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I see you replied again so I think I should respond, though initially I wasn't going to. (And note that I can't downvote your comment, since it's a reply to min

I see you replied again so I think I should respond, though initially I wasn't going to. (And note that I can't downvote your comment, since it's a reply to mine, so I'm not the one draining your karma.) With that preamble finished: Perhaps your comment is getting downvoted because your premise seems incorrect? When I first saw your reply, I thought, "Hey! That's not fair! Just because I explained what people do doesn't mean that I excused what they do." I was being descriptive, not prescriptive. In other words, I thought your reply was pretty unfair, but I was not going to reply because I felt like it was just splitting hairs. Now that you're getting downvoted and have replied a second time, I just thought I'd point out that others may have felt the same way about your comment as I did. Indeed, the very same people who are downvoting your comment very well may not agree with the behavior that my comment described as being typical.

drivebyacct 16y ago
Which is why I said excuses being made up and down the thread. I didn't mean to imply that you were excusing it, but many people were saying that Apple was being more reasonable that the developer which is why I spoke out in defense of the developer. I don't buy your explanation. I'd like to, but all over this thread there are highly upvoted comments that explain that this guy was out of lining by expecting anything at all, even though Apple continually led him on. They could have sent two teeny-tiny bytes 'N' 'o' and been done. But instead they were dicks. I don't really see why my reply was unfair. If you weren't making excuses for apple, fine, but there were dozens of posters on this topic that are/were.
- hugh3 16y ago
  What we have is a situation where both parties behaved imperfectly. Since it was the outside guy who made the whiny woe-is-me-I'm-a-victim blog post about it, it's everybody's instinct to point out what he did to deserve it. On the other hand if the Apple engineer were the one writing the blog post everybody would jump on what he did that was wrong.
  - drivebyacct 16y ago
    And this is okay?? This is acceptable? This is not a community that I want to be a part of.
    - hugh3 16y ago
      It's normal. I'm not sure why you're getting so worked up about it. Dare I suggest you might be upset at an analogous situation in your own life?
      - drivebyacct 16y ago
        You're welcome to suggest it, but it's really not the case. If someone did that to me I would be upset. I'm sorry that I have the common decency not to lie to people's faces, deceive them, string them on and then expect them to take it with a smile on their face. I'm working for the man now anyway. Not much to be upset about really.
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drivebyacct 16y ago

Which is why I said excuses being made up and down the thread. I didn't mean to imply that you were excusing it, but many people were saying that Apple was being more reasonable that the developer which is why I spoke out in defense of the developer. I don't buy your explanation. I'd like to, but all over this thread there are highly upvoted comments that explain that this guy was out of lining by expecting anything at all, even though Apple continually led him on. They could have sent two teeny-tiny bytes 'N' 'o' and been done. But instead they were dicks. I don't really see why my reply was unfair. If you weren't making excuses for apple, fine, but there were dozens of posters on this topic that are/were.

hugh3 16y ago
What we have is a situation where both parties behaved imperfectly. Since it was the outside guy who made the whiny woe-is-me-I'm-a-victim blog post about it, it's everybody's instinct to point out what he did to deserve it. On the other hand if the Apple engineer were the one writing the blog post everybody would jump on what he did that was wrong.
- drivebyacct 16y ago
  And this is okay?? This is acceptable? This is not a community that I want to be a part of.
  - hugh3 16y ago
    It's normal. I'm not sure why you're getting so worked up about it. Dare I suggest you might be upset at an analogous situation in your own life?
    - drivebyacct 16y ago
      You're welcome to suggest it, but it's really not the case. If someone did that to me I would be upset. I'm sorry that I have the common decency not to lie to people's faces, deceive them, string them on and then expect them to take it with a smile on their face. I'm working for the man now anyway. Not much to be upset about really.
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