XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 16:33, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/28/26 7:10 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > The problem with the iPhone is that it's an Apple product.   
      
   So despite your claims about Apple users, this is really about your   
   irrational reaction to a particular company.   
      
   Got it.   
      
   >  We should   
   > want to punish Apple any way possible.   
      
   Why? What have they done to deserve (and I can absolutely believe you'd   
   use this word): "punishment"?   
      
   > Buying the one good product they   
   > make fails to hold their feet to the fire   
      
   I see. So you admit that the iPhone is a "good product"...   
      
   ...in direct contradiction to dozens of other posts you've made.   
      
   Got it.   
      
   >- but fortunately Samsung   
   > comes to the rescue, as they have for some time.   
      
   In what way? Are their smartphones notably less expensive than the   
   equivalent iPhones?   
      
   > No serious person has   
   > owned an iPhone since the early 2010s.   
   And you finish with a "no true Scotsman" fallacy!   
      
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