Apple ad ALERT
Did you not see what Jim Robinson said when he ZOTTED another one of you Apple Hate Brigade members just a few days ago???? Here let me show you exactly what JR said:
"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 owner of this forum and he is well aware of the nature of these threads. . . and he is okay with these threads, it is NOT YOUR PLACE to be the thought police of FreeRepublic. If he wants them gone, they would be GONE. No give it a rest. Ignore Apple threads and go on to something you like.
If you continue this line of Anti-Apple attacks where they're not wanted or productive, especially where the owner of the site approves, you're an idiot.
I guess you were never involved in a User Group, in the past. I was, for many years, and users met periodically, had classes, recommended software, discussed hardware and software issues, had company demos from software and hardware companies, and shared all kinds of tips with each other.
We never called all those gatherings “advertisements”. It was a group that got together for sharing what they all had in common.
When the Internet came (more specifically, web browsers) then things began to shift away from User Groups and face-to-face meetings, to meeting online and doing much of the same things, within the limitations of being “online”.
That’s exactly what is gong on here, along with all the other “groups” on Free Republic who discuss together their own particular issues. You got all sorts of other ping lists here on Free Republic.
SO ... why is it that you have a problem with this online version of User Groups, with Apple Users?
In the “real life” User Groups that we had years ago, if someone didn’t want to hear about this stuff, if they hated the product, if they liked something else better, they didn’t come to the User Group meeting ... that’s all. I never once, in all the years of User Group meetings ever saw someone else come in and “protest” at the meeting, and say, “You’re advertising Apple products!” ... LOL ... Of course not, that would be silly ... everyone was there because they all already had Apple products, or they wanted to find out more about a particular Apple product before they bought it.
So, just understand what it’s about ... it’s for Apple Users and if you are not interested, don’t bother coming to the meeting ... :-) ...