[lullibrulli3]

sometimes I would love to see an A/B test on HN: swap Amazon and Apple here, call it "Find my Homepod" and see the reactions.

[ceejayoz]

Sure. Same reasons “Jeffrey Dahmer invited me for dinner” hits differently than “Mum invited me for dinner”.

The two companies have a different track record on privacy.

[luma]

The irony of your response is pretty thick.

[ceejayoz]

You can't just swap the words without changing the analysis of what the resulting sentence means. Yes, the reaction to this is different if it's an Apple product vs. an Amazon product, because the two companies are different.

[throwaway3699]

Two identical companies, one in sheep's clothing.

I can't believe you'd compare a corporation to your mum either.

[KingOfCoders]

Why an A/B test? Everything Apple and Tesla does is brilliant, everything anyone else does is evil. Thank me later.

Putting that in the HN FAQ would prevent new users losing karma points.

[adam0c]

name one original thing apple has done that is even good, besides the original ipod? even that isn't! original

[athrun]

Seems challenging because we’d need to first agree on the definition of “original”, “done” and “good”.

Also, the original iPod had less space than a Nomad. Lame.