XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-10 01:15, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 20:36:55 -0700, Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-07-09 20:15, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> We are talking about computers that are no longer computers, but are   
   >>> being turned into dumb terminals because they will not perform   
   >>> functions that a stand-alone computer normall performs, like saving a   
   >>> document, without being tethered, not merely to the Internet, but to a   
   >>> particular site on  the internet owned by the vendor of the computer's   
   >>> operating system - like asn Apple computer not working unless it is   
   >>> linked to the Apple company's web site, or a Microsoft computer not   
   >>> working unless it is linked to the Microsoft company's web site.   
   >>   
   >> There is no Apple computer or device made today that has that problem.   
   >   
   > There is no Apple computer or device made today that has a non-Apple   
   > common computer operating system.   
   >   
   > Oh, I forgot Schrodinger's Apple OS.   
      
   The whole reason for this thread is for Arlen to imply that Apple's   
   devices need to be logged in.   
      
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