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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Oh, and just to be clear, I'm not an Apple fan boy. As I have pointed out several times, I buy my ebooks at Amazon, not Apple. I think Apple has a lousy ebook store.
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Truthfully, I don't think many people purchase their ebooks from Apple, even folks firmly entrench in the Apple ecosystem. "Fanboi" usually has more to do with someone's presupposed bias and apparent wilfull disregard of fairly obvious facts that put the object of their affection in a negative light.
I'm a heavy Apple user, and have been since the early 1980s. But I'm no fanboi, being quite open with my criticism. My delight in their products has often been tempered with my anger at their arrogant, paternalistic policies, and their spoiled-brat, entitled behaviour.
Can I ask you, pwalker, though you have indicated you purchase no books through Apple, given the level of your engagement on this issue, do you by chance have any pecuniary interest in Apple? Are you an employee, contractor, sub-contractor, shareholder, etc? If not, are you, like me, well entrenched in the Apple ecosystem, with one or more apple products?