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Currently, on the same front page on HN there is an article: Humans once opposed coffee and refrigeration: why we often hate new stuff. This applies perfectly
by rekshaw 10y ago
Currently, on the same front page on HN there is an article: Humans once opposed coffee and refrigeration: why we often hate new stuff.
This applies perfectly to you, dear self-righteous blog author.
- coldtea 10y agoBy the same logic you can dismiss every critique. Not everything new is an improvement.
- carlosrg 10y agoEvery single article on HN with a little of criticism of Apple gets the same kind of responses and becomes basically a giant appeal to novelty fallacy. You're against progress, it's new so it's better, Apple knows best, etc.
- qmr 10y agoChange for change's sake disgusts me. It is rampant in Apple's macos, iOS, as well as Google's Android.
- coldtea 10y agoAnd yet Apple changes surprisingly little between versions. And usually to assemble piecemeal some functionality related to a long term master-plan (usually of the "All your Apple devices as a digital hub" category).
- mkagenius 10y agoWhile in case of re-decorating ones own house with a new color/theme always seem better to oneself. Maybe people get bored of looking at the same thing for long time at a stretch and hence anything new looks much better to our brains.
- puranjay 10y agoBy mentioning coffee in the same breath, you're implying that coffee is an objectively good idea (it's not). Just because an idea catches on doesn't mean it is good. Case in point: every "viral" music video, 80s hair and nu-metal.