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In reply to the discussion: Apple comes out and says it [View all]emulatorloo
(44,072 posts)and their own culpability in it.
So far I get is a version of "it is ok to pretend HP, Samsung, XBOX360, etc don't use FOXCONN because I hate Apple" Or "Apple users are mean to me" "My XBOX doesn't bother me because I like Microsoft's TV ads and I hate Apples." "It is ok for me to pretend I don't use FOXCONN products as long as I can get my rocks off on bashing Apple.
Josh, basically what I am seeing is people who have some psychological fixation on Apple and their straw men version of Apple users. These folks apparently versions of what we used to call Mac Haters.
An irrational obsession with trashing Apple, making up shit about Apple because of their bizarre obsession, and the odd weird persecution complex they feel about over "Strawmen Apple Users" who choose to use Apple products over Dell, Samsung etc.
This group has always been around, I have tons of real life experience with the irrationality of it and the FUD they spread. And I can tell you most of their talk about "mean Apple users" is a lot of projection.
To me these types cannot be honest with themselves or have a honest discussion about outsourcing, why all the electronic companies have moved to FOXCONN, and our own culpability in the cycle as consumers.
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P.S. It is almost impossible to find an electronic device that FOXCONN has not had a hand in, and I appreciate your acknowledgement of that and that all these companies are culpable.