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   Alan to Joel W. Crump   
   Re: Sorry, Linux Fans: Mac Is Actually t   
   04 Sep 25 20:32:24   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-04 19:24, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 9/4/2025 10:12 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>> It surprises me to see Alan talking like the hypocrites I see mocking   
   >>> paying the normal price.  The same people who pretend to be ethical   
   >>> just doing the self-serving thing and bragging about it.   
   >>   
   >> So is it ethics...   
   >>   
   >> ...or the support you claim you get by purchase it for ten times the   
   >> cost?   
   >   
   > You're making sheer cost the only relevant factor.  It isn't.   
   >   
      
   You're the one who called people "cheapskates" for saving some money...   
      
   ...and then implied they were unethical for getting a bargain.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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