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I consider it responsible Capitalism to not buy products from Apple, AT&T, BP, etc...

Apple has not been pro consumer or pro developer in my lifetime. They do advertise a lot.

In Apple's case you can go back to the time before the logo changed from a rainbow to a chrome shield. The Apple II manuals were a model of readability, clarity, and personable communication. http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Apple/Apple%20II%20Refere... The change when the Mac manuals came out was day-to-night.

It’s unclear what you mean by this, or what you are using as the criteria for being a pro consumer.

Their stance on user privacy, especially with iPhone in comparison to android, is certainly a good example of very pro consumer attitudes.

>It’s unclear what you mean by this,

(did you read the article?)

Proprietary connectors, overpriced hardware, high cost barrier to entry, closed ecosystem.

I much prefer lightning to USB, it’s cheap and easy to become a Mac or iOS developer, and also greatly prefer the security of a closed ecosystem.

And when you use your computer 2,000 hours a year the extra cost of Macs per hour of work is trivial and the benefits are great.

>I much prefer lightning to USB

Cool anecodete

>it’s cheap and easy to become a Mac or iOS developer,

Its the most expensive system to develop for. So you literally lied.

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