stable under Windows. Think about your prejudices.
I disagree. Used windows for 20 years, used Mac for 5. Will choose Mac over windows any day of the week and twice on the weekend. We’ve all heard the phrase... if you sneeze on a window, it’s best to wipe it. All too true.
He has a different experience. Are you now telling him how to interpret his experiences? For half the money you spend on an Apple computer (still a lot of money) you can buy indeed superior hardware nowadays. Without any of the restrictions Apple imposes on you but with compatibility with the rest of the world (excluding Apple of course, but that is Apple's fault)
Yeah, but an Apple filled with worms can still look very tasty from the outside.
I wonder how the Apple fanboys feel about Louis Rossmann's videos.
Haha! Great that you don't let the comments get to you!
That was both very interesting and fun! 🙂
Exactly. And I think you 2 should make a sounding off. Love your channel Jens ;)
Jens Larsen It's great to see my favorite UA-camrs congregating on my other favorite UA-cam channels. 👍
“Anyone dissing him in the comments is a snowflake apple fan who needs to justify their terrible purchases” so i’m a snowflake huh! i’m 60 years old, have worked since i was 14, worked my way through a masters in physics (no students loans/debt), officially retired at 50 and now just work at doing what i want. no mortgage, no outstanding credit card balance, no debts period, just expenses. oh, no felonies either lol guess there are 3 definitions of snowflake lol
Rick, your passion, personality, and knowledge of all things musical (from Bach to Cardi B.) make you a pleasure to watch.
The Lord bless you, Rick.
Dude, ru kidding me? Your channel maybe saved my life. After seeing how you detailed what Boston was, which I never knew, that is was this guy who had a vision of sound, and by combining and creating tech in his basement, mixed to come up with that famous unforgettable stuff. Watching more videos, etc. Then sitting down at a "donated to me" old grand piano sitting in the corner of the house, with a broken sound board, out of tune, etc...and cranking out full grand piano versions of some of these iconic tunes, I'll have to thank you because this grey haired old guy's (you describing yourself) videos have given me something else to feel really good about. All the keyboard videos you have done (reminding me of guys like rick wakeman, to start) had my brain during sleep listening and performing different things. Must have been up for a few extra hours last night rolling over stuff and having stuff come out of my hands that I hadn't done before, especially with the left hand, technical stuff I hadnt' done before.
So I have to say thanks. I don't know where this leads, but music and learning how to manipulate licks, sounds and combine them in me went to a whole new level from your videos. I'm coming to believe that the vibes we get from playing music move through us and affect our organs and brain in powerful ways. So when we are looking for a sound that feels great, when we get it out of our imagination and into a sound making device, we are giving ourselves what we need. It can energize us if needed, heal organs in our body if needed, and synchronize our body/brain in important ways. Im sure everyone else knows all of this and more, but me realizing it for the first time. Anyway, thanks for your awesome videos.
When mommy and daddy stop paying for their Apple products then they'll start to understand
matthias stephens EXACTAMUNDO!!!
😂 Exactly!👍🏾
Tru dat, my brother
@Steven Soco now that's reverse ageism lol. Cant we see how this negativity goes nowhere? Shitting on the elderly or young when your the opposite probably = lack of self awareness
@@xoxonaotchan_7902
aren't they stupid?? I've met a kid, he is in highschool, he doesn't know how to cut his own nails!!! his mom cut them for him.. 14 y/o
The fantastic RANT, was the first time I saw you. And I said to myself, finally someone is talking about something with substance. I'm so done with Apple products and I was just like you! I HAD EVERY APPLE PRODUCTS! OMG THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A FREAKIN' JOKE! The supervisor lie to me and it was so unnecessary. All I wanted was my phone to be fixed and it has been over three months. So, I'm going on UA-cam to find out how to work the android, because I'm done. Oh yes and I love your show and I've subscribed. I'm also a musician! Drums/percussionist and keyboard! Peace
You are seriously one of the best things UA-cam has to offer.
You simply said what had to be said. Apple no longer make professional products. They used to focus on making good products, and because of this they made a lot of money. Now they are focusing on making a lot of money, and you can tell that the end users needs' no longer guide the design choices in their hardware.
