Sword maker has to be an employee of Apple with the way he or she is acting like a drama queen.
I have multiple time attested to the fact that I am NOT nor have I ever been an employee of Apple. Give it a rest Apple Hate Brigade Members.
I have frequently and often told all of you why I post Apple threads and on them. There are more than 700 of your fellow FreeRepublic members who have ASKED me to do it. I maintain the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPad/iOS Ping list for the Apple interest group on FreeRepublic. Just like dayglored maintains the Microsoft/Windows Ping list for that interest group on FreeRepublic. That is the only reason. I am independently wealthy enough that I do not have to worry about any particular stock in which I have investments. I own a couple of businesses, I own rental properties. My income is NOT related to my appreciation of Apple devices and computers. Take a hint from Jim Robinson who posted just the other day before he ZOTTED another Freeper who kept up this line of Apple Advertising idiocy:
"And for the record, we have no advertisers and we take no “corporate money.” Swordmaker posts articles that he and his ping list members enjoy reading. I sincerely doubt he’s paid to do so and I can guarantee you that I am not. You may ignore the threads you don’t like if you wish. — Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson is the final word on this, not either of you. Give it a rest. Take his advice: Ignore the threads you don't like! That means not posting negative, nasty accusatory comments about the people who do post and enjoy those threads.
Every user of Apple products that comes on a thread like this and says that they like and buy Apple products is, at one time or another, accused of being employed by Apple.
It seems that some people have such ratty electronic products that they think no one else has anything better (like Apple products) ... so they claim anyone praising Apple products must be paid by Apple ... LOL ...
Happy customers talk it up a lot! ... :-) ...