>IF< he stayed with tech updates. But, there is an endless stream of new product and sales announcements that amount to advertising. Regardless, why do Apple users need all these tech announcements? No one else seems to need them.
Frankly, because of FUD.When I was a Windows user, I suckered for a phishing attack. Why did I sucker for it? Because I wasn’t using antivirus - which I found to be burdensome back in those days because it was cantankerous and hard to use, and because I didn’t have broadband - and consequently I was paranoid about virus contamination. The phishing attack practiced on my fears, and caused me to do something I shouldn’t have done. So when Apple came out with OS X based on Unix, I took refuge in the greater robustness of Unix and got a Mac, figuring that I didn’t need to nearly so concerned with virus attacks on a system which was designed to continue running even if a program crashed.
And so it has proved, with the exception of the FUD. Chiefly, “Macsweeper” ads which try to promote the idea that a Mac needs antivirus. And if it needs antivirus, it follows that even if you do have antivirus, someone gets hit by the virus before the new virus is detected and categorized. So if I am credulous of “Macsweeper,” I am right back where I started with Windows. Insecure, and vulnerable to the phishing attack practicing on that insecurity.
Enter Swordmaker and his ping list. I trust him, what he says has the ring of truth, and I am a happier computer user because of his pings. So if it’s all the same to you, I prefer to have access to Swordmaker’s pings. Even if they get to be more numerous than usual. Which I admit is the case at present, for reasons I have gone over before.