Can I just say, Apple users frustrate the heck out of me?

So the kid joined the MTB team this year, and I got tasked with putting together the end of the year slide show. Since I'm only one person, I sent a message to the team parents that if they had any images from the year that they were willing to let me use from practices races etc, to upload them to a google drive. No problem and I got a great response. Awesome, and thanks!

But as I'm working with the files, the HEIC files that the vast majority of apple users are uploading are a PITA to work with. Since they are so compressed, they editing software I'm using (Sony Vegas of some iteration) lags every time it opens one up. So I have to load all the HEIC files into light room and export them as jpgs to work with them. It's not THAT difficult, but it's just one extra step to deal with. It adds up when your crunched for time at home and work. AND I have to go shoot the team photo tonight....

All of this because Apple refuses to let people add cheap, upgradable and removable storage (microSD cards) to their phones. Apple's solution is to have all your photos stored in the could and to do this they have to go to ultra "efficient" compression to maximize the number of photos people can take. #RantOff

And when I asked for video, wouldn't you know it, EVERY video I got from parents (apple and android users) was vertical video. My solution? I created a triptych video. Three vertical videos that play at the same time. It was a ton of work as I had to export them all to 1028 pixels tall and then align them (My poor laptop crapped the bed multiple times trying to render 3 HD videos and the same time. )