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williamlondon said:

DAalseth said:

If you keep your eye on the profit, you're going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.

Steve Jobs

I have increasingly been feeling that Apple under Tim Cook has forgotten this. 

WTF, man? You've now completely crossed over into troll territory. Need a reminder? How about this: https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/152839/rules-of-the-troll-wip/p1

It's terribly unfortunate to see how my fellow Mac lovers enjoy beating on one another on the most trivial of matters.  And then I scroll up and see that 3 people (so far) have taken an anonymous sledgehammer to poor DAalseth by hammering down on that horrid DISLIKE button.  The DISLIKE button, of course, being yet another way to "troll" your fellow man.  Absolutely terrible!

While I disagree PROFOUNDLY with ANYONE who seeks to tear down Tim Cook, including DAalseth in the above statement — Tim Cook being a man who has done an incredibly good job without the presence of Steve Jobs (and my AAPL shares prove that quite nicely) — I respect people who disagree with my sentiments.  As such, I feel strongly that THERE IS NO NEED WHATSOEVER to click that slap-someone-in-their-face "Dislike" button, especially in cases like this.  Even though I disagree with his feelings, I didn't click Dislike on his post.  And there is certainly no good reason to label people who disagree with you as being trolls.  

I clicked the link provided by williamlondon, which led me to the "Rules of the Troll [WIP]" page.  Wow.  Just wow.  All I see is a humongous list of statements which irk some Mac fans, which most likely inspire those same Mac fans to seek out retribution on others by labeling them "trolls."

Rodney King was right to call for people to "just get along."  And I call upon AppleInsider to start by removing the Dislike button.  And at the same time, I call upon my fellow Mac fans to have a little forgiveness and brotherly love toward others.  Anyone who has hate in their heart, feel free to click Dislike.

AppleInsider said:

Apple will never sell a cheap upgrade to anything...

I think we all know that; and while it's worth repeating to emphasize "Apple quality," I have little doubt that most of us would be more than happy with REASONABLE prices for upgrades.  In other words, a happy medium between the status quo of "extortionate" and "cheap."  And I say this as a AAPL shareholder of 26 years who desperately wants Apple to keep on winning.  You can still win and put numerous dents in the universe without "extortionate" upgrade pricing.

We've gotten to the point that our iPads and MacBooks are so good, that updates (however much appreciated they are) just "feel" a bit lackluster.  There's little from Apple (other than VisionPro) that rattles us these days.  Even if all notches were eliminated (which would be glorious), it just wouldn't recapture the magic of Apple Announcements in decades past.  Some think it was because Steve Jobs was alive back then, but I'm not so sure.  Apple broke new ground back then.  These days we get updates only.  

This isn't so much a complaint from me as it is an acknowledgement of the times in which we live.  But I do hope to see more innovation from Apple in the near future.  Having Vision Pro pave the way to new exciting technologies is what I am looking forward to.

What about people who have an Apple ID and purchases in the USA and another Apple ID and purchases outside the US?  (Not European Union, United Kingdom, or India)  Say for example, Japan.  Is the moving of purchases supported in that case?

Xed said:

As of this comment I have 3 Dislikes for saying that I refuse to use the Dislike button. You can't please everyone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Yet another example of what I was desperately trying to say.  Very, very sad.  And while it is true we cannot "please everyone," I don't think we need to advertise that displeasure or encourage it by way of a Dislike button.  

Anyway, I clicked Like on your post.  And I am more than happy to join you in boycotting the Dislike button by refusing to ever use it.  I stand firmly against it.  Whenever we truly dislike something, let's talk about those gripes.  That way we know who is disliking something and can read precisely what they dislike and why.  Because smashing a dislike button is done in secret and motives are hidden, it doesn't promote good conversation or good will at all.

But for now, that is all I will say on the subject.

Best wishes to all of you who stay positive by clicking only Like or Informative!