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"As a professional Final Cut Pro videomaker myself, I was personally frustrated that Apple kept making it easier and easier for anyone to replicate my technical
by tomelders 16y ago
"As a professional Final Cut Pro videomaker myself, I was personally frustrated that Apple kept making it easier and easier for anyone to replicate my technical skills with much simpler tools."
Sounds like something a tosser would say if you ask me.
- artmageddon 16y agoAgreed-this is akin to photographers who piss and moan about their market share being undercut by budget photographers who go out and buy consumer-model DSLRs and call themselves pros. Their real value is in the work they produce, regardless of the tools used during the process. If the tools make it easier for newbies to match this guys "technical prowess" then he needs to show he's above and beyond the rest.
- regularfry 16y agoIt's definitely something a Luddite would say.
- regularfry 16y agoWhy the downvotes? The Luddites were skilled artisans objecting to advances in technology taking their jobs away. Doesn't that sound in the least bit familiar here?
- recoiledsnake 16y agoAm I the only one that gets the humor here? Lighten up folks, no need to disparage the author for that line.
- tomelders 16y agoI read it a few times, thinking it must be a joke, but there's nothing else in the article to suggest it is... unless the whole article is a joke. In which case it's not a very good one.