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Subject: Re: iPhone 17 Air completely port-free
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:07:09 -0700
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On 2025-03-21 14:49, Marion wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:25:31 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :
> 
> 
>> That's your bias. 
> 
> I agree the herd-animal religious beliefs spouted by Colour Sergeant Bourn
> and Your Name are classic for Apple trolls, sensible people know better.
> 
> Apple's world market share is laughably puny compared to that of Android.
> 
> Even so, while all companies are in it for the profit, nobody could say
> with a straight face that Apple gives the customers what they want.
> Apple removes functionality the customer wants, and then waits for the pain
> to get great enough that the customer has to find some way to buy it back.
> 
>> The actual reality is that the vast majority of consumer or professional
>> users never upgrade their computers piecemeal. They want reliable 
>> hardware
>> like a TV or washing machine that sits there doing what it does with no
>> tinkering required. 
> 
> People plug sdcards into their devices all the time, Chris. And people 
> plug headphones into their devices all the time also, Chris.
> People connect power to the USB port too.

And of those, the only one you can't do on an iPhone is the SDCard.

And I would be large that most users don't ever plug a card in.