XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 15:11, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/28/26 5:55 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/27/airtag-2-vs-airtag-heres-   
   >>>>>>> everything- new/   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "With AirTag 2, Apple has added a second-generation Ultra   
   >>>>>>> Wideband chip that makes Precision Finding available from up to   
   >>>>>>> 1.5x farther away than what the first AirTag offered. Make sure   
   >>>>>>> you have an iPhone that supports the extended range."   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> So, Alan, since you paid so much for your MacBook, how does it   
   >>>>>>> feel now to see that extra cash having gone to such great use by   
   >>>>>>> Apple?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> What does the one have to do with the other?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Apple is a BUSINESS.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Their raison d'etre is to produce PRODUCTS and SERVICES that   
   >>>>>> people want to USE.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I bought a MacBook, because Macs have worked well for me for   
   >>>>>> nearly 40 years.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I also have purchased AirTags.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So what?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What exactly is wrong with a company putting money it makes back   
   >>>>>> into researching, developing, and eventually selling improved   
   >>>>>> products?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's actually not so wrong but Apple so blatantly works for   
   >>>>> bourgeois first worlders, with what they offer, the iPhone and iPad   
   >>>>> are actually pretty decent though, not that I would buy them, but   
   >>>>> even though Samsung does have a bourgeois department they also have   
   >>>>> a dedication to offering the best alternative to the iPhone.  It's   
   >>>>> simply a better business to patronize, for such an essential   
   >>>>> possession.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I always love the way you have to immediately pivot away from the   
   >>>> arguments they just made.   
   >>>   
   >>> I didn't do that.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. You did.   
   >>   
   >> Your argument was that I (and by extension) others should judge Apple   
   >> harshly for making a profit YOU consider excessive and then using some   
   >> of that profit to improve another product...   
   >>   
   >> ...which is complete and utter bullshit.   
   >   
   >   
   > I mean, it's fine if you're into bourgeois Apple, but I wouldn't like that.   
      
   You think adjectives are argument.   
      
   You're wrong.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>> And your penchant for using emotionally charged words (bourgeois).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The simple fact is that Apple's customer loyalty is fantastic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You don't get that unless you produce products that those customers   
   >>>> VALUE.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What makes Samsung a "better business patronize" for a smartphone?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Would it be there very recent "promise" to provide support for longer?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If they really were a "better business patronize"...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...wouldn't that have already been true?   
   >>>   
   >>> My Galaxy S21 still performs as well as it did when I got it.  It   
   >>> surprises me how many people upgrade frequently.   
   >   
   >> OK... ...so? When did you actually get it?   
   >   
   >   
   > In 2021 ...   
   >   
   >   
   >> My iPhone 16 "still performs as well as it did when I got it".   
   >>   
   >> Prove that your S21 is any better at this than a contemporaneous iPhone.   
   >   
   >   
   > Not saying that.  In fact, I bought an iPhone 12 model as a gift, which   
   > is about as old as what I have, seemed fine to me.   
   So then when I asked 'What makes Samsung a "better business [to]   
   patronize" for a smartphone...   
      
   ...you answered with irrelevant bullshit.   
      
   Got it.   
      
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