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It's fitting though, that someone as uncritically admiring of Apple and its culture of control and secrecy would take this approach with his own blog. I don't click on DF links anymore. His tap-dancing apologia are predictable and tiresome and disingenuous and I don't use Apple stuff anymore so I don't need his take on the iFoo of the moment.
See? Look at the meme spread. It's like a political talking point. Some Frank Luntz somewhere started this idea that an easy way to write off a commentator you don't like is to remark about his lack of blog comments, and off we are to the races.
I'd be a lot more impressed with the rest of the HN Apple mafia if they'd stop modding down anything critical of Apple and take the time to post some reasoned, articulate rebuttals.