Your wide range of content has been excellent. The sharing of decades' worth of knowledge and experience is what adds value to your channel, keep up the good work.
Edit: Have you tried Studio One Recently? It's been getting better and better, and the most recent update made the audio engine massively more efficient and allows a degree of individual control over latency of effects/IO/VSTs that no other DAW does (to my knowledge). I moved from Cubase/Ableton several years ago and have never looked back.
Thank you!
Chelfyn Baxter I am currently using Studio One and I find it very easy to use
for the folks using windows - ie 90% of the planet, cakewalk Sonar is also another very capable daw program. I love that program. if only they made a file compatible android / ios version like steinberg did with cubasis.
Agree!
I will stick to samsung note! since steve jobs is not here anymore apple is slowly dying and i think steve jobs would have done it different by firing people that have weird ideas like removing headphonejack
There's something hilarious about 20 year old hipsters living in mommy's basement working barista jobs, claiming an older guy is out of touch with 25 years of success in the music industry and 1.4 million UA-cam subscribers. They'd love to be that "out of touch".
I remember reading a comment some ignorant guy said about a Goa Gil live set on UA-cam saying he only knows how to use tapes and excused him of knowing nothing about DJ'ing hahahaha decks and cd's dont work in India hahahahahaha so they all used tape decks and still do to this day. And he had no idea who this guy was and that he started (with a few others) the whole Goa psytrance and trance scene. These kids are so out of touch with reality it painful
@@Yhoda.PsyTrakked Being "out of touch" with whatever their interpretation of reality is can't be a bad thing.
I cannot understand why some people watch or read content that they know they will find offensive.
WP SN what the hell is a barista, oh that’s right someone with no skills or talent that can pour coffee.
@@SkepticCat-pz1zz I assume the rationale is that it requires a liberal arts degree to compete a job pouring coffee (since the degree is useless for anything else), Therefore the job merits credential.
@@qua7771 Funny, my Liberal Arts degrees got me a job as a professor.
Hi Rick! I’m a systems engineer and musician, you are right about all happening with apple hardware. Please consider going to PC with your studio recording and make a video comparing the tools you used to have with apple and the ones with PC (I think there are versions for PC of the same tools). Thanks for the good work. Cheers from Lima, Peru!!
I hope one day that linux will measure up in the audio producing department!
Windows 10 is absolute crap for USB and MIDI support. I need to investigate Linux too.
You are a huge source of inspiration, Rick! You are truly one of the smartest people on UA-cam and the fact that anyone would defame your opinion (which is well more informed than most of the snap-backs you received) I'm so glad you chose to put yourself out there even though you're not in the primary age bracket of uploaders. You are making UA-cam a better place.
With respect sir... I'm younger than you and you have taught me a whole-hell-of a -lot! Thank you and please continue!
You're absolutely right about Apple. Ever since Jobs died they've been on a downward spiral. Signed former Apple fan.
I don't work in the music industry but in the digital experience one. The whole Adobe Creative Suit is available on PC just as on Mac so there's no point in buying the most expensive computer when you can do the same with a cheaper one. In fact the only reason I still use a Mac is Sketch (Bohemian Coding). I think it's a very bad sign for Apple when the reason people buy their product is a single third party product. The day Sketch will be available on PC, I know a lot of people that will switch to the gorgeous Microsoft Surface Pro.
I see that you are older than me and think “he must know more than me and have more experience; I will likely hear some pearls of wisdom emanating from this man” and is the thoughts I have of every one older than me on UA-cam. Sometimes I am disappointed but mostly not. I am normally delighted that someone has taken the time to make a video, edit it and upload it!
Carry on. Many thanks.
First off - Rick, “old” never comes to mind when I see you. You look great and the fact that you have been using different tech over the years shows you are adaptive and not a fogie. As a longtime Mac user, I concur with every rant about Apple in your vid - not a thing has changed as of in 2023. Only reason I am still in the ecosystem is they do a superb job of user capture such that most of my life is now embedded into their system.
Well, I *liked* your rant! I agree!
Agreed
My beef is with the adapters which are retarded
Custom PCs all the way. With the thousands I've saved over the years, my pre amp and mic collection has benefited greatly.
