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Re: "Goodbye to Apple"

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: "Goodbye to Apple"
Date	2014-12-28 11:29 -0700
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On 12/28/14, 1:20 AM, in article 20141228091703.761@usenet.drumscum.be,
"TomB" <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2014-12-28, the following emerged from the brain of -hh:
> 
> 8<
> 
>> FYI, what he may or may not do was not of any real interest, as  I
>> used his story as YA example of the hypocrisy that there is within
>> the Android/Linux "community" for when people run into IT problems:
>> the COLA Herd is quick to deflect blame into such classics as
>> improper data backup strategies, 'stupidity' of getting hit with
>> malware, broken hardware, etc...all the classical 'Blame the User'
>> deflections.  
> 
> No 'blame the user' deflections at all. The real point is that one has
> to jump through many hoops to use Apple software outside the way Apple
> intended it, possibly causing a number of detrimental side effects.

Can you give some examples? I use an iMac... what hoops do you think I have
to jump through to use it as I wish?

To be clear: does not mean I am not limited by the system / ecosystem - just
as people are on Windows and Linux - but curious what you mean?


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"Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-27 08:01 -0600
  Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-27 09:07 -0500
    Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-27 08:24 -0600
      Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-12-27 19:10 +0000
        Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-27 13:16 -0600
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-12-27 19:29 +0000
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-27 16:05 -0500
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-27 19:58 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 10:40 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-29 14:20 -0600
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-27 19:57 -0600
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 10:42 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-29 12:22 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 11:42 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 11:33 -0700
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-12-30 11:25 -0500
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 10:31 -0600
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-12-29 12:21 -0500
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 10:22 -0700
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 10:21 -0700
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-29 14:23 -0600
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-29 22:13 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-30 10:05 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 09:20 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 10:23 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 18:09 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 11:40 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 21:44 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 16:14 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 22:30 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 16:34 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 22:42 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-30 19:50 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 19:52 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-31 10:04 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 19:38 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 21:56 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 20:45 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 10:42 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 09:43 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 13:18 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 21:37 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 12:51 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 16:12 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 16:25 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 14:54 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 21:35 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 15:37 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-12-30 15:42 -0500
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2014-12-29 13:04 -0500
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 11:38 -0700
        Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-27 16:03 -0500
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-27 20:00 -0600
  "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-27 06:13 -0800
    Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-12-27 19:13 +0000
      Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-27 19:10 -0800
        Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Ron House <rhouse@smartchat.net.au> - 2014-12-28 16:01 +1000
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-28 04:43 -0800
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Ron House <rhouse@smartchat.net.au> - 2014-12-29 20:47 +1000
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-29 03:54 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Ron House <rhouse@smartchat.net.au> - 2014-12-29 23:14 +1000
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-29 10:25 -0800
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 11:20 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-29 14:51 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-29 23:56 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-29 15:31 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-30 07:04 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 05:55 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-30 09:17 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-30 10:09 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 10:47 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 18:07 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-30 11:43 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 12:05 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 12:36 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 15:40 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 13:47 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 13:25 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2014-12-30 13:52 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 14:00 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 10:43 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-30 14:01 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2014-12-30 15:12 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 21:33 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 12:36 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2014-12-30 15:40 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-30 16:05 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 17:15 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2014-12-30 17:21 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 14:49 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 14:46 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 16:02 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-30 13:15 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 10:33 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2014-12-30 14:27 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-12-30 11:36 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 15:06 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 14:48 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-30 14:04 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 14:47 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 12:54 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 22:09 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-30 21:59 +0100
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-28 04:45 -0800
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-29 06:59 -0600
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-29 15:03 -0800
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-12-30 11:23 -0500
        Re: "Goodbye to Apple" TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2014-12-28 08:20 +0000
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Goblin <bytes4free@gmail.com> - 2014-12-28 02:22 -0800
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-12-28 10:22 -0500
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-29 06:10 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-12-29 08:20 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2014-12-29 13:45 +0000
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-12-30 07:55 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-29 10:06 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-12-29 10:16 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-29 10:21 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-29 10:06 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-12-29 09:22 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-29 11:49 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-29 13:18 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 11:39 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-29 13:04 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2014-12-29 13:50 +0000
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-12-29 23:39 +0100
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-12-30 07:58 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2014-12-30 13:32 +0000
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-12-30 09:15 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 11:23 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 10:35 -0700
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-28 11:28 -0700
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-28 07:05 -0800
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-28 10:43 -0500
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-28 10:06 -0600
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-28 10:27 -0500
          Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-28 11:29 -0700
            Re: "Goodbye to Apple" TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2014-12-28 18:51 +0000
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-28 12:54 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-28 11:27 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-28 13:33 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-28 12:52 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-28 14:19 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" charlescroyden3@gmail.com - 2014-12-28 13:23 -0800
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-28 15:57 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-28 15:20 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-28 14:35 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-28 14:29 -0700
              Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-28 14:13 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2014-12-30 12:37 +0000
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 08:08 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 06:54 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 10:05 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2014-12-30 21:46 +0000
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2014-12-30 14:20 -0800
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-30 18:42 -0500
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 08:02 -0700
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-30 09:42 -0600
                Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-30 08:58 -0700
      Re: "Goodbye to Apple" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-12-29 11:18 -0600
        Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 10:36 -0700
  Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-12-27 08:27 -0600
    Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-12-27 19:14 +0000
      Re: "Goodbye to Apple" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-29 11:39 -0600
        Re: "Goodbye to Apple" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-12-29 11:32 -0700

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