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Yeah, same. I’ve always considered the “Apple tax” part of the price you pay for them not rampantly monetizing your data like their competitors do. I’m not saying Apple is perfect or anything, but I’m slightly more comfortable paying for their services than Google, MS, or Amazon. I also agree that they’ve lost a lot of the “flair” since Jobs and Ive died/left (Apple Orchard would’ve been a much better name, esp. considering what the Valley was before tech took over), but that was inevitable.

That said, when I find out different, I’m gone.

Yeah, this is an asklemmy post. Doubt I’d put it in a Tesla sub, if one exists (don’t care to look).

Seems like a really good time for Airbus or Bombardier to open up a plant in the PNW!

This is just like all those times Republican candidates hedged about Roe v Wade… right up until they finally got it overturned. Sure, the majority of voters agree the EC is outdated and needs to go; but saying as much can scare moderates, and doesn’t get you any new liberal voters. Never forget, “undecided” voters in the US are just fickle assholes who don’t want to vote for someone who “feels” too conservative or liberal. Unfortunately, with FPTP voting, they carry a lot of weight.

You’re ignoring the obvious inherent danger of the act as a baseline. Hiking, while not not dangerous, is significantly less dangerous than free climbing. But what if more people die hiking than free climbing? There you’re getting into per capita statistics. Significantly more people hike than free climb. Plus, there are widely varying difficulties (read: danger levels) in different hiking trails. Plus there are hikers that eschew trails altogether!

So yeah. Sorry but unless you’re 8, or thereabouts, this is a pretty dumb take.