What on Earth has any of that got to do with my post? You're kinda defending Apple's exterminating the men and women by pointing out that they're taking care of the orphans. (
My own recent AppleCare experience.)
The bottom line here is there's absolutely no reason why I can't be on both your and V1's side of the fence
and my own at the same time...
absolutely despising Apple but still
loving my Mac (for the moment, anyhow
).
No need to move this to the lounge; it's reached its conclusion here, but I'm sure we'll have no end of opportunities to revisit the broader subject.