<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">It doesn’t have to be an extreme or name calling , like lapdog. Even Matthew Garret says Apple security and privacy is one of the best out there. Sometimes I am just a customer who wants my device to work. I broke display of nexus, google wanted $339. I bought an iPhone. Got Appel care which and now don’t bother with anything breaking. My brand new Samsung Note 8 stopped detecting SIM after a week. I had to pay $20 as insurance deductible and had to wait for a week without a phone as it had to be shipped back. So whine as much as you want, apple offers the best service out there. BTW, as a rule I prepare to give away my electronics as soon as they are out of care. In either case, my workload requires powerful hardware. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 11, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>I'm with Todd. More here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3163499/macs/the-475-s-key.html">https://www.networkworld.com/article/3163499/macs/the-475-s-key.html</a></p>
<p>I'm not a lapdog sycophant of the world's largest computing
company, and so see the above. I fixed the system cited above. I
still use it from time to time. You make and lose customers one at
a time. I listen to Cook's privacy BS and he's playing to the
crowds, not unlike D Trump. Their not-invented-here engineering
morass leaves much to be desired in a world where heterogeneity
should be the norm. We've seen monoliths before. <br>
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<p>Apple can have the personality it desires; it is by nature
(corporate law), required to be all about Apple. Doesn't mean
Apple's capitalistic fortunes are moral ones.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/10/18 6:32 PM, Todd R. Weiss
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<div dir="auto">Sorry to hear about this, my friend.
<div dir="auto">But... this is the same company that only
responds to the 10 or so journalists on their nice list and
leaves everyone else without a response most of the time </div>
<div dir="auto">And its possible that you got that great
treatment because you are Swapnil and they know your work.</div>
<div dir="auto">I am not convinced that if this had happened to
Joe or Josephine Schmo that they'd be going to China with a
new laptop today.</div>
<div dir="auto">Thats just my opinion. </div>
<div dir="auto">Safe travels my friend. </div>
<div dir="auto">I was supposed to be going there, too, but no
one mentioned early that I needed a visa. :) Oh well.</div>
<div dir="auto">Next time. </div>
<div dir="auto">Have a great trip. :)</div>
<div dir="auto">Yours, </div>
<div dir="auto">Todd. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Nov 10, 2018, 2:09 PM <a href="mailto:arnieswap@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">arnieswap@gmail.com</a>
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<div dir="ltr">My MacBook - the latest 2018 broke, will reboot
into the folder icon with question mark. It broke at 10 pm
and I tried to fix it by reformatting and re-installing.
Nothing worked. I chatted with Apple care till 2:30 and they
also could not get it fixed. The problem was that I am
heading to China for KubeCon tomorrow and need this machine.
Talked to Apple and they asked me to just walk into the
store. I explained my situation. The store opened at 10m
they took the mac and called back at 12 that it's ready to
be picked. I don't think there is any other vendor out there
that offers this kind of service. That's why I buy from
Apple.
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Best Regards,</span><br>
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