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I sympathize with your comments.
Apple claim that margins are so small that it's 'difficult' to spread the profits around... a good friend of mine ran a very sucessful Apple Centre in the UK for 10 odd years in the late '80s - he gave because he was fed up chasing £50... The guy I use now makes his money from addon services after people have bought a Mac. Apple fail to appreciate the absolute necessity of having 'evangelists' for their cause, they will spread the word faster and more effectively if they actively help those people rather than trying to stifle them.
As for me, as I have said in the past, I have really tried to 'spread the word', but people will not take the time to 'see' the advantages - the upshot is, if they want one, they will buy one whether I sell it to them or not... the deal is done before I turned up :-(. I then miss the opportunity of getting in the deal and 'holding their hand'.
But if they want people to 'switch', as they actively claim they want to do, then they must help people such as the kind subscribers to this site, to do the work for them - then we all win - don't we? It's a symbiotic relationship. Gimme something half reasonable like the MS Partner program that I can afford and I'll try again. I love the platform and what it can potentially offer. Here's hoping :-)
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