Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world

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On 2026-03-13, Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:
> On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which 
> I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
>  From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
>  Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
>  Subject: Apple's newer image formats
>  Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
>  Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
>
> I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the 
> Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple 
> does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it.
>
> Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably 
> the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
>
> The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look 
> askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect 
> on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the 
> prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
>
> The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to 
> interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.

This is more a reflection of you then anyone else, bitter old fart.

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Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-03-13 14:53 -0700
  Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-13 16:23 -0700
    Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-14 22:05 +0000
      Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-14 15:44 -0700
  Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-14 13:05 -0400
    Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-03-14 11:01 -0700
      Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 10:29 -0400
        Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 11:47 -0400
          Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-17 10:47 -0700
          Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-03-17 14:16 -0400
    Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-15 10:21 +1300
      Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-03-14 23:57 +0000
        Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-03-17 18:49 -0400
  Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2026-03-14 21:07 +0000
    Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-03-17 14:25 -0400

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