Rather, this is blatant advertising for Apple. You yelp about your "tech ping" list for apple stuff, I fail to see a touch of that here.
Are you really so bored and cranky that this thread bothers you so much that you have to annoy JimRob about it? REALLY??
In my Windows Ping List I post articles about new announcements from Microsoft, new releases and feature updates to Windows 10, stuff about HoloLens and Microsoft Research, much of which is not strictly "tech list" material, but which might be of interest to the FReepers on the Windows Ping List because they have Windows machines or related items, or maybe they're just interested in what's going on.
To Mac folks, getting a ping about a major update to the product line is potentially very interesting.
Maybe not to you. Okay, fine.
Lighten up, FRiend. Bothering JimRob just because your panties are in a twist about Apple is not, IMO, either polite or necessary.
You are outnumbered by the 750 plus other Freepers who have asked me to keep them informed of such things. An announcement of NEW APPLE TECH DEVICES with new technology falls under the category of TECH.
Now, give it a rest.
Why do we have to be subjected to these slanderous remarks every bloody time Sword pings us??
I’m a loyal freeper, have been for decades, and I am deeply grateful for the Apple pings. I work in publishing using Macs and have five so for 20+ years, and Sword keeps me apprised of the Mac’s happening.
I don’t think I will ever understand the enmity, rancor and vitriol directed towards fellow freepers over such a silly thing as which computers they use.
We get it, you hate Macs. Fine, don’t click on the threads.
Ed
This is a very valuable ping list and thousands of Freepers rely upon it to keep up on things Apple. Also, this ping list is hardly the “blatant advertising” for Apple that you seem to claim. The articles are presented with no bias and with very little editorial comment and it is up to the reader to decide whether or not the Apple product being discussed is worthy of purchase.
Also, you pinging the founder of this site in a lame and cowardly effort to get the ping list stopped reminds me of a grade school tattletale ratting her schoolmates out for smoking in the girls room. Were you picked on as a little girl?
“Explain how this is a “tech list” post for your pingees that seem to not know how to find out about apple stuff like updates and such on their own.”
This is a much anticipated hardware refresh, and definitely newsworthy. There’s a group of Apple users here on FR that like to discuss these things.
If you don’t like Swordmaker’s posts, don’t read them. In other words, dont go away mad - just go away.