XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-04 15:50, pothead wrote:   
   >> You wanna know "so what"?!  Are you kidding me?  The wholesale cost of   
   >> the SSD doesn't match with this "upgrade" price, not even remotely, it's   
   >> why 512 GB should be the base model, but no, Apple is years behind the   
   >> times on this.  When I built my computer that died prematurely last   
   >> year, in 2021, I had a 1 TB NVMe WD Blue drive, for a little over $100   
   >> as a part.  Is Apple's gear, relative to it being five years later, so   
   >> much better, or has the value of money inflated so much, or what the   
   >> HELL gives?  Why is it $200 when you're already paying for a 256 GB   
   >> drive you no longer get?!  How can you defend these clowns, seriously?   
   >>   
   > Don't waste your time with the Alan troll. He is 100% certifiably insane.   
   > I posted a single reply to his thread regarding using Spotminders rather than   
   > Apple Airtags and he went bonkers. It was like I insulted his mamma or   
   something.   
   > Then he started the usual focusing on minutia like high horse does. So in   
   one post   
   > I incorrectly called the Spotminders credit card sized tracker a "tag" and   
   currently   
   > Spotminders recently did release tag type devices, which once again are   
   superior   
   > to Apple's Airtag.   
      
   You mean "bonkers", like...   
      
   ...needing to bring this up in every other thread and talk about me...   
      
   ...when I'm supposedly in your killfile?   
      
   >   
   > Big deal.   
   >   
   > It was obvious what I was referring to in the thread, like size, hide in a   
   purse, wallet   
   > passport, etc. A tag isn't a good choice for that.   
      
   Not in your original post it wasn't obvious.   
      
   Why must you lie?   
      
   >   
   > Alan is the ultimate Apple zealot and like those with TDS he simply cannot,   
   and   
   > will not accept anything the competition or other side has to offer.   
   >   
   > Actually I'm surprised he hasn't tried to argue that the Apple Airtag comes   
   in   
   > a better box 🙂   
   > That's the level he argues at.   
   >   
   > And the most interesting part is that I am in no way an Apple hater.   
   > I use iPhones, Apple watches and have for years.   
   >   
   > They guy is simply a religious wack job.   
   >   
   > Place him in the Bozo Bin like I have.   
   > Don't waste your time.   
      
   You mean like...   
      
   ...inserting yourself into a thread just to take cheap shots at someone?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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