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Originally Posted by BuddyBoy
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?
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Nope, I have never worked for or with Apple in any way shape or for, nor do I have any financial interest. I would not say that I have a particular entrenchment in any ecosystem, per se. My first computer out of college was an Apple IIe, then I switched to a PC when the Apple II line was abandoned. I switched to a mac about five or six years ago when Microsoft went with the activation model, and I found myself having to argue with some guy on the phone every time I had to re-install Windows (a regular occurrence) and Microsoft assumed I must be some sort of pirate. I use Windows 7 at work. I didn't buy an iPhone until a few years ago, before I had a Motorola droid. I had a Sony PRS-505, Kindle and Kindle fire before I bought my first iPad and use my iPad mostly as an ebook reader. I make it a policy not to get too entrenched with any company.
My interest in the case has a lot more to do with what I perceive as an increasing tendency of prosecutor over reach, i.e. prosecutors going after various big name companies and people on questionable charges in an effort to count coup in the press in order to increase their political possibilities. A lot of prosecutors view that office as a spring board to bigger and better political offices, on both sides of the aisle.