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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-15 19:22, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 12/15/25 9:49 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> The point is, when one is assembling a system, the size of the   
   >>>>>>> SSD can be literally anything, it's just a part, Apple is a bunch   
   >>>>>>> of show-off corporate "I can afford this, I'm affluent" bullshit.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> "When one is assembling a system".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Most people don't want to do that.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> OK, so pay them $400 for a $70 part.  Plus the value of the 256 GB   
   >>>>> SSD it replaced, in reality, it's extracted from your wallet by   
   >>>>> Apple's mighty macOS tentacles, they know you won't buy another brand.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Your claim was that Apple was worse than other companies in this   
   >>>> regard, and your given example was Samsung...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...and Samsung was actually worse.   
   >>>   
   >>> Samsung is just being the copycat.  Apple is the one making extortion   
   >>> part of the experience, of using their unique software.   
   >>   
   >> I see...   
   >>   
   >> ...so even when other companies charge a lot for upgrades...   
   >>   
   >> ...it's somehow possible for you to still blame Apple!   
   >>   
   >> LOLOLOLOLOLOl   
   >   
   >   
   > Yes.  Samsung when it comes to PC hardware is a lot like Apple.  I   
   > wouldn't buy a Samsung laptop.  And conversely, your iPhone is OK, much   
   > better than your MacBook.  Phones are the kind of thing where Apple can   
   > actually suffice.  I would never buy an iPhone, but I get it at least.   
   > But the Mac, Christ, what a dead end.   
   >   
      
   And yet when this part of the discussion open, you specifically touted   
   Samsung as what you would buy rather than Apple when it came to computers.   
      
   As for the Mac being a "dead end".   
      
   In what specific way?   
      
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