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I've been hunting around for a new netbook that would bridge the gap between portable and durable. This isn't it. It really burns that most reporters turn to A

I've been hunting around for a new netbook that would bridge the gap between portable and durable. This isn't it. It really burns that most reporters turn to Apple products, a brand for which I have SEVERAL criticisms. My main complaint being that people purchase their products as fashion statements/status symbols first, and as tools second. The situation is compounded by the fact that journalism schools like Columbia swear by Apple stuff, and only mention Android/Windows as an afterthought. https://journalism.columbia.edu/technology-guide-2016-2017 https://journalism.columbia.edu/technology-guide-2016-2017

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PascLeRasc 8y ago
Your main criticism of Apple products is other users' motivation for buying them?
- macintux 8y ago
  Seeing other people happy for seemingly inexplicable reasons is maddening.
  - freehunter 8y ago
    The only time you should worry about someone's happiness is when they're unhappy. Their reasons for being happy are their own and no one else's.
    - macintux 8y ago
      I didn’t say it was rational, but who hasn’t complained at some point that the music their (kids/parents/neighbors) love is garbage? (And to be clear, I value what Apple brings to the table, but I see too much of this sort of complaint not to recognize its origin.)
      - freehunter 8y ago
        In reality, it's just gatekeeping. Those people can't possibly appreciate the thing they have, so they don't deserve to have it. I see the same thing with so many other things: that "soccer mom" doesn't use that Jeep for off-roading, so she's not a real Jeep owner. That old man can't drive his Corvette the way it should be driven so it's a waste. That amateur guitarist doesn't deserve that Gibson Les Paul, he should have the Epiphone Les Paul Jr. Some people have such a need to be unhappy or offended constantly. It's really not healthy.
        macintux 8y ago
        I was trying to be generous, but yes. As a card-carrying member of the Jeep and IT communities, yes.

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PascLeRasc 8y ago

Your main criticism of Apple products is other users' motivation for buying them?

macintux 8y ago
Seeing other people happy for seemingly inexplicable reasons is maddening.
- freehunter 8y ago
  The only time you should worry about someone's happiness is when they're unhappy. Their reasons for being happy are their own and no one else's.
  - macintux 8y ago
    I didn’t say it was rational, but who hasn’t complained at some point that the music their (kids/parents/neighbors) love is garbage? (And to be clear, I value what Apple brings to the table, but I see too much of this sort of complaint not to recognize its origin.)
    - freehunter 8y ago
      In reality, it's just gatekeeping. Those people can't possibly appreciate the thing they have, so they don't deserve to have it. I see the same thing with so many other things: that "soccer mom" doesn't use that Jeep for off-roading, so she's not a real Jeep owner. That old man can't drive his Corvette the way it should be driven so it's a waste. That amateur guitarist doesn't deserve that Gibson Les Paul, he should have the Epiphone Les Paul Jr. Some people have such a need to be unhappy or offended constantly. It's really not healthy.
      - macintux 8y ago
        I was trying to be generous, but yes. As a card-carrying member of the Jeep and IT communities, yes.