I can deal, but you guys seem to take apple’s success personally, like you’re offended and must defend your honor or some such. I care not about whose platform is better, whose goose is gored, etc.
I’m here to learn. Incessant bashing of apple, OS X, Swordmaker, etc. do not educate anyone, or enlighten anyone. Yes I understand dissent,etc on FR. But seriously, I give not one whit how Android works when I’m trying to read a Mac thread. And anti-mac-ies crapping on EVERY SINGLE THREAD, is really getting old. Why don’t you start your own Android threads and crap on apple over there? You’d be happier, I’d be happier, sword maker would be happier, and I’d be over there reading also. I use that platform as well.
“I can deal, but you guys seem to take apple’s success personally, like you’re offended and must defend your honor or some such. I care not about whose platform is better, whose goose is gored, etc.”
The truth is that I dont care. If these guys want to use Apple stuff, then they are perfectly free to do so. If they want to discuss technology, then let’s talk about it!
The problem is that Apple people in particular internet-wide have a very difficult time talking about technology without it being in the context of (we use this because we are good, and everything else is awful and unusable). You can go to any tech blog, and from the lowly users in the comment sections to the snobby bloggers, if they are an Apple fan, you cant get a sentence out of them regarding anything not Apple without them taking snide swipes, displaying total ignorance, or displaying that obnoxious haughty attitude which Apple users simply cannot help themselves in doing. It is annoying to people all of the net. It certainly isnt some “Apple hate” thing as they like to think.
If I started tech threads about Microsoft or Google/Android, there would be no shortage of Apple people there to tell us how awful those are. How do I know this? Go look up a previous threads regarding other platforms. They show up regardless.
I’m considering doing some though so that people that want to discuss tech outside of the nutty Apple slant Swordmakers brings can. I’m sure as heck would not take the flame-baiting/braggadocio approach that Swordmaker likes to as some sort of bizarre FR Apple PR agent.
“I give not one whit how Android works when I’m trying to read a Mac thread.”
Well this thread failed at being a “mac thread” when he brings in Android as a foil to engage in his iOS praise-a-thon.