You're a PRO user, the people leaving those comments are obviously not pros and they have that ridiculous and moronic brand obsession.
Your children are adorable. They are so lucky to have such a cool dad.
"They are so lucky to have such a cool dad."
@@grand_goo_goblin-at419
"rsms."
"He's a grandpa, of course he can't adapt..." LMAO. With Apple you definitely cannot adapt, that's why you need to spend a month's salary on adapters.
Lol
I take it you earn $3 a week?
an Apple adapter is more like 30 bucks at least an not even an official one
How did Apple become a company worth a trillion Dollars, ADAPTER LEADS!
@@snogglemonkey really ?😂 You fully understand what he means yet you write that butthurt comment. Isheep.
Hey Rick. I am older than you and I have watched quite a few so called musicians/engineers do their "professional" vids but few, if any, are as open and personable providing information clearly and poignantly as you do,, mixing practical theory with good sound musical advice information and demonstrating your professionalism. You bring a very useful format and delivery to many younger guys/girls who otherwise might spend years trying to understand and achieve results. --IMHO many professionals could do the world a great deal of good by sharing their knowledge in such an open format and answering questions from a position of knowledge and experience. Don't let the jealousy of wanna be studio geeks or nay sayers interrupt your thought processes! -o-- I not only agree with the 'Apple monopolizes the market' concept but I will add that the industry as a whole manufactures thousands of products that undermine the efforts of passionate home studio folks who don't have big dollars to spend on equipment and are perplexed by the plethora of options. ie. Do I need a better computer? PC or Mac? Is my interface fast enough? How many freakin' microphones do I need to cover all my needs? Am I stuck with a lack luster analog gritty sound working in the box? Can I really afford the gear that will make a difference? so on and so on. Capitalism seldom considers the financial limitations of the moderately underprivileged. Your awesome buddy! Thanks!
I fucking hate capitalism, but I do wonder: are audio engineers/recording studios possible in a non-capitalist society, since almost all recording equipment, from PCs to mics, are manufactured solely by monolithic pro-audio and electronics companies?
I used to work for Apple, and I currently am in an industry where we use all Apple products, and you can't possibly be more correct.
We were unable to source older Mac Pros, so we had to use the trashcan mac pros and they are constantly overheating, the GPUs keep dying, and all our capture cards need to be in an external chassis which causes lots of problems. We've literally spent millions of dollars on systems for those shitty Mac Pros, and they consistently let us down on a regular basis.
So why would you ever touch their rubbish ever again? The PC market destroys Apple products now days. Doesn't say much for your level of intelligence does it?
Build your own PCs (you can make more powerful than the Apple ones), and if you need macOS, just make a double boot Hackintosh.
Not for personal use. You can't sell a random machine with macOS on. But if it's for personal use, who cares?
it's clearly not for personal use... did you even read the original post?
Apple cares.
One company made PC's that ran Mac OS X - Apple Sued them to oblivion and beyond
Mr. Rick Beato:
Thank you, very much for your wonderful help in music and technology.
I am 60 years (very young) who loves guitar, keyboard songwriting and music even more now than when I first played guitar in 1974. Your videos are so helpful just plain make sense.
Please don't ever listen to the haters and disrespectful youth who hide behind their computers. You are the real deal musician who has helped and inspired thousands. Please never tire of doing the wonderful good you have always done.
I work with 27 to 31 year old young men at my son's company and they appreciate my guitar and music experience and actually listen to me when I have musical suggestions for them.
You are right about all the Apple issues.
I play and write music for church and it has always been SO frustrating getting music onto my iPhone 7 for the next Sunday's practices.
My Android is SO much simpler to put the 4 or 5 songs I am using onto my phone, just plug in the cord and drag and drop. No waiting for syncing or figuring out the stupid issue with iTunes.
I fought with iTunes/Apple every week for 2 years until I got my Android. So much more usable and efficient.
I still use my iPhone 7 every day but as an addition to my Android workflow.
Best to you, brother.
You inspire me, every day.
Your kids are blessed to have you.
So glad you invested this great gift of music into your family.
Don W.
How do you milk a sheep? Release a new Apple product.
