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by coldtea 289 days ago
>but then you come out with such a story which makes me want to stay away from anything related to Ableton.

Knee-jerk responding like that to a random anecdotes by a random person on the internet, who might as well be total bullshit, is not exactly the most prudent software evaluation path.

Perhaps the "mocking" was just the CEO not placing the importance that the person thinks their request should. Or the CEO responded to rude incessant tone. Or the CEO had a bad day, and the parent was like the 10th person nagging their balls with their pet peeves at that show.

The amount of information to that comment is almost zero, and we don't know tons of context.
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johnisgood 289 days ago
Hence my request for elaboration.

I did not like Ableton to begin with anyways.

If anything, it is confirmation bias.

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coldtea 288 days ago
>Hence my request for elaboration

From a single source, hearing only their side, anecdotically, wont be much better...

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johnisgood 288 days ago
Oh geez, wonder what was wrong out of these 3 sentences.

1st: Bad?

2nd: Bad?

3rd: Bad?

Please bots, help me clear this up. :)

Down-vote afterwards, or I am sorry, is the down-vote for the 2nd? Cry me a river, then, for not liking Ableton. sighs. I prefer FL Studio.

I swear these down-votes are utterly useless. I will apply the previously mentioned uBlock rules so I will not see these pointless (!) down-votes.

God forbid I do not like the software you like. God forbid I am aware enough to realize it might be a bias. God forbid I ask for elaboration. God forbid I voice any of this.

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coldtea 288 days ago
Admission of "confirmation bias" doesn't make the comments about the software more valuable, it makes them less. Probably that's what drove the downvotes.
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johnisgood 288 days ago
> doesn't make the comments about the software more valuable

I admitted to having confirmation bias, which influence my decisions. I think it is valuable to recognize and to admit to one's biases, regardless of the subject matter.

I never liked Ableton, and I still do not know if I should believe the guy, I would really like some details.

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