XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-09-04 8:13 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   What are you looking for? Applause?   
      
   >> < 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?   
      
   I didn't realize that as an Apple user, you were incapable of looking   
   this up online. Here is your answer: "built-in virtual support, free   
   online and community resources, in-person free help at select centers."   
      
   I imagine that the next question is: "which centers?" or "which   
   resources?" or "what does free mean?" Grab yourself a dictionary and ask   
   a responsible grown-up to help you.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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