| ...it's actually a pretty big fucking problem. LOL, what is it about Apple that brings out so much ANGER on the internet? Seriously, I'm just having a field day, reading all the comments on HN, Ars, The Verge, Reddit, etc. with so many people RAGING. Talking about how much they HATE Apple's products, and it's BULLSHIT that Apple gets so much press coverage. You don't care about Apple products, yet here you are getting pissed about them and commenting on an Apple-related article. If all you care about is the new Nokia / Microsoft stuff from today, there is plenty of coverage about that also. Here are a couple links to get you started: http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4862952/nokia-lumia-2520-... http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/nokia-lumia-2520-prev... Also, go to news.google.com and click on the "Technology" section. There are plenty of links about non-Apple stuff, including more about Microsoft and Nokia. |
There are people here who use Microsoft products and like the Nokia phones. I like discussing the news with them, especially news of the magnitude we've seen this morning. However, some people feel that this is not within our rights and having Nokia/Microsoft news on their site is inappropriate. This is a big fucking problem. I like HN, I really do. It's a great platform and there are some great people here. But if you think it would be better if the only products that could be discussed with excitement are Apple products, that's a big problem. This isn't Apple Hacker News. Hackers develop for Windows too; hackers use Windows Phone too. What I'm upset about is that the Nokia/Microsoft news was flagged off the front page, and, just like I predicted, the Apple news (no matter how minor) floods in right on cue.
I know there are other sites talking about Nokia and Microsoft. That's fine, but I really like HN and I really like discussing exciting news with this community. That can't happen if the news that we find exciting is being improperly flagged by a band of anti-Microsoft zealots. You might notice I've commented on a lot of the Apple news today. It's interesting, don't get me wrong. I'm not going to try to get Apple-related articles off the front page, because I'm not a fucking asshole. But don't point me to a different god damned site. I don't hate Apple products. I hate holier-than-thou zealots who feel that anyone who uses a product they don't like is a second-class citizen.
But why am I arguing with you? You've made it perfectly clear that you don't feel that I'm welcome here. You'd rather live in an Apple bubble, pretending that everything they do is better than everything the competition is doing. The world would be better if Apple was the only corporation on the planet, right?