sorry for wasting the time of this SE. it would be nice to know what specific rule i broke with this question, because its not exactly clear from the "How do I ask a good question" page
the SE where i spend most time only uses downvotes for trollish/spammy questions so maybe its a cultural thing
@Avery Well, people might have taken issue with "I can't imagine Apple is showing useless Fahrenheit numbers to people in France or Turkey", or with the fact that you didn't do some research before posting.
@Avery Look, at the end we can't know why one(!) person decides to downvote so all we can do is guess. My gut feeling would be with the wording with the question, but I have been wrong before :-)
And even if your experience was bad this time, please don't let this stop you from asking further questions if necessary
