I've found this to be quite common of bloggers. They tend to generalize their own personal experiences to the entire population without really doing much research into it.
So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
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Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#12TC is always full of animosity against Google, Yahoo and Apple. Are they sponsored by microsoft?
"My obvious enthusiasm for Apple products is fairly evident to readers of this blog."
Clearly, Arrington hates Apple.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#13What is with Hacker News' obsession with Apple minutiae?
I know, right? It's not like they're an innovative tech company or anything.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#14In this case doing better than the competition doesn't mean doing well. It doesn't even mean acceptable. I don't use any apple products and I don't really care either way, but saying that they're better than the competition doesn't mean anything.
"...saying that they're better than the competition doesn't mean anything." How does that statement even have a basis? How else can you benchmark anything? You need SOMETHING to base your placement on. Past performance even, which was considered in that article. How can we award gold medals if there is no competition to base that award upon?
Let's say company A sells laptops such that 1 out of 1,000 of them blow up due to a defective battery. Company B sells laptops such that 1 out of 100 blow up.
You can say that company A's product is 10x better. But, it doesn't mean that company A's product is good. It just isn't the worst.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#15>> But is Apple doing a far better job than any of its competitors? Yes. No.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#16I've found this to be quite common of bloggers. They tend to generalize their own personal experiences to the entire population without really doing much research into it.
I see what you did there.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#17What is with Hacker News' obsession with Apple minutiae?
It's a mix of finally finding a product that satisfies your needs perfectly with the pseudo anti-establishment that comes with it. People complaining about apple fan boys is just as cliche as the fans boys themselves, and it just fuels the fire.
OSX + the great community of developers creating apps like 1password and Textmate, is what sold me. Looking back at my experience using windows for over a decade I have a lot of negative memories.
At the same time I don't like 90% of Hollywood (CGI-fest) movies but it does a good enough job to satisfy most people. So I don't bother convincing people otherwise in the same way I don't push Apple on other people. I just support it when the topic comes up.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#18TC is always full of animosity against Google, Yahoo and Apple. Are they sponsored by microsoft?
I can't remember them mentioning Microsoft ever. It's better to be mentioned in a negative way, than not be mentioned at all.
"It's better to be mentioned in a negative way, than not be mentioned at all."
If that is true then I think Microsoft is pretty happy with Techcrunch's coverage of it, which is almost universally negative:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atechcrunch.com+microso...
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't remember them mentioning Microsoft ever. It's better to be mentioned in a negative way, than not be mentioned at all.
"It's better to be mentioned in a negative way, than not be mentioned at all." If that is true then I think Microsoft is pretty happy with Techcrunch's coverage of it, which is almost universally negative: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atechcrunch.com+microso...
I stand corrected. I guess I must just subconsciously ignore them.
Re: So Apple is 'flailing,' eh? (re: TechCrunch story)
#20I know I'm going to get downmodded for this but I have to agree with Captain-M. The attitude that "we're doing better than our competitors so we don't need to improve" is toxic, and usually fatal for a company in the long run (... the others aren't going to be content with sitting in second place forever). My earlier-gen MBP, iPhone, iPods etc are all rock solid (I'm delighted with them all), but I could easily see a…
> The attitude that "we're doing better than our competitors so we don't need to improve" is toxic
Who exactly has this attitude?