Re: !

jojo wrote:
> Lane W wrote:
>> Tom Mix wrote:
>>> In article <1s09ndq.1tua01n9j9h6iN%[email protected]>, 
>>> [email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tom Mix <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>>>> I've been exclusively Mac since I bought my first PowerBook G4 20
>>>>>> years
>>>>>>> ago. If I want Linux (sometimes) or M$ Windows (very rarely) I 
>>>>>>> can run
>>>>>>> them in a VM.  I've bought into the whole Apple ecosystem now, it 
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> works and everything talks to everything else.  Mrs S uses a Mac 
>>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I love them. No need for Windows or their Microsloth apps. I 
>>>>> still
>>>>> prefer my Sun Workstation with StarOffice though.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There was a time when I loved building 'puters.  I made a hobby of it,
>>>> multi-tool and screwdriver in hand, knitting together odd bits of kit
>>>> and software and wrestling with settings.
>>>>
>>>> I'm older now and wiser, I've put aside childish things and recognised
>>>> that a 'puter is a tool, a means to an end, not an end in itself.  Macs
>>>> might seem expensive but they're beautifully made, last a long time,
>>>> are reliable and have good long-term support.
>>>>
>>>> Best of all, they just work.
>>>>
>>>
>>> IAWTP. Though I wish I didn't let my daughter talk me into an iPhone
>>>
>>> What a piece of shit. I am going to get a nice used phone and install
>>> linux on it. Fuck this phone. My android was better.
>>>
>> That's ridiculous. The Apple iPhone is such that every feature is 
>> better than that of an Android phone. Although I haven't had a chance 
>> to use a Google phone yet, so I can't clarify those details for you.
>>
> 
> oh you have an iphone? really?
> 
Yes, I was lucky in a way. I had put it off for a time. My ex-roommate 
stole my postage stamps and my iPhone 12. It was a Wednesday when I went 
to the store and got an iPhone 16. Then Thursday or Friday, my mom wrote 
me and said, "You should consider a phone option other than an iPhone." 
What I remember most though was that I changed the phone number because 
he stole mine. For safety and maybe also he wasn't the first to get one 
of those with that number. But what a fucking hassle in today's economy 
where your phone number has become more identification than a Driver's 
License. For example, paypal was shelling out from my bank account on 
McAfee and Doordash annual subscriptions. No way to stop it because 
paypal had my old phone number and old Facebook account as security 
options to access the account. And get this: I was able to pass one 
security option, but then, like real total assholes, paypal kept popping 
up a request for a second security option I guess because they didn't 
think much of my first option, because it was low on their list of 
access points in commanding power.