WOW! I wonder if anyone from Apple knew this would happen? I'm sure they did because how can there be hundreds of members writing the same complaint over and over again. Surely, their business and marketing team of analysts, sociologists, psychologists, behavioral analysts, and whatever other professional marketing engineers they utilize to study the human reaction of emotional buyers, knew that the impressionable public would run around in a frenzy of panic because a simple thing like Airplay Mirroring would only be available to certain members of the community. Just look at all the members coming out of the woodwork typing and writing their complaints already to Apple, or writing their reviews in the Mac App Store among others. It spreads like a virus, possibly on purpose to study what you'll do and how far you'll go to get what you think you need? Maybe the idea is to do exactly that, bring you out of the woodwork? Just Saying.
Those of you who read this or any other complaint in this particular thread of discussions may notice that most of the members here in this thread are mostly Level 1 members, including myself. Almost all (at this point) of the 26 plus or more pages are of the same exact complaint, which at Level 1 are probably individuals who just became members for the first time, so they could write their complaint about Airplay being the main reason for upgrading to Mountain Lion. I think it's very interesting that the more they complain and add themselves here, the bigger the Apple Community grows which proves, either way, whether you complain or not, it is still considered positive support for Apple. Kind of a catch 22, don't you think? Can you imagine how big the Apple Discussion Communities have grown in less than 24hrs?
Of course they do what they do on purpose to draw out an emotional response. This gives them the edge to determine when, where, how and why to sell a product. If a company gave you everything they had to offer up front, how then would they be able to make profits later. Its called job security and we little people know exactly what that implies. We can only be upset with ourselves, for NO entity can take advantage of us without giving them permission to. It is their dream, not ours. Therefore, it is their job and sole purpose to show us why it should be ours too, therefore show us why we should buy into it. Sales 101.
I'm not saying I agree or disagree with society, nor do I with big business. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm just making an observation here and stating my point like everyone else. I doubt many will read this since this thread of discussions appear to say the same thing over again, so I'm not looking for responses. Just Saying. I hope everyone finds what they are looking for or finds what they are missing in the near future and that Apple will find a way to fill the void in the souls of all our Macs, regardless of age?
Sincerely,
Jenn