Heimir Tomm, that comment got me hard. /no homo Like Mach9 I will be using that often around my foolish apple friends.
Baaaaah
Stealing this...
Gold. Where do I catch the rest of your stand up routine?
😂😂
Your apple rant was possibly one of the best videos I have seen. I dont appreciate when people postulate a group of people because of how they look
I've been boycotting Apple for over ~30yrs. I forget why - but it was a dam good reason at the time, and my guess it still is.. Hang in there Rick - Old guys ROCK !
I've been boycotting them since they released the first Mac. All it had was a mouse - no keyboard. Mouse and menu-driven OS was a great idea, but no keyboard was idiotic. Then they sold Apple IIe's to all the schools just as I graduated, and I could see how they planned to infiltrate the youth market and convince the public that they'd never "need" a command prompt ever again.
I've boycotted Apple since... 🤔... Well, a very long time. Mainly now because they force you to all new stuff when the next generation comes out. But mainly because I'm contrary by nature.
Apple impressed me as a company that made innovative products, but would milk you for everything you had.
I would never own another Apple product & I'm just into them for a mini ipod!
Innovation, not control!
Well, we shouldn't scare everyone away from Apple. Apple does have a useful role in the marketplace in driving the accessibility of technology - but I don't have to be one of the chumps paying up front for it. Open-source WILL save the world someday!
I taught myself computer literacy on an Apple 2E. Have never bought anything Apple for myself. I read how Steve Jobs treated his employees. That did it for me, forever. Still, the fam don't care, the kids want what their friends have, and the wife wants to be able to connect with the kids directly, so, there's that.
Apparently, I'd be a "Sad Old Dude" even though I'm in my 20s and share many of the same opinions you do on Apple.
I'm 15... am i an sod as well? I hate apple with all my bones because, well, everything else is just better and cheaper(besides the s20 ultra. That's no doubt better, but not cheaper)
Same
You young folk aren't the ones Rick is talking about. 👍😎
Steve Jobs made fun of Microsoft because their PC's forced you to buy hundreds of adapters and drivers to get anything to work. Now Apple has turned into worse than PC's, and almost nothing is compatible anymore unless it comes from the App Store. They turned into their worst enemy.
@@benkleschinsky yeah, I think if Steve Jobs saw his company today, he'd be really disappointed. Everything worked well and was good until he died, that's when the company went waaayyyy downhill. And now, there's nothing new with their products and it's pretty much all for the money.
The haters attacked your age Rick as they had nothing to offer but to mindlessly deflect your point with irrelevent fluff. Dimwits confirmed. Keep up the great content buddy.
Right on the money Rick. I'm amazed when I walk into a meeting at the tech company that I work at, and guys try to connect their MacBook Airs to the video system in the room, have to bring out a mess of adapters, then spend 5 minutes trying to figure out how to make the video go to the projector. I walk into the same room, plug in my Win10 laptop to the HDMI cord and it works with no hiccups, no adapters, no problem. The only guys I've seen legitimately use Macs to their real benefit is graphical artists. Those high-end Macs make hi-res photo editing and video editing more efficient, mostly because of the software. My music machine is a high-end PC. I built it myself, and it really smokes. I can run a bajillion concurrent VST FX/Instruments on it with really low latency. If it breaks, I can fix it very easily. It took me like an hour to build, with half of that time just unpackaging the elements. I've never understood Mac fanboy-ism. I'm also an old guy with a lot of white hair and I have no problem with 2020 tech.
There was a time when it was the exact reverse. Plug and Play was originally an Apple concept. All my Windoze friends had to download drivers with every new dongle. I just opened the box, took out the iThing (in the days before the iPrefix), and connected it to the mac. It worked. Now you need a PhD to work out how to connect anything to anything else.
@@riverstun you do know that Apple stole other peoples pc ideas for their machines in the 70s, no I'm not a boomer, but I did study this at school. They didn't have real plug and play, as ALL of their machines have been full of overpriced propriety kit. IBM with their machines allowed individual buyers to upgrade EVERYTHING. 30 years and I'm still building my own pcs
Always made me laugh seeing all the creative types aroud me proud of buying the same products from a multinational. You know, "think different"! XD
For an Old Sad Man you are pretty damn great at what you do. Keep up the good work, Rick!
