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How is it better than ever if people are complaining same as before?

• danieldk 11y ago
  Because there will always people who complain. In the meanwhile, at most dev shops and dev conferences, most people are using Macs.
  • ksk 11y ago
    Okay but popularity is not an objective metric of product quality. In my experience, developers are highly susceptible to group think and make irrational choices when it comes to tech. YMMV. >In the meanwhile, at most dev shops and dev conferences, most people are using Macs. You may certainly believe so.
• coldtea 11y ago
  Because people complaining is not necessarily correlated to product quality. Some people will always complain (in general), others will lament the changing of favorite features (while others liking the new functionality more), and a number will always have legitimate issues. Is there anything to show that those "legitimate issues" are of graver importance and more damaging than those complained about in the past? I've not seen anything to justify that. It's mostly people not liking X or Y UI change -- meanwhile the platform has record sales, so it doesn't seem to have lowered its reach and popularity. When people really get into the changes, like in John Siracusa's reviews, the story is different. While they might complain about this or that change, the overall verdict is positive for newer versions, especially including the non-UI layer changes (kernel behavior, new APIs, etc).
  • ksk 11y ago
    I see. I agree with your view.