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I'm responding to the unsubstantiated claim that: > lots of mass market products are terribly designed Insinuating the iPhone X is terribly designed which isn

by mythz 9y ago

I'm responding to the unsubstantiated claim that: > lots of mass market products are terribly designed Insinuating the iPhone X is terribly designed which isn't my experience (the only one I have). By definition all personal experiences are anecdotal, so no I haven't conducted any empirical studies (neither have you), but we can infer given the iPhone X is Apple's top selling phone that most people prefer the iPhone X despite its higher price.

timr 9y ago
No, you aren't. You're saying that you liked the iPhone, which is evidence neither for nor against the parent's claim. "we can infer given the iPhone X is Apple's top selling phone that most people prefer the iPhone X despite its higher price." Maybe, maybe not. But that's not what you said. You said merely that you liked the iPhone X.
- mythz 9y ago
  You're either very confused or trolling. I have directly responded to the comment I've quoted, as evident by looking at the parent comment that my comment replied to. > Maybe, maybe not. But that's not what you said. That's exactly what I've said, you've even copied it verbatim, which was in response to your comment pointing out the very obvious fact that personal experiences are anecdotal, which you've somehow tried to contradict using your own anecdote. It should not surprise anyone that most comments are anecdotal (especially those beginning with 'I') but which should at least count for 1 data point with experience which is more than enough to respond to unsubstantiated claims.
  - timr 9y ago
    "That's exactly what I've said, you've even copied it verbatim" No, I didn't. But I will now: "The iPhone X is the best device I've owned. The notch quickly became unnoticeable but took a few days to get used to lack of a physical home button but that's also become natural to use and going back to use my wife's iPhone now feels more mechanical/primitive." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16403374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16403374
    - mythz 9y ago
      Yes you actually did copy what I've said verbatim, now you're showing you're able to copy entire comments as well, congratz, which you may think was pointless, but it does answer whether you're confused or just trolling.
      - dang 9y ago
        Come on you guys, please don't sink into pointless tit for tats. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by mythz 9y ago

timr 9y ago

No, you aren't. You're saying that you liked the iPhone, which is evidence neither for nor against the parent's claim. "we can infer given the iPhone X is Apple's top selling phone that most people prefer the iPhone X despite its higher price." Maybe, maybe not. But that's not what you said. You said merely that you liked the iPhone X.

mythz 9y ago
You're either very confused or trolling. I have directly responded to the comment I've quoted, as evident by looking at the parent comment that my comment replied to. > Maybe, maybe not. But that's not what you said. That's exactly what I've said, you've even copied it verbatim, which was in response to your comment pointing out the very obvious fact that personal experiences are anecdotal, which you've somehow tried to contradict using your own anecdote. It should not surprise anyone that most comments are anecdotal (especially those beginning with 'I') but which should at least count for 1 data point with experience which is more than enough to respond to unsubstantiated claims.
- timr 9y ago
  "That's exactly what I've said, you've even copied it verbatim" No, I didn't. But I will now: "The iPhone X is the best device I've owned. The notch quickly became unnoticeable but took a few days to get used to lack of a physical home button but that's also become natural to use and going back to use my wife's iPhone now feels more mechanical/primitive." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16403374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16403374
  - mythz 9y ago
    Yes you actually did copy what I've said verbatim, now you're showing you're able to copy entire comments as well, congratz, which you may think was pointless, but it does answer whether you're confused or just trolling.
    - dang 9y ago
      Come on you guys, please don't sink into pointless tit for tats. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html