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Why is Hacker News becoming more and more Apple News? //I don't care about the downvotes, this needs to be said.

by jrubyer 16y ago

jonursenbach 16y ago
I'd guess because they're a tech company that affects a very large majority of us?
- cazlab 16y ago
  "very large majority" hrmph let's see 10% market share in the PC market and 20% in the phone market? (These numbers were culled from a few quick googles) Way to be self centric, dude. "The majority of my computer crap is apple, thusly a very large majority uses apple products"
- jrubyer 16y ago
  sigh Nope, I thought HN was for news related to startups and things that are interesting to hackers. If more and more of news submissions here become related to Apple, then doesn't this make it Apple News?
  - jonursenbach 16y ago
    Apple news affects iOS startups, which there are plenty here.
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beaumartinez 16y ago
How long have you been on Hacker News? Your account is only 20 days old; can you pass adequate judgment on the matter? Simple answer: Apple is popular in Hacker News lately because they've done a lot of interesting (~ discussion-worthy) things lately, such as: change the App Store guidelines to demand 30% of subscriptions revenue, released a Mac OS X Lion developer preview, the iPad 2, renewed their Mac Book Pro lineup, Thunderbolt, controversy between Amazon and Apple regarding the name App Store...
- jrubyer 16y ago
  > How long have you been on Hacker News? Your account is only 20 days old; can you pass adequate judgment on the matter? So, if a person's userid is 20 days old, then does it directly mean that the person has been using the site for only 20 days? what kind of logic is this?
  - beaumartinez 16y ago
    Hence why I asked if they can pass adequate judgment on the matter, which I've now realized sounds horribly condescending. Even so, I think the majority of frequent HN-readers (ie, those able of passing judgment on its trends) will have set-up an account, and I think the age of this account is a good indicator of how long you've spent reading it.
- brudgers 16y ago
  Throw-away accounts on HN are quite common as are lurkers and the length of membership is irrelevant to the point. Apple gets coverage because they are simply interesting to write about. On the other hand, the recent page one love fest on HN for the last MBP announcement was grossly disproportionate to it's importance.

Why is Hacker News becoming more and more Apple News? //I don't care about the downvotes, this needs to be said.

by jrubyer 16y ago

Why is Hacker News becoming more and more Apple News? //I don't care about the downvotes, this needs to be said.

jonursenbach 16y ago

I'd guess because they're a tech company that affects a very large majority of us?

cazlab 16y ago
"very large majority" hrmph let's see 10% market share in the PC market and 20% in the phone market? (These numbers were culled from a few quick googles) Way to be self centric, dude. "The majority of my computer crap is apple, thusly a very large majority uses apple products"
jrubyer 16y ago
sigh Nope, I thought HN was for news related to startups and things that are interesting to hackers. If more and more of news submissions here become related to Apple, then doesn't this make it Apple News?
- jonursenbach 16y ago
  Apple news affects iOS startups, which there are plenty here.

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beaumartinez 16y ago

How long have you been on Hacker News? Your account is only 20 days old; can you pass adequate judgment on the matter? Simple answer: Apple is popular in Hacker News lately because they've done a lot of interesting (~ discussion-worthy) things lately, such as: change the App Store guidelines to demand 30% of subscriptions revenue, released a Mac OS X Lion developer preview, the iPad 2, renewed their Mac Book Pro lineup, Thunderbolt, controversy between Amazon and Apple regarding the name App Store...

jrubyer 16y ago
> How long have you been on Hacker News? Your account is only 20 days old; can you pass adequate judgment on the matter? So, if a person's userid is 20 days old, then does it directly mean that the person has been using the site for only 20 days? what kind of logic is this?
- beaumartinez 16y ago
  Hence why I asked if they can pass adequate judgment on the matter, which I've now realized sounds horribly condescending. Even so, I think the majority of frequent HN-readers (ie, those able of passing judgment on its trends) will have set-up an account, and I think the age of this account is a good indicator of how long you've spent reading it.
brudgers 16y ago
Throw-away accounts on HN are quite common as are lurkers and the length of membership is irrelevant to the point. Apple gets coverage because they are simply interesting to write about. On the other hand, the recent page one love fest on HN for the last MBP announcement was grossly disproportionate to it's importance.