I love you Rick, your energy, enthusiasm, concerns, and true love for music.
keep on preaching, i love it!!
Thanks Clay!
Hey Rick, you are a SOD. A Simply Outstanding Dude! Keep up the great work
Loved the comments from the experts. "This is my dad,he's not old he just has white hair"!
Love this and the Apple rant. iTunes makes me nuts. Seems like it updates itself on my 2011 PowerBook - I can't find menus, etc. Too much useless stuff!
Thanks Rick!. Fun to see your family.
Love your content and videos, Rick. Thanks for all your hard work!
Rick, I'm a 66 year old guy who built my first computer in 1977. I have worked in electronics, sonar, computers, ROV's audio, video and more since the early 70's until today. I have forgotten more, coded more, interfaced more, and designed more stuff than these know nothing youngsters will in a life time and I am in 100% agreement with you on your Apple Rant. I never owned on but have recommended Apple stuff many times in the past. No more. You can build a PC with more power and everything that can run IOS and be way less than 1/2 the price of any Mac. Why you would want to run IOS but then again you probably have tons of legacy software. I wish you luck in the future.
not only that, you can build a hackintosh, which uses regular components but you run iOS on it, but you need to choose parts very carefully, never liked apple and never will
Skinnwalk3r inst iOS the mobile variant of OS X for mobile?
richb313 ok since you know a lot about pcs is Linux really that good I like fire fox os
Yeah, try to use any of the AUDIO DRIVERS of microsoft to create music, compare it to the efficient CORE AUDIO. and just to be clear ASIO IS NOT FROM MICROSOFT so you can't compare it to that. Compare de CoreAudio of Apple to any of the shitty audio drivers of Microsoft. then you will understand an be fair an value what is good in apple, if you compare the pros and cons of the OS , microsoft windows is the worst. the worst OS system to produce anything creative. Yeah apple suck but the alternative Windows is worst accept it.
joserendon can you please show me the line where he mentioned windows or microsoft? I cant find on... so why are you not allowing third-party drivers in this conversation? And windows and OS X are not the only operating systems on the market...
I'm 56 and you look young to me. Also, I have no f**king idea what all your techno-jargon means. Have you got any idea where I can buy blank audio casettes for my Sony Walkman? That's right, I upgraded from 8-Track......
paul greenwood _Now_ you're talkin'! lol
No, sorry sir.
That's soooo funny Paul!
Never upgrade to CDs. I'm not so sure they'll take off
Holy cow, those kids are adorable. Really appreciate your content, sir. Keep up the great work.
I watched the other apple rant video and this one and I subscribed. I'm 25
And a techie, with 20+ apps on apple ios store, and google play
When you get to our age (I'm older than you) we have every right to pull up crap that should be better. We have the perspective to know how things were and how they should be.
it's like in Asia young people respect old people because they have wisdom. That's the way it should be here , but instead we have this Cult of Youth, where ignorant idiots without perspective (youth) are deemed the most important members of society. Sad
At least to know how well they were supposed to have improved by now! :-)
Ok boomer
@@ichhasseamerika yes , I'm from India and can agree
Im 19 and I completely agree
40 years old here, write software, hardware engineer, audio engineer.... Agree with everything you said here. I work off a custom built pc built into a BMW case, easiest computer in the world to upgrade, cost maybe $1400 and would benchmark laps around a $6000 Apple.
Edit: edited autocorrect error in OP
By custom, do you mean that you made it yourself out of a bunch of different brands of high quality components? (or did you hire someone to do it) You see, I'm also an audio engineer whom is sick of Apple's money grubbing, incompatibility, shitty service, and slow (for the money) machines. I'm thinking of purchasing one of those pro PC audio/video machines from Sweetwater. I've heard they kick ass and unlike Apple computers, they come rack mountable so you don't have to purchase those expensive special boxes or rack ears. (another ridiculous expense that even most of us gear-heads tend to forget about) But I'm wondering if would be cheaper to just build something myself. (I think you can get rack-mountable computer cases these days) Any advice would be appreciated!
