XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 16:03, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/28/26 6:19 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> 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?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 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?   
   >>>   
   >>> In 2021 ...   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not saying that.  In fact, I bought an iPhone 12 model as a gift,   
   >>> which is about as old as what I have, seemed fine to me.   
   >   
   >> So then when I asked 'What makes Samsung a "better business [to]   
   >> patronize" for a smartphone...   
   >>   
   >> ...you answered with irrelevant bullshit.   
   >>   
   >> Got it.   
   >   
   >   
   > It's relevant because what I got didn't come from Apple.   
   >   
      
   But what makes it, "simply a better business to patronize"?   
      
   Apple's flagship iPhone is the iPhone 17 Pro (and Pro Max), and it's   
   opening price is $1099 with 256GB of storage.   
      
   Show me how Samsung is offering a similar product for a much different   
   price.   
      
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