[webjac]

Apple 2019: Siri remind me to call mom when I get home Linux 2000: …

Apple 2019: Use my iPad as a secondary screen wirelessly Linux 2000: …

Apple 2019: AirPlay to my TV this content Linux 2000: …

Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: …

Can we stop being ridiculous now or do I have to keep lowering myslef to the stupidity of the writer of this?

[yboris]

Look up "charitable interpretation" or "Principle of charity" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity

Basically -- don't assume the person is stupid, figure out a way to interpret it better.

Surely the author is aware of the inaccuracies in a direct comparison. The author is implicitly pointing out that a multi-billion dollar corporation is putting out a product that is not polished in several ways, while people who love the product do mental gymnastics to defend against any flaw rather than admitting that such flaws exist.

[chooseaname]

> Surely the author is aware of the inaccuracies in a direct comparison. The author is implicitly pointing out that a multi-billion dollar corporation is putting out a product that is not polished in several ways, while people who love the product do mental gymnastics to defend against any flaw rather than admitting that such flaws exist.

It's like the people on Reddit ios/apple/mac subs who run iOS 13 or Catalina betas and claim they haven't experienced a single bug. I don't understand that mentality. One, you're defending a corporation. Two, even if they make your favorite devices/software, it's OK to say something negative.

[NullPrefix]

> Apple 2019: Use my iPad as a secondary screen wirelessly Linux 2000: …

When was VNC first released? Sure, wasn't available on iPad .. because iPad was not available yet.

>Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: …

You keep repeating that word, wirelessly. Are you trying to make a point that rsync over ethernet does not count?

This all sounds like a bunch of buzzwords and proprietary gimmicks when standard solution was already available. That standard solution may needed some work, but the basic functionality was there.

[rusk]

Yeah but none of these things actually work. That’s not to say back in 2000 Linux evangelism wasn’t similarly disingenuous ... anybody remember the joys of plug n’ play?

[wil421]

Apple 201X: Release something new software or hardware. HN: 5 articles daily about the end of Apple and how bad the new thing sucks.

The amount of hate Apple gets is so much larger compared to Microsoft, Google, Linux, or any big tech. It might even me more than the others combined.

[Razengan]

> The amount of hate Apple gets is so much larger compared to Microsoft, Google, Linux, or any big tech.

Because some of those other companies are paying for it:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Samsung+paid+students+for+re...

[wil421]

Ouch. Somehow I missed hearing about Samsung.

[cellularmitosis]

Your comment was great up until that ad hominem in the last line.