XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 14:50, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/28/26 5:41 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > I didn't do that.   
      
   Yes. You did.   
      
   Your argument was that I (and by extension) others should judge Apple   
   harshly for making a profit YOU consider excessive and then using some   
   of that profit to improve another product...   
      
   ...which is complete and utter bullshit.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   >   
   > My Galaxy S21 still performs as well as it did when I got it.  It   
   > surprises me how many people upgrade frequently.   
   OK... ...so? When did you actually get it?   
      
   My iPhone 16 "still performs as well as it did when I got it".   
      
   Prove that your S21 is any better at this than a contemporaneous iPhone.   
      
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