XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-19 14:17, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/19/26 12:18 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-18 22:23, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>> On 1/19/26 1:12 AM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-01-18 21:52, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:05:08 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2026-01-18 06:24:10 +0000, Brock McNuggets said:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Dec 2017: Reddit user and Geekbench proved that the software was   
   >>>>>>> intentionally slowing down older iPhones.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Other than the usual few loud-mouthed whiners (most of whom it   
   >>>>>> wasn't actually a problem for), nobody notice nor cared.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It seems entirely reasonable to me that no Iphone user actually   
   >>>>> noticed, let alone cared about, such a performance issue. Do *any*   
   >>>>> Iphone users actually do anything important with their devices, that   
   >>>>> might have been affected by performance limitations? They bought them   
   >>>>> just as showpieces -- items of adornment, to be flaunted rather than   
   >>>>> used. “Look at me! I have no idea how this actually works, but it   
   >>>>> looks pretty! I have more money than sense!”   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You really are an asshole...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...aren't you?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> :-)   
   >>>   
   >>> Unlike yourself.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. Very much unlike.   
   >>   
   >> Do you see me insulting entire groups of people based on their   
   >> technology choices? Ever?   
   >   
   >   
   > Not openly.   
      
   So that would be "no", but you lack the balls to just say so.   
      
   > That being said, your defenses and promotions of macOS   
   > imply that there's some inherent value in running it that justifies   
   > making poor decisions in buying hardware.  I can't agree with that.   
   Fine. Don't buy one.   
      
   But many people find inherent value in the device AS A WHOLE.   
      
   That's just a fact.   
      
   The suggestion that, "Iphone users [don't] actually do anything   
   important with their devices" is just so much bullshit.   
      
   Agreed?   
      
   That they, "bought them just as showpieces" is in almost every case   
   bullshit.   
      
   Agreed?   
      
   And clue time:   
      
   Almost every person who buys a computing device...   
      
   ...including those who use Linux and even those who build their machines   
   from components...   
      
   ..."have no idea how [they] actually work."   
      
   Just like people who buy cars don't know how internal combustion engines   
   work.   
      
   So, you have a chance here to show that you're not quite the asshole   
   Lawrence is.   
      
   Will you step up?   
      
   I very much doubt it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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