If you have the technical chops, go for it in the true spirit of DIY independence. From a money point of view, you won't really save much, and buying a known good configuration with a warranty is a good option. Don't spend $5000 on a tricked out iMac Pro when you get the same performance in-studio on a good Windows PC. Do some homework, find out what the pros use.
bassman5123 built it myself from high quality (and value shopped) components. You can roll either way of course, both will land you at a more powerful / more easily upgraded computer. If I was going to let someone else build one for me I would go with CYBERPOWERPC. look them up, good luck!
I say build it yourself, it's not like it is difficult. You can choose the components you want based on your budget, doing so will net you a computer that is easily 3x better than any off the shelf computer you can find. Say you find a system that specs out the same as your custom rig, ok now look at the capacitors, mosfets, diodes and the like..a company like Dell is going to trim off every possible cent in manufacturing cost resulting in a far inferior machine than if you just built it yourself with quality components.
Jacqueline Waters-Manesis yup, what she said. :)
Rick is literally a musical genius and knows more about these companies and softwares than any of those people in the comments...love your attitude man💪💪❤️
I loved the rant! It incapsulated all of my frustrations. I run 2012 Mac that I built from 2 separate machines and a new SSD drive...my favorite store Tekserve went out of business 2 years ago. I focus on creating compositions for dance on loop stations and pedals because I got tired of upgrading macs and software...then again I’m 46 so I guess I’m an “SOD”
I don’t agree with all of Beoto’s taste but when it comes to genuine knowledge of the totality of music, I’d put my money on Beato over anyone else on the internet, young or old.
Love your videos!
"It incapsulated all of my frustrations." Oh boy did it!! Spot on with every word!!! Way to go, Beato!
Hey Rick. Millennial tech here. Have had my hands in many a PC and Mac and your rant is super legitimate. Anyone saying otherwise is being a fanboy. The design has gone downhill steadily hardware wise since 2010. Now it's all glue and it's constantly failing. The focus is on paywalls and ad inundation in the software.. it's ugly and stupid to use. The beauty in Apple came from the effort to design FOR the user, now the user must retrain themselves to work the programs. That is BAD DESIGN.
I complained about Apple products being held together with tape and glue on 9to5mac. The next day my username was banned across multiple websites. Looks like the truth hurts so bad that they feel the need to sensor their customers for having an opinion.
Im61,muscian 50 yrs, I Love That You can laugh these off. Keep on Rocking!
Your Apple rant was the first video I've ever seen of you and I thumbs upped and subscribed and hit the bell notification half way through....been watching you ever since!
I am sick of companies sticking me with a monthly subscription I stopped using Pro Tools for just that reason! When I buy something I want to use it until it wears out not until the subscription ends. Thank you Rick for your focus on this subject.
Hi Rick I once worked for Apple in the 90's here in Colorado and I can tell you that man you are right on target. I have the old Quadra 650 models and a couple older ones. When I went to the Apple store and asked about upgrading anything they just looked at me like I was from outer space. The customer service lady said " oh you can't " and my reply was why would I pay $6000.00 for a computer I can not upgrade when your are always upgrading everything every 6 months. She said " oh we can do it for you" I told her I worked for Apple and on other computers for a very long time and I think I am capable. She said " well the user can not upgrade it now only techs can upgrade it." I told her have a nice day and left the store. Yes they have become crap and I tell everyone never ever buy a mac if you want to have a computer that you can upgrade yourself. The money hungry corporation has no interest in if your satisfied it got your money and that is all that counts.
+Joseph Murphy I'm not sure what you wanted to upgrade. But in general the mid-90s Quardras and Powermacs where very easy to upgrade. Opening them up and changing Ram or even upgrading the processor was no problem at all. And it was all user replaceable. What you said definitely does not apply to the systems Apple made back in those days. Things changed with the iMac and later machines though.
Rick’s right here. The companies have made things unnecessarily complicated just for profit.
You are 1000% right and this video just increases my love for your channel. Keep it up you grumpy old git ;)
Thank you for the rant! It was spot on. Dumping all the crap from a bag really illustrated how bad Apple has gotten. No longer fighting for the little guy and no longer caring about not creating useless e-waste. The Apple "my way or the highway" attitude is stale. They've become what they said they would never be.
