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They might have a point, but TechCrunch has had an anti-iPhone tinge ever since Arrington publicly denounced the iPhone for the Google Voice app issue. Their co
by btipling 17y ago
They might have a point, but TechCrunch has had an anti-iPhone tinge ever since Arrington publicly denounced the iPhone for the Google Voice app issue. Their contrast in tone between iPhone and Android articles should be a source of embarrassment for any blog that cares about journalism.
- cgranade 17y agoTo my mind, the Google Voice app issue was a very poignant example of why being anti-iPhone makes sense. It showed that you cannot even in principle distribute an app for the iPhone that Apple does not like. While individual carriers may lock down their Android handsets, Google has no such veto power on the Android platform.
- yumraj 17y agoI don't think it's just TechCrunch, I'm seeing a lot of Anti-Apple reporting lately, while earlier everyone was within the reality distortion field. But, just because they, or some other blog, is now anti-Apple does not make it biased like an earlier pro-Apple bias did not make it biased. Because their bias, or perceived bias, does not conform to your own bias, it's not fair to call it an "embarrassment". Moreover, TC is a blog, and not a news media. It's writers are bloggers and not journalists. So, there shouldn't be any expectation from them to be neutral or objective. Edit: Actually it's funny, whenever I post a comment even slightly negative of Apple or defensive of an anti-Apple post/comment, my post is modded negative. And people expect others to be unbiased.
- ellyagg 17y agoI take careful note of anyone's biases, even the people I deal with in regular conversations face-to-face. Bias here by definition means systematic skewed reasoning. It's of course TC's prerogative to be biased, but I'll dismiss its analysis to the extent that it is.