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> Yes, the distribution channel has to change, to the disadvantage
> of many former advocates, if they were not in a position to move
> product. But that is the only model now that will allow Apple
> to survive. Apparently, you would rather Apple dwindle away but
> maintain your good will short term. Long term, you would lose
> out anyway, just give you more time to transition to other product. <-- No....you interchange the term "would rather" with my position of " predictably will". Don't mistake "opinion" with "preference", please. I simply will not advocate a platform that purpsefully denies me the ability to make a living by it, as well is, when all changes are in place, is headed for disaster. I would not put my mother (ok - let's get blunt here) into a WINTEL machine in past years...now I will not feel as comfortable putting her into a dying platform called Apple. Sorry if the truth hurts.
> If this action is enough to make you an anti-Apple advocate, or
> the others, then in fact they were never truly Apple advocates.
<-- Your opinion. I've converted and sustained enough Mac users in my lifetime. *If* if were a religion, I've have locked in my destiny by now.
The platform is a bad or good choice for the customer independent
of whether you will have the opportunity to make money on it. <-- Don't diagree...but my thesis is when I , and many others go away, by choice or by force...and marketshare dwindles...and software developers continue to leave the platform...you'll see what these decisions are doing in the macro-view.
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