To apple

To deliberately degrade the software performance, battery life, or ecosystem compatibility of a perfectly functional older electronic device via mandatory updates, effectively forcing the consumer to buy a newer model.

User A: "Why is GPT-4o suddenly giving me incredibly short, lazy answers and forgetting the prompt after two sentences?"
User B: "OpenAI and Anthropic love to apple their older LLMs so you feel forced to upgrade to the premium tier."

To apple by Addieoncloud9 October 17, 2026

Apple to Apple 

A person who keeps it in the family.

Instead of homie hopping, why don't don't you Apple to Apple?

Apple to Apple by ArksZah August 7, 2017

apple-to-orange comparison

The comparison between two (or more) things that cannot be compared apple-to-apple, e.g. comparing the demand of being a kindergartener with that of being a college student — even though they both "only" go to school 3 hours per day

Trying to compare the stress levels of a kindergartener to a college student is just an apple-to-orange comparison—sure, they both "only" go to school 3 hours per day, but the responsibilities are worlds apart!

apple-to-orange comparison by Emotional Cruiser October 14, 2025

apple-to-orange

Being the antonym for "apple-to-apple", this term refers to the comparison between two things (or more) that simply don't compare! For example, you were born on Sunday, February 22nd 2004. You aren't going to have ever celebrated your birthday during Ramadan until Sunday, February 22nd 2026. But still, you have always compared with the rapper Quavo who have once celebrated his birthday during Ramadan. And the last time this rapper celebrated his birthday was on Tuesday, April 2nd 2024.

Trying to compare my birthday on February 22nd 2004, with Quavo's Ramadan birthday is just an apple-to-orange situation; they’re worlds apart!

apple-to-orange by Emotional Cruiser January 8, 2026

To land in the apple orchard 

(Partir dans les pommes in Quebec French): to faint in public, for whatever reason.

You need to land in the apple orchard a few times to figure out that you may have underlying health issues

To land in the apple orchard by Uncle Dimma February 19, 2022

Apple inverted / natural scrolling - I want it to GO AWAY 

I just upgraded to OSX Lion 10.7, I own a normal fucking mouse (Intellimouse), not some "magic-harry-potter" mouse, and I hate invented scrolling - in fact, trouble is that I cannot find a way to change it.

When I go to "System Preferences" - "Mouse" .. there's nothing. When I go to "System Preferences" - "Microsoft Mouse"; guess what? NOT A FUCKING THING.

So gents and ladys, how do I get rid of this piece of shit so I can fucking scroll as I've been doing for the last two decades?

Jesus-fucking-Christ, fuck you, Steve!

Oh, and to you out there, who answers this question: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS!

How can I remove inverted scrolling in OSX Lion with a normal (NO MAGIC MOUSE) mouse? Apple inverted / natural scrolling - I want it to GO AWAY

Apple inverted / natural scrolling - I want it to GO AWAY by A very mad Apple-buyer. July 27, 2011

Apples to Apples 

A card game originally made for small children where one matches nouns to a given adjective that somewhere along the line, as most things, got turned into a drinking game.

Person 1: Okay so for "Useless" I got Helen Keller, Anne Frank and Lima Beans. This is going to be the hardest Apples to Apples round yet.
Person 2: No way. It was harder when for delicious I had to pick between Megan Fox and Sandwiches.

Apples to Apples by Naple's nipples July 9, 2010