Of course I read the article, I'm using a PC.
How does one come to know about the fixes, absent access to another machine, not similarly afflicted?
Just making light of the situation.
If I were in that situation, only one computer, and that one stopped giving me access to the internet after an OS update, I'd have the sense to CALL Apple and find out what's going on.
The users who got hooked by the update did not live in a vacuum. They talked to other people and even had access to other computers.
Making light of a situation is OK, but the joke has to make some sense to be funny.