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Re:Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Fa... by fitpolar on Friday February 01, 2019 @07:57PM (#19060221)
I don't know why this would get downvoted. Seems reasonable, whether it's Snopes or anyone.

Similar to Apple claiming "it just works", you better make sure it works. Or Google proclaiming "don't be evil". Etc.

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Re:Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Fa... by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:03PM (#19060260)
> Similar to Apple claiming "it just works", you better make sure it works.

My Mac got a kernel panic yesterday. My response was not to swear off Apple products forever.

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Re:Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Fa... by fitpolar on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:08PM (#19060280)
> My Mac got a kernel panic yesterday. My response is not to swear off Apple products forever.

Yet your response is to downvote everything you disagree with?

Not swearing off Apple products forever is your personal choice. Personally I agree with that. But I know plenty of people who DO choose to swear off Apple products when something doesn't work. That's also their choice, and I don't have a problem with that.

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Re:Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Fa... by eridius on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:21PM (#19060814)
Did those people flee civilization to go live naked in a cave somewhere?

No? Then no, their reaction to something not working is not to immediately swear off that entire product category forever. Because, sooner or later, everything fails to work correctly in some fashion.

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