XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-04 16:57, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2025-09-04 7:45 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2025-09-04 16:36, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>> On 9/4/2025 12:09 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>> The point is that you don't like the Mac because it costs too   
   >>>>>>>> much (in your opinion)...   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> ...but decry someone as a "cheapskate" for not wanting to spend   
   >>>>>>>> ten times as much for a Windows license as he needs to.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> To get it the right way, what I paid is Microsoft's price   
   >>>>>>> including support I would never use, one can also get a System   
   >>>>>>> Builder license for a bit less.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And the story suddenly changes!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> NO, Alan, YOU have changed, to be one of unethical cheapskates.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not at all.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How is it "unethical" to purchase something legally for the lowest   
   >>>> available price.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> If you cared about the businesses you patronize, you'd want them to   
   >>> be compensated for their work.   
   >>   
   >> You're getting more and more ridiculous, dude.   
   >   
   > How is the desire to see a developer get compensation for his product   
   > ridiculous?   
      
   I'm not supposed to care about whether a developer gets compensated.   
      
   I make rational decisions for my best interest and assume they do the same.   
      
   >   
   > < snip >   
   >   
   >>> They give you a phone number to call for assistance.   
   >> Do they?   
   >>   
   >> For assistance forever and for all purposes?   
   >   
   > Free technical help for all issues related to their own software. If a   
   > third-party doesn't run, they won't help you unless, obviously, it can   
   > be proven that their software is the cause of the problem.   
   Free forever? Or for installation problems?   
      
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