Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: No. 1 paid utility in Mac App Store steals browser history, sends it to Chinese server Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:39:05 -0700 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <4a010466d8bf0797547c4cd089c0402f@dizum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net bS5iZJ7cndPsxCMXEXSobA2wLj2n+BKuJJBmY3tWGPEDx0338o Cancel-Lock: sha1:RT/+dn/J+bsDfMba5Xjg2Yjupjk= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:118075 comp.os.linux.advocacy:466748 alt.privacy.anon-server:66177 alt.comp.os.windows-10:74256 On 9/10/18 6:34 PM, Your Name wrote: > On 2018-09-10 21:56:04 +0000, anon said: >> anon formulated the question : >>> >>> I was considering switching to apple once.  I had to look something >>> up on the web on a customer's apple computer.  They had an apple >>> hockey puck mouse.  After seeing that absolute cheap piece of junk, I >>> never considered getting an apple again.  I still laugh every time I >>> think of it.  Reminded me of the 1950's toy cars from Japan that were >>> pressed out of Jap beer cans. >> >>   What has kept me away from apple was the obvious poor design and >> workmanship of that mouse.  Would Rolls Royce put a vinyl seat in one >> of their cars?  It indicated to me a shoddy product.  I couldn't >> imagine what the insides of the computer was made of.  Chinese >> soldering like Radio Shack products? >> >>   It was a sign from God! > > There was nothing inherently wrong with the "puck" mouse as such, other > than some people apparently being too stupid to know which way was "up", > despite a cable coming out of the top of it and a physical, visible > button ... probably the same people who complain about USB socket and > cables only going in one way because they're too damn lazy to simply > turn the plug over.  :-\ I think the puck mouse was absurd... it is not just about knowing which way is "up", it is also about just grabbing it and it being natural. And having cables you can put in either way is a better approach. > There have certainly been worse mice from Apple and other makers. The > silly "squeeze me" button on the later Apple mouse was a much sillier > idea and a complete pain in the backside - I always switched that off on > every Mac I set-up for people. Apple's Magic Mouse can also be a > nuisance since you can't rest your fingers on it without it thinking you > are making touch gestures (another "feature" to always turn off). They have not made a decent mouse in a long, long time. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.