> Well, a lot of the US sees CA today as a bit of a dumpster fire...not so much hate, but a failure of a huge state with so many assets.
Calilfornia's GDP per capita is 92,238.29. If you don't understand the meaning of "per capita" then the rest of this will go over your head....
Texas' is 78555.90
New York's is 92291.14

Not bad for a dumpster fire.

For that U-Haul thing, I can find eight different size options for a move from San Francisco to Austin next week. There is this thing called the internet.....

Tell me again how it's not hate? That you are somehow an informed person?????

That was the first thing I thought of, you beat me to it :-)

This is begging the question -- you assume because some people seem to stick with Apple products, there MUST be some perception that they are special. Maybe, but not necessarily true. When the iPhone came out I think even you would admit that for the plan cost and functionality, it was head and shoulders above anything else out there (that plan cost thing was a big one IMO). I've tried using an Android tablet after I had my iPhone, but it was a hassle having two different platforms and the tablet didn't integrate well with my Mac laptop at all. Bye Bye Nexus, hello iPad. Switching mobile devices after some investment in paid apps is not fun, so I've stuck with Apple, even if some Android functionality is objectively better. As for laptops, I've got two words for you: Unix shell.

I don't mind ads per se. I mind ads that play noise, play video, and seize control of my mouse focus.