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I see this from Android fanboys too, though. Apple vs. Google (or iPhone vs. Android) looks to me like those endless religion wars on the best programming langu

I see this from Android fanboys too, though. Apple vs. Google (or iPhone vs. Android) looks to me like those endless religion wars on the best programming language, Vim vs. Emacs and so on. Blind fanboyism has always been there, on any side of any competition. Could be that it is just natural (which does not mean it has to be forgiven).

rimantas 16y ago
What's worse than fanboyism is blind hatred by people who never used a product (or did not even held it in own hands). Alas, this seems to happen more on topics related to Apple. The second worst is labeling everyone "fanboy" without any thought.
- access_denied 16y ago
  I don't think its worse, it is equally bad and root cause might be 'just world syndrome'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_phenomenon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_phenomenon For instance if Wintel is the arbiter to define culturally what a PC is, Apple disrupts this 'just' world therefore the hate.
stcredzero 16y ago
Blind fanboyism has always been there, on any side of any competition. Could be that it is just natural? Yes, it's natural. It's how we organized ourselves into tribes for mutual defense in the Stone Age. Noam Chomsky calls it "irrational jingoism." It's also how countries get people to die for them in war and how sports teams market themselves. http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/1992----02.htm http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/1992----02.htm
yef 16y ago
Apple fanboys are by far the most annoying, in my experience.
loewenskind 16y ago
>I see this from Android fanboys too Or google fanboys in general. Personally I find google fanboys the most annoying at the moment. Perl fanboys used to be the most annoying but there aren't many of those left thankfully.
ErrantX 16y ago
Yes, true. But that's true of anything on the internet; I've even run into a pretty vitriolic debate over whether an E6400 was any better than an E6200 overclocked :) But I do think that there is a particularly strong fanboyism attitude where Apple is concerned. People will jump down your throat at even the slightest "indiscretion", and make it a point of commenting to tell you you are an idiot. etc.

rimantas 16y ago

What's worse than fanboyism is blind hatred by people who never used a product (or did not even held it in own hands). Alas, this seems to happen more on topics related to Apple. The second worst is labeling everyone "fanboy" without any thought.

access_denied 16y ago
I don't think its worse, it is equally bad and root cause might be 'just world syndrome'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_phenomenon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_phenomenon For instance if Wintel is the arbiter to define culturally what a PC is, Apple disrupts this 'just' world therefore the hate.

stcredzero 16y ago

Blind fanboyism has always been there, on any side of any competition. Could be that it is just natural? Yes, it's natural. It's how we organized ourselves into tribes for mutual defense in the Stone Age. Noam Chomsky calls it "irrational jingoism." It's also how countries get people to die for them in war and how sports teams market themselves. http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/1992----02.htm http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/1992----02.htm

yef 16y ago

Apple fanboys are by far the most annoying, in my experience.

loewenskind 16y ago

>I see this from Android fanboys too Or google fanboys in general. Personally I find google fanboys the most annoying at the moment. Perl fanboys used to be the most annoying but there aren't many of those left thankfully.

ErrantX 16y ago

Yes, true. But that's true of anything on the internet; I've even run into a pretty vitriolic debate over whether an E6400 was any better than an E6200 overclocked :) But I do think that there is a particularly strong fanboyism attitude where Apple is concerned. People will jump down your throat at even the slightest "indiscretion", and make it a point of commenting to tell you you are an idiot. etc.