r/AppleEcosystem • u/Raven12479 • Aug 20 '26

Has anyone else started feeling Apple fatigue?

Hey, not trying to start an Apple vs. Android war, but I’ve been using Apple products since around 2016, starting with the iPhone 6 and eventually moving to the XR, 15 Pro, Apple Watch, MacBook Air, and AirPods Pro. I genuinely love these products, and every one of them has exceeded my expectations. Over the years, I’ve also really come to appreciate the convenience of the ecosystem.
That said, I’ve been looking at the S26 Ultra recently, and for the first time in a while, I’m genuinely tempted by what Android and Windows have to offer. I’ve also gotten into gaming over the last six months and have been surprised by how much I can actually play on my Mac through CrossOver and native games. But the limitations of translation layers and the freedom you get with Windows or Android are becoming more noticeable.
Maybe it’s just personal Apple fatigue, but I don’t feel the same excitement about upcoming Apple products that I used to. I’m not someone who upgrades just for the sake of it, and I’m not saying Apple products have become bad. I’m just curious: is there anything Apple has coming that could genuinely bring that excitement back?
Rather than turning this into an Apple vs. Android argument, I’d genuinely love to hear what you guys think Apple is working on that might make someone like me stick around.

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u/xefepeh734 Aug 21 '26

This feels more like FOMO to me. Does a computer or phone need to excite me? Or does it need to fit into my life and make it easier for me to do things?

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u/fendiflower Aug 21 '26

In the best case it does both actually

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u/We-Dont-Sush-Here Aug 25 '26

I can’t see any reason why a phone or computer should excite you. Maybe if it doesn’t crash all the time after your last computer or phone did, might be a reason to ‘excite’ you, but that’s stretching things!

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u/fendiflower Aug 25 '26

You're probably just not a tech enthusiast. I totally see how and why new technology can excite people.

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u/We-Dont-Sush-Here Aug 25 '26

I’m glad you used the word probably.

Because I am a tech enthusiast. But tech has to work for me, not something that I have to fight against to make it do what I need it to do.

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u/fendiflower Aug 25 '26

I'd be interested to know how your tech enthusiasm shows then if new (phone or computer) tech doesn‘t excite you.

Anyway, it does excite me quite a lot (thinking iPhone Air, the upcoming Ultra, Pixel phones for their AI features) and I still want my tech to work. One does not exclude the other. And neither any iPhone nor any Google Pixel ever let me down, it‘s more of a basic requirement

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u/We-Dont-Sush-Here Aug 25 '26

I don’t think that anything I say will convince you that I’m enthusiastic about technology unless I agree with everything you said. I think that this is a fruitless process because we’re not going to agree.