Video idea: the evolution of harmonic and melodic content in music throughout the different era followed with an practical side on the keyboard.
Rick, love what you do and you don't need me to tell you to ignore the morons. Keep it up man, love from England
ignore the haters you were incredibly on point about the deevolution of apple. So glad someone as articulate as you called them out.
thank you for "ranting" Rick! I´m so disappointed by Mac, I´m about to change to windows for producing music. Good to hear your words!!!
I use Apple products as well and typically speak positively about it but I've noticed the changes as well and once I watched your "Apple Rant" video I was laughing because I completely agreed with you.
Hey Rick, In the beginning, I visited a few youtube channels of trolls that insulted me out of curiosity. They never have content on their channel. That told me everything I need to know about them. Love your content! Thanks!
You're wrong, Rick - iTunes has always sucked. Forever and ever, amen. Everything else is spot on.
True. I dislike any program that insists on doing things without my permission. Itunes file management was problematic....
iTunes was one of the main reasons I NEVER bought any Apple products. My brother had the first iPhone, and while it was amazing at the time, it would have sucked for my purposes. I like to do things my way. Today, still running my 2014 Galaxy S5 with an expanded battery, 400 Gb SD card, and Neutron MP and MX Player. All I need. F apple.
I could never understand how people liked iTunes. I installed it once when I had my gen1 iPod touch, and it was just plain slow. Slow to load, slow to navigate, slow to connect to my device, slow. I guess I was so used to the speed of bar bones programs like win amp that iTunes was just never fun to use.
Awful, awful software that would've trashed my music collection more than once if I hadn't made backups. A big part of the reason I vowed never to use another Apple product.
@@ElrondHubbard_1 Get this. Apple's slow motion videos have "handles" on them to use as a gimmick to switch between real time and slomo. This means that you must TRANSCODE the video IN THE PHONE when moving it out of the phone. So now moving 60-80 videos out of your phone and onto a hard drive for pro editing takes several hours. If you import into the photo app it is faster... but then moving them out of THAT app takes several hours. They could have left the slow motion handles off or ignored them when moving the file and then you could copy them all in 5 minutes.. .but NOOOOO the GIMMICK is what matters... not your time. Screw you people who want your videos OUTSIDE our ecosystem.
Hi Rick, new to your channel. I clicked on it when I discovered you and I are enthused by the same topic; Apple Crap! Removing the headphone jack on the new (although nothing has changed) I-Phones was the last straw for me. I am due an upgrade but I'm sad to say I'll be moving onto pastures less controlling, Samsung! - The funniest thing about the die-hard Apple fans were their inability to get over the fact the Apple logo fails to light up on the lid of the new Mac-book Pro. Lets ignore the fact the USB ports were all removed. Lets ignore the fact you can no longer update the hardware. Forget the fact the headphone socket has gone and why worry about having to buy a million and one adapters. The damn Apple logo fails to light up!
Rant over. Love your kids. Ignore the ageist buffoons. Subbed
Gary Gough I hope you want to get a Samsung flagship, everything but the S and the Note lineups sucks real bad. Their version of Android is the most uselessly heavy piece of crap I have ever seen.
Gary Gough Samsung Galaxy s8/s8+ is better than every iphone. Even the iPhone 7,7s!7 plus and iPhone 8, for a lesser price
no magsafe...
no lighting apple logo...
no jack...
BUT HEY, THERE'S A PINK IPHONE!!!
Yeah, that's the funny thing about those that have the courage to look over the wall of the little Apple garden. It's an alien concept to a lot of them... choices. With Apple, you get what Apple thinks is important, when they think it's important. Usually, it's a feature that has already existed on several Android-based phones. If you look at Android phones (which many Apple users don't, because they aren't Apple), there are a ton of phones from different manufacturers with different features. Android phone makers have to compete with one another, as well as with Apple, so they innovate and they diversify. No single phone is perfect for everyone, so you get to choose what phone makes the most sense to get the features you want, need, or are actually going to use. Apple's perspective is... "Well, we'll give them choice... We'll have two screen sizes and a few colors".
