XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-11 16:02, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 12/11/25 6:23 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Do you even understand that EVERY company charges whatever   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> it thinks the traffic will bear?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Why is 256 GB such a prominent option?  Apple is just chintzy.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> So people who need less storage SHOULDN'T be allowed to choose   
   >>>>>>>>>> it?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Again: you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Not remotely.  In 2021, I built my new PC with a 1 TB NVMe   
   >>>>>>>>> drive. Apple still wants to sell you 256 GB, today.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You still have this ridiculous idea that:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> What works for YOU...   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> ...must be what works for EVERYONE.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> You know why I bought a 1 TB NVMe drive?  Because the old   
   >>>>>>> computer was upgraded from 1 TB SATA hard drive to SATA SSD.  1   
   >>>>>>> TB was the gold standard.  Let's say we could make that 512 GB.   
   >>>>>>> Why does it have to be 256, with Apple, *now in 2025*?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Because there are people who really don't need more.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I have quite a few clients, friends and family who will never fill   
   >>>>>> a 256GB drive.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So that's good enough, for you, that some people can be good with   
   >>>>> 256, so Apple's just offering a good choice in that model.   
   >>>>> Inclusive to itself that is a good argument but it is lost when you   
   >>>>> see what the alternative really is, to not buy from freakin' Apple,   
   >>>>> and get the 512 GB or 1 TB, get the 32 GB RAM, get the price one is   
   >>>>> entitled to get and not Apple's extortion.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No one is forcing anyone to buy Apple's products, child.   
   >>>   
   >>> They are, though, the cult will accept the extortion.   
   >>   
   >> Once again, you imagine that people who don't agree with you can't be   
   >> rational.   
   >   
   >   
   > You have been extorted of your money by Apple by buying a Mac or iPhone.   
      
   Nope.   
      
   Simply, unequivocally bullshit you're spouting there.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Samsung PCs are one thing.  But even Apple's Mac mini has the   
   >>>>>>>>>>> pricey upgrades of specs.   
   >>>>>>>>>> You're the one who touted how "grateful" you were to be a   
   >>>>>>>>>> Samsung user.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> And now you want to run away!   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I wouldn't buy a Samsung laptop.  But I would a Samsung phone.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> And now you pivot away from your claim of how wonderful Samsung is!   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Samsung is wonderful for the products I've bought from it.  Apple   
   >>>>>>> offers me nothing.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> You're the one who decided to die on the hill of Samsung being   
   >>>>>> better than Apple on the implied idea that they were less   
   >>>>>> expensive for such upgrades.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Don't blame me that you didn't have the wit to check if the actual   
   >>>>>> facts matched your attempted brag.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Samsung is better than Apple, yes, though I shy away from   
   >>>>> lambasting you personally with the matter, because you are a Mac user.   
   >>>   
   >>>> They're certainly no better in the one area you were implying Apple   
   >>>> was so bad at:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The price of upgrading from 512GB to 1TB.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Agreed?   
   >>>   
   >>> It shouldn't be hundreds upon hundreds, of dollars.   
   >   
   >> But it is...   
   >>   
   >> ...75% MORE expensive from Samsung...   
   >>   
   >> ...the company you CHOSE to compare Apple against.   
   >   
   >   
   > What I see on samsung.com tells me that proprietary devices are   
   > prohibitively expensive.  Which of the two companies has a walled   
   > garden, though?   
   Drag those goalposts!   
      
   Did you imply that Apple charged more for such upgrades than Samsung does?   
      
   Yes or no.   
      
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