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I don't see the problem unless you think Apple gets bashed more than Microsoft or Google here. Do you think Apple gets more than Microsoft on HN? Please read a

I don't see the problem unless you think Apple gets bashed more than Microsoft or Google here. Do you think Apple gets more than Microsoft on HN? Please read any thread with Microsoft or one of their products in the title and you'll see M$ get bashed every single time. Google gets it too, from plenty of people. Anyway, they deserve everything they get. Each one of those companies have made large crowds of enemies for various reasons. Complaining about company bashing in general is fine by me. If you don't like it and you don't want it on HN, then I'm with you. You're just defending Apple though and that comes off as tone deaf and severely biased to me. In any case, I don't see the mods banning people over a little poke like this. So, if people like it and upvote it then you should probably just counter with a downvote and refrain from commenting and derailing the entire thread like this. Sorry you got offended. I thought it was funny and relevant.

IBM 10y ago
It's not a good joke because it's not original and is what you'd see in a YouTube comment. It's also not very funny because the premise of the joke, that Apple claims to invent things others already did never happens. Apple's presentations and PR communications are deliberate and rehearsed. If they do claim something in that vein, it's because it's either true or whatever the thing they claimed to have invented/innovated was sufficiently differentiated where a neutral third party would agree. Usually when people make derivations of this "joke", what they're really responding to is that Apple is marketing or talking about something they did with their own take on it, and they just can't help themselves from pointing out that someone else did it first, even though the implementation may differ completely. The Touch ID sensor is one example that comes to mind.
- WayneBro 10y ago
  OK, well a joke doesn't have to be 100% accurate in every technical sense that you can think of for a lot of people to find it funny, like me. The aura of smug that permeates Apple marketing and culture invites jokes like this. Whether you find it funny or not is completely irrelevant. The main point here is that complaining about what you think is a bad joke is the thing that derails conversations here. Just vote and move along if you don't like it. What's so hard about that? Of course, you can say that I should have just voted on your comment instead of responding but that's not quite the same thing because the subject has already been changed and this entire sub-thread is now about people getting offended about a jab made against poor little old Apple. Boo hoo.
- zeusk 10y ago
  Nerd sniping[1] done right is what that was. I'm always astonished how "religous" some people are towards defending their pet brands and take life so seriously. Obviously, offending people is/was not my intent. Call it a joke or w/e you want, but I laughed; I'm sorry you didn't. Let me know if you'd like me to process a refund. [1] http://xkcd.com/356/ http://xkcd.com/356/

IBM 10y ago

It's not a good joke because it's not original and is what you'd see in a YouTube comment. It's also not very funny because the premise of the joke, that Apple claims to invent things others already did never happens. Apple's presentations and PR communications are deliberate and rehearsed. If they do claim something in that vein, it's because it's either true or whatever the thing they claimed to have invented/innovated was sufficiently differentiated where a neutral third party would agree. Usually when people make derivations of this "joke", what they're really responding to is that Apple is marketing or talking about something they did with their own take on it, and they just can't help themselves from pointing out that someone else did it first, even though the implementation may differ completely. The Touch ID sensor is one example that comes to mind.

WayneBro 10y ago
OK, well a joke doesn't have to be 100% accurate in every technical sense that you can think of for a lot of people to find it funny, like me. The aura of smug that permeates Apple marketing and culture invites jokes like this. Whether you find it funny or not is completely irrelevant. The main point here is that complaining about what you think is a bad joke is the thing that derails conversations here. Just vote and move along if you don't like it. What's so hard about that? Of course, you can say that I should have just voted on your comment instead of responding but that's not quite the same thing because the subject has already been changed and this entire sub-thread is now about people getting offended about a jab made against poor little old Apple. Boo hoo.
zeusk 10y ago
Nerd sniping[1] done right is what that was. I'm always astonished how "religous" some people are towards defending their pet brands and take life so seriously. Obviously, offending people is/was not my intent. Call it a joke or w/e you want, but I laughed; I'm sorry you didn't. Let me know if you'd like me to process a refund. [1] http://xkcd.com/356/ http://xkcd.com/356/