XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 16:16, pothead wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-29, 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.   
   >   
   > ROTFLMAO!!   
   > Can't argue with that response.   
      
   You don't even see the irony...   
      
   ...do you?   
      
   >   
   > I purchased my Spotminders back in June 2025. They had a special buy 2 get 2   
   free   
   > so I ended up spending $88 for Qty 4 tax, shipping, tip included.   
   > I have one in my purse, hidden. One in my wallet and it looks exactly like a   
   credit   
   > card and is same size, and 1 hidden in each of my 2 cars.   
      
   And no argument that such a credit card sized product has it's place.   
      
   But you're paying extra for a worse product when you use it in your   
   cars, or your purse...   
      
   ...where the credit card form factor offers no benefit.   
      
   >   
   > Sometime in late October, early November, the app told me they needed to be   
   charged   
   > so I charged them and am good for another 5- 6 months. No battery   
   replacement needed.   
   Name brand CR2032 batteries @ $1.36 each.   
      
      
      
   They (Spotminders) advertise the unreplaceable batteries in their   
   "Tracking Card" as a feature...   
      
   ...when the truth is there really is no other way to do it in that form   
   factor.   
      
   What does the actual warranty agreement state about replacement for the   
   battery's diminishing capacity...   
      
   ...or have they developed magic batteries that never degrade...   
      
   ...as well as never bulge?   
      
   :-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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