Here’s what I don’t get with you, Swordmaker: how easily you twist through contortions when your original point is proven completely invalid.
Two notable cases from the current exchange...
First Example
You posted, in it’s entirety: “Apple doesn’t need to. . . many of them are already on the Apple TV. Right now, 69.1% of all streaming on-demand video is already sold through Apple TV.”
Take note that all streaming video is, pretty much by definition, on-demand video. You *did not* specify or even imply any sub-classification of streaming video. You just posted an extremely questionable stat.
I responded: “*cough* bullsh!t *cough*”
You then tried to clarify: “Pardon me. . . transposition typo. It was 61.9% of streaming content on set-top boxes. Keep in mind this is purchased video, “sold”, not stolen, or free video. Apple users tend to buy their content while Android users tend to go for the “FREE” choices.”
Again, no clarification about PAY-PER-VIEW (the industry term) or STREAMING RENTALS (another industry term). So, you were still creating the impression that Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, et al were included in your “purchased video” since none of those are “’FREE’ choices.”
I again responded: “Again, Bullcrap. Selective manipulation of the stats. Obviously this excludes streaming services and is only looking at impulse video streams, which is a minor market compared to streaming services.”
This was an specific effort to point out how you were going after a small subset of the market to make Apple seem *awesome* when the vast majority of streaming services are subscription and not the impulse buys (combo of pay-per-view and streaming rentals).
And yet you won’t back down. You posted a crap stat with no clarification and you cling on to the bitter end. It’s shameful.
Second Example
You posted: “Can you demonstrate that Samsung’s stylus is anything but a piece of aluminum rod with a plastic tip? If so, please do so. It is NOT a live interactive electronic device at all, by any stretch of your’s or bolobaby’s FUD spreading imagination.”
I’ll save you the back and forth, but I think we’ve established that your command of the facts was extremely lacking on this. The funny thing is, you won’t let go. I’m specifically pointing out that the VAST FEATURES of the ALMIGHTY iPENCIL are incredibly useless to just about EVERYONE who will pick one up. A few artists may appreciate the ability to draw nifty lines, but just about everyone else won’t give a rat’s ass.
So, after proving you 100% wrong that the S Pen is not just a dead stick, you go BACK to the thing I was mocking in the *first place*! I get the fact that the iStylus is soooooo much more advanced. YOU DON’T GET THAT NO ONE CARES! It *will* be used as a “dead stick” by the vast majority of users, if it gets used at all. That’s why Steve Jobs thought these things were stupid ideas.
For the record, I never defended the AWESOME CAPABILITIES of my S Pen or the Stylus with my wife’s Surface - just pointed out that Apple is late to the Stylus party. And then, later, corrected the deliberate misinformation you spread about it being nothing more than a dead piece of plastic. Maybe it’s not as AWESOMELY CAPABLE *snicker* as the ALMIGHTY iPen, but it does what most normal users would expect out of a stylus. Everything else is superfluous and not worthy of any hoopla.
But you are desperate to make it seem like the product announcements are on par with the second coming of Christ. Like a paid marketer would do. And. You. NEVER. LET. GO. You just change the argument into something else, like the Samsung TV spying on you! *gasp*
You are officially incorrigible.
So why do I care? Well, I come to FR when I want to find out the truth about things. The information that the MSM won’t tell you. So when I see blatant misinformation, it really bugs me. None of your posts have even a whiff of objectivity, so you are no better than the MSM shills, except you are shilling for a company/product, which almost makes it worse. At least the MSM shills are shilling for a candidate that espouses their ideals. It your case, it’s a frickin’ phone.
You sully the truth-i-ness of the FR boards with your shilling. If I ever wanted to get an ACTUAL, OBJECTIVE analysis on anything related to Apple, I can’t come to FR to do it. And that pisses me off because this is where I come to find truth.
So, thanks for screwing that up.
