- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
Wrote books on Apple software. Bought five figures of gear over decades. Then bought an Apple giftcard, & suddenly permabanned in spite of raising issue with internal contacts.
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I mean I’m not in any danger of losing my personal documents because I have 3 copies stored on various media/services.
I’m also not so heavily invested into any one media or software distribution ecosystem that I would be devastated if lost access to it.
You aren’t powerless unless you make the choice to be. (Either intentionally or just out of not knowing the alternatives)
Not everyone can afford to have a back up plan.
If you can afford apple products you can afford a back up plan.
That’s a terrible take, one you wouldn’t use if this was Google or Samsung.
I would actually, that’s the point. A backup plan is cheap. If you can afford a modern smartphone you can afford a backup plan.