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Re:Why the Apple II ProDOS 2.4 Release Is the OS News of the... by ajdlinux on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:39AM (#12513298)
Degree to which my life would be affected by losing my mobile's headphones jack - slightly above zero, courtesy of, well, owning Bluetooth headphones. To be fair, I'm sufficiently middle class that I can afford Bose QC35s, but still.

Degree to which my life would be affected if my apartment burnt down - uh, lots.

Now, there are plenty of other great reasons why I refuse to buy Apple products and stick with the platform that at least gives me some level of Software Freedom. Getting rid of the headphones jack? Doesn't rate particularly highly there.

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Re:Why the Apple II ProDOS 2.4 Release Is the OS News of the... by pierrebai on Friday September 16, 2016 @12:03PM (#12514939)
Then you will be reassured that the number of appartment that burnt down due to Samsung Note 7 is zero.

You may also appreciate that Samgsung's fiasco was unintentional, while Apple's choice was deliberate. One is a PR and product disaster, while the other is a cash grab. Conflating issues just because they happened to rival company with loud fan base is dubious.

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Re:Why the Apple II ProDOS 2.4 Release Is the OS News of the... by stephenr on Friday September 16, 2016 @12:15PM (#12515056)
Well thank Jeebus it was only CARS that burnt to a pile of scrap and not apartments. I'm all turned around on the matter now.
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