You have a reading comprehension problem. Read what I wrote for content and meaning, bolobaby. You don't seem to parse very well. Ignoring my transpositional typo, the important phrases and word here are "all streaming on-demand", "is" and "SOLD". They are quite explicit. "Streaming on-demand" means to "order from a server fed source" when the customer wants it. "IS" indicates SINGULAR, not the "ARE" of plural which would tend to indicate services of multiple subscription type streams. And finally "SOLD" indicated each singular event is bought and paid for.
When I write, and I am an author, experienced and published, and I have been an editor, I use words to MEAN THINGS, explicitly, exactly, intending them to be read for meaning as I they are supposed to be read.
I did not use Pay-Per-View deliberately because that has connotations connected to cable systems. I did not use "STREAMING RENTALS" because that was not inclusive of what I was referring to, as what I was referring to also included purchasing downloadable movies. . . and would have required more extensive exposition. As I said, I used exactly the correct wording to convey what had been measured. . . and on what it was measured.
When YOU failed to comprehend simple English, I attempted to help you understand by adding to the exposition, adding to the definition of what I had already told you. You are the one trying to expand my very definite, detailed statement into a general statement, not me. It's your comprehension problem.
Again, no clarification about PAY-PER-VIEW (the industry term) or STREAMING RENTALS (another industry term). So, you were still creating the impression that Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, et al were included in your “purchased video” since none of those are “’FREE’ choices.”
Instead of bringing those subscription services up as such, you chose to use snark and satiric insult approach. So I just ignored your approach because that was what such approach to discourse is worth. Had you asked "What about subscription service such as. . . " You would have gotten an answer. Snarky responses will get you ignored. They are not free. . . a viewer can watch on-demand, but they are not Sold on-demand. No subscription is. Instead, I corrected your misapprehension about purchasing on-demand. . . and pointed out that Apple users tend to buy content as opposed to users of other systems who just don't seem to do so to the extent that Apple users do, which multiple studies support the findings of the original study.
So, after proving you 100% wrong that the S Pen is not just a dead stick, you go BACK to the thing I was mocking in the *first place*! I get the fact that the iStylus is soooooo much more advanced. YOU DON’T GET THAT NO ONE CARES! It *will* be used as a “dead stick” by the vast majority of users, if it gets used at all. That’s why Steve Jobs thought these things were stupid ideas.
And you are wrong. People who buy the Apple Pencil will not use it for a dead stick stylus. They are people who will have a specific need for such a sophisticated tool. There are already numerous dead stick styluses out there priced from FREE to $10 or even more (I saw a MontBlanc pen set with matching stylus the other day for around $400. Since I carry a MontBlanc pen, I gave it some serious consideration.).
You're here. . . spreading your FUD comments. . . and spreading "iStylus" and "iPen" misnomers and spreading your ignorance, and continuing it even when told the correct name.
You have yet to answer my question about exactly what that button on the side of the Samsung S pen does. I cannot find any reliable description except that it seems to take a screen shot while touching the pen to the screen if one clicks it. Whoopee! Why would anyone need to do that? It's not even a "cool" gimmick. According to the instructions, all changes to the functions of the stylus requiring tapping the stylus to an area on the screen. One instruction seems to hint that clicking the button while holding the pen in the air above the screen may activate an area to touch the pen on to change functions. WHEE!
As far as I can see, the stylus function of the Samsung S Pen is not modified in anyway by the presence of the button on the shank. Can you show me I am wrong? If not, then the stylus returns to being a dumb stick when gliding it along the screen or touching it on the screen with a gimmicky button that does something totally unrelated.
So far, you have added nothing expositive to this question. You claim you own one. What do YOU use the stylus and button for?
But you are desperate to make it seem like the product announcements are on par with the second coming of Christ.
No, I have not. I have merely responded to your mis-information in what you have posted. I do not believe it was the best presentation Apple has ever given, but it certainly was not a flop either.