XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/14/2026 6:19 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Tom Elam wrote:   
   >> Seriously, do you have ANY idea what a total waste of time this all is?   
   >   
   > Hi Tom Elam,   
   >   
   > I'm also retired and I have been retired for 15 year.   
   >   
   > I try to understand not only the Apple ecosystem, but also the Apple users.   
   >   
   > Both are not normal so it is NOT intuitive.   
   >   
   > Without going deeply, the entire Apple ecosystem is brilliant propaganda by   
   > one of the slickest marketing organizations in the world. It's never what   
   > Apple says it is. That's what is so interesting about Apple products.   
   >   
   > Everything that people think they know about the Apple ecosystem is fed to   
   > them by Apple (e.g., "it just works") when it's almost always a brazen lie.   
   >   
   > Given how slick the Apple propaganda is, the "typical Apple user" is also   
   > interesting because they fall for every marketing trick in the book.   
   >   
   > The Apple owner tends to be a cultist whose very ego is tied to the   
   > product, which is why the Apple user on this ng is so interesting to me.   
   >   
   > Most Apple posters on this newsgroup hate me because I don't fall for the   
   > tricks so I don't belong to the cult, but I find them very interesting as a   
   > result.   
      
   You did not answer my question. Look at how few people actually use   
   CSMA. Maybe a few dozen at most. If you feel this way why do you hide in   
   this neglected corner of the social platform universe? Do you not   
   actually believe in your own messaging? Are you afraid of being exposed   
   as the fraud you are if you go to a wider audience? Do you lack any   
   other interests? Are you mentally ill?   
      
   Your projection of others who respond on CSMA is interesting. They cite   
   verifiable sources that effectively counter your posts. You seem to   
   never respond directly to them. Instead you copy/paste your past post   
   contents.   
      
   There is no Apple cult. Your posts are frequently wildly wrong. You are   
   a cult of 1.   
      
   At least in my case there is no ego tied to Apple. All of our 3 laptops   
   (HP and Dell) run Windows 11. We use Google Home. Our 6 Apple devices   
   (phones, tablets and watches) are loaded with Google, third party and   
   Microsoft apps. Our music comes from YouTube Music, books from Kindle,   
   news from Google and NBC. We use Google Maps, not Apple. We do not have   
   a single Apple TV in the house. All are various brands on Roku. I use   
   the software that works for me. Same for the hardware. All based on   
   informed learning from where I started out on a Tandy TRS Model 3 in   
   late 1980.   
      
   I did have an Apple iMac briefly. It was a disaster compared to Windows   
   2000. That was a joke of a computer and OS 9 was years behind Windows.   
   Having said that, modern Mac OS is a very tempting Windows alternative.   
      
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