Apple's planned obsolescence is smart for them. Charge too much (what the hipster traffic will bear), glue and solder everything together, including the cover, so you can't replace battery, add SD memory, etc... keep changing connector types to sell more dongles and adapters, and squeeze developers by taking a third of their sales. As long as there are people who are too afraid (or locked-in) to look over the walls of the garden, they'll keep parting with too much of their money and stupidly shunning anything that wasn't produced at the Church of Apple, Inc.
Samsung has a really stupid battery life for some goddamn reason
I'm 33, been using computers since I was about 5. iTunes is objectively one of the worst pieces of software I've ever used. It's not about being old or unable to adapt or inept at computing. Apple have disappeared so far up their own butthole they've forgotten how to make what people want or need.
NONE of these people who made negative comments have a million subscribers of anything especially their own UA-cam channel. Go Rick!
I'm your age, plus or minus a year, in fact I think we might even have some friends in common. I've been a software engineer for 25 years and and a musician for 35 years. You are right about apple. I won't go near any apple products made after 2012.
The kids are just cuteness overload ;) Computer ageism is funny, given that Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, or Richard Stallman, are all in their sixties...
I completely feel you, Rick. They consider themselves to be "adopters", in fact they're just victims. Pathetic.
"It’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled"
Rick you are completely fucking awesome. You give so much of us hope to do things we only dreamed of. You have a wealth of knowledge and experience we can only appreciate and take something good from all these comments are from people who don’t know what the fuck is up. Like I told other people on UA-cam who are so worth paying attention to don’t let these people take your energy. You’re freaking awesome and we love your videos your kids too...all amazing ...
Age doesn't change your intellegence. I really enjoy your videos because you express your opinion on new tech and obviously apple fanboys had to find a reason to hate so of course they had to bring up your age. Smh. Anyways I really love your videos and you give me a lot of updates in the tech world. Keep doing you!
Slodenz I was gonna say all that goddammit. But ur right isheep are the most annoying people on the Internet (other than feminists)
No dude you killed it with your rant, Apple is now everything you said and as greedy as ever.
Oneness100 so true
the lack of the 35mm jack is a step backward until we have the technology for long distance, contactless wireless charging that doesn't kill you (instantly or in months)
when the iphone 7 came out, apple used the word "wireless" to advertise the first iphone packed with an extra adapter (wire), without wireless charging.
more ironic, when an apple event starts with talking about protecting the environment, then they announce their new pro product that you have to completely replace if you want more ram. i'm not talking about replaceable cpu, gpu or such. i'm talking about adding 1 or 2 more years of usable lifetime for an electronic machine "made for professional users" by a company that "protects the environment".
pricing a product based on it's storage is a simple mathematically calculated decision of a company. it has nothing to do with the way of innovation, so it's offtopic.
i'm not a native english speaker and this is the first time i saw the word "greedy". let me try to use this word in some sentences to practice...
- a company that sells a phone with fast charging capability without a fast charger is greedy.
- a company that sells their "pro" notebook and their flagship phone without a cable to connect them is greedy.
- apple is greedy
people should stop watching EverythingApplePro. smoke weed instead. it will also make you think you know what you are talking about but it only lasts for a few hours.
I read Linux computer magazines, in one of them was a question for all the article writers; what would you do in case of a zombie apocalypse? The best answer was; "I would go stand in line at an Apple Store, zombie's are only after brains."
Best comment ever 👍😂
Rick - I loved your rant - my thunderbolt MacBook Pro just died last year and when I got a new one home after spending another $5k AUD you can imagine how angry I was knowing it was only USB-C. All my FireWire devices became incompatible and the poor quality adapters are unreliable - in with you in the build my own device! For the record, for 20 years I’ve been producing music on a self built Windows XP SP1 computer with a RME Hammerfall light pipe PCI card installed - and running Nuendo 1.6! it’s still running perfectly well and is an incredible sounding multitrack solution. Thank you Bob Clearmountain for pointing this out years back! I have RME converters and some Apogee. VST1 plug-ins work, and I only use a handful of them in any case. There is being old, and then there is knowing what works and sounds good, I’m a little of both lol.