Calling people fanboys is saying they are lying. That's why it's offensive. Only to themselves. If they were lying to others, they'd be shills -- not fanboys.

Calling people fanboys is saying they are lying. That's why it's offensive. Only to themselves. If they were lying to others, they'd be shills -- not fanboys. Also . . . I don't think he was calling all Apple users "fanboys". He was just pointing out that there are a lot of Apple fanboys, and discussing their culture. You don't have to be an Apple fanboy to use Apple products, though. If you truly just use whatever happens to work best for you, and that happens to be Apple products in some cases, that doesn't make you a fanboy.