Re: Apple Has Really Jumped The Shark This Time

On 5/11/24 8:05 AM, Rich wrote:

  I suspect a lot of the whiners are also
in the same group that thought they were watching real physical objects
being crushed to nothing.

My objection has nothing to do with the iPad or the reality or not of the crushing.  I find destruction of useful items really disturbing, and the idea that some entity would find this a GOOD thing is disgusting.
I hated letting the State of Kalifornia crush my evil car, even though it tried to kill me several times by jamming the accelerator full on. It had a lot of good parts that should have been saved, but that was against the rules.  It was stupid to take $100 from the wrecker rather than $1K from the State, but I really hated it.
I can't throw useful things away.  They go into the Goodwill box.  If THEY have to throw them away at least I don't have to watch.  Same with books to the library.
Maybe this ad balances out the goodness of the 1984 offering.  Hrm... Much the same concept...
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Cheers, Bev
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