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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
You still keep throwing random analogies (and occasional falsehoods) in the air, and still not addressing the point:
In fact, TI ended up doing chip fab for IBM.
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had to snip...too much good stuff but wanted to add before heading off to catch-up on the lack of sleep in the past 54-hrs that I buy a LOT of my books from Webscription.net using my Kindle browser. It's not pretty, it's not easy but it works. Same for several other sites paid and free. I dunna see Amazon screaming for their cut. They know their model works, makes money and the option, even if it's more illusion, of freedom of choice always makes a customer feel happier and in my case I LOVE Amazon and buy 90% of my household goods, even some food staples and a fair percentage of my camera gear from them simply because I trust them to not try and screw me even if it's a simple $20 pack of new Eneloop batteries I needed overnight, it was worth the extra $4 because I KNEW they would deliver but gave me the option to buy elsewhere.
In fact I trust Amazon with my info far more than Apple as they have shown a willingness to assault the customer base over other issues while hiding behind the veil of doing the best for the stockholders. I don't believe I have read anything from Bezos stating they put the shareholders in front of the customer this time and every time. So why would anyone trust Apple in the long term when they KNOW Apple is not on their side?