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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by ok_craig on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:50AM (#11345514)
Not sure we read the same article. The author did not dismiss #1 as a plausible motive. He dismissed it as the likely motive, to give Apple the benefit of the doubt, from fear about what it would mean about them otherwise.
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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by elipsey on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:58AM (#11345594)
"Door number two. What Schiller probably meant to suggest was that Apple’s targeting old PC users who simply haven’t felt compelled to update yet but could afford to."

He said the second thing is what "What Schiller probably meant". Maybe this shouldn't reasonably be construed as a "dismissal". This interpretation is more generous towards Apple than supposing they mean to overtly mock the poor, and I supposed the author meant that this would be beneath them.

Apparently that's debatable :)

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