> why is Apple such a hardass with loyal Apple customers" for example?
It’s like saying “have you stopped beating your wife yet?”
It’s really just you making the statement that you want people to hear.
Without hearing from Dustin we can’t draw that conclusion.
Justin wrote what now looks like clear bullshit.
We have heard Apple’s response.
It’s now time for Dustin’s response.
No, it's not. I described the timeline. I described how Dustin is a loyal Apple customer. Disabling his accounts over a delayed trade-in seems unnecessary and overly harsh.
> We have heard Apple’s response. It’s now time for Dustin’s response.
This goes back to my question 1. I wonder whether Apple even spoke to Dustin, or if he found out the way the rest of us did, on 9to5Mac. If the latter, then you can't expect him to already have a response. Especially since everything he says will be closely scrutinized by everyone. After all, Apple's response didn't come until 2 days after the article. Which I'm not complaining about, but we need to give these things time and not demand immediate responses to our hot takes.
As I said - a conclusion. Your conclusion, based on incomplete facts.
Perhaps if Dustin answers you will turn out to be right, and then that will be a reasonable question.
> I wonder whether Apple even spoke to Dustin, or if he found out the way the rest of us did, on 9to5Mac. If the latter, then you can't expect him to already have a response.
Who expects him to already have a response? That’s an expectation that nobody is talking about except you.
But this is absolutely a question for him to answer.
As I said - these are questions for Dustin.