XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-09 16:56, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 12/9/25 7:25 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> You seem to think Apple is just a useful company that happened to   
   >>>>>>> have come along.  Unfortunately, straight out of Satan's mouth.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What do you even mean by that?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I always have to remind myself that Apple does un-cripple itself in   
   >>>>> one way, which is that preference in computing devices is personal,   
   >>>>> and I'm only commenting on the harsh reality of price points, you   
   >>>>> are "one of them" but I don't deny that it functions as a device.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Still have not a clue what you're getting at by "just a useful   
   >>>> company that happened to have come along".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What do you mean by that?   
   >>>   
   >>> Jobs clearly envisioned the Satanic plot by Apple to sell the Pocket   
   >>> and whatnot, they would be the anti-computer.  The people like you   
   >>> are supporting it because of your quirks that make you prefer their   
   >>> software.   
   >>   
   >> You're delusional.   
   >>   
   >> Selling a product that only some people will want--that they might   
   >> want it for status...   
   >>   
   >> ...that's a nothing-burger.   
   >>   
   >> Apple is successful because the computing products they make appeal to   
   >> many people so much that they're will to buy them even at higher prices.   
   >   
   >   
   > I think the Pocket is a lot easier money for them, though,   
      
   Dude: they're going to be less than a rounding error on their revenues.   
      
   > because those   
   > 512 GB SSDs for $200 more than 256 GB can't get but a few nerds who have   
   > a porn collection or something.  Heh.   
   Again, you miss the essential point;   
      
   People aren't looking at the purchase price of the COMPONENTS. They're   
   looking at the cost of getting a whole system that works the way they   
   want it to work.   
      
   They produce personal computers, smartphones, and tablets that work so   
   well for people that they'll pay the premium for that storage.   
      
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