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		cwillu on May 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple introduces M4 chip If someone is claiming “‹foo› has always ‹barred›”, then I don't think it's fair to demand a 10 year cutoff on counter-evidence.

brokencode on May 8, 2024 | [–]

For “always” to be true, the behavior needs to extend to the present date. Otherwise, it’s only true to say “used to”.

bee_rider on May 7, 2024 | [–]

Clearly it isn’t the case that Apple has always been more honest than their competition, because there were some years before Apple was founded.

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