XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 14:35, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/28/26 5:10 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>> https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/27/airtag-2-vs-airtag-heres-everything-new/   
   >>>   
   >>> "With AirTag 2, Apple has added a second-generation Ultra Wideband   
   >>> chip that makes Precision Finding available from up to 1.5x farther   
   >>> away than what the first AirTag offered. Make sure you have an iPhone   
   >>> that supports the extended range."   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> So, Alan, since you paid so much for your MacBook, how does it feel   
   >>> now to see that extra cash having gone to such great use by Apple?   
   >   
   >> What does the one have to do with the other?   
   >>   
   >> Apple is a BUSINESS.   
   >>   
   >> Their raison d'etre is to produce PRODUCTS and SERVICES that people   
   >> want to USE.   
   >>   
   >> I bought a MacBook, because Macs have worked well for me for nearly 40   
   >> years.   
   >>   
   >> I also have purchased AirTags.   
   >>   
   >> So what?   
   >>   
   >> What exactly is wrong with a company putting money it makes back into   
   >> researching, developing, and eventually selling improved products?   
   >   
   >   
   > It's actually not so wrong but Apple so blatantly works for bourgeois   
   > first worlders, with what they offer, the iPhone and iPad are actually   
   > pretty decent though, not that I would buy them, but even though Samsung   
   > does have a bourgeois department they also have a dedication to offering   
   > the best alternative to the iPhone.  It's simply a better business to   
   > patronize, for such an essential possession.   
      
   I always love the way you have to immediately pivot away from the   
   arguments they just made.   
      
   And your penchant for using emotionally charged words (bourgeois).   
      
   The simple fact is that Apple's customer loyalty is fantastic.   
      
   You don't get that unless you produce products that those customers VALUE.   
      
   What makes Samsung a "better business patronize" for a smartphone?   
      
   Would it be there very recent "promise" to provide support for longer?   
      
   If they really were a "better business patronize"...   
      
   ...wouldn't that have already been true?   
      
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