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"blessed" replacement Why did you use the word Blessed? I'm curious what made your brain choose that word instead of something neutral. Reminds me of "Walled

"blessed" replacement Why did you use the word Blessed? I'm curious what made your brain choose that word instead of something neutral. Reminds me of "Walled garden" marketing speak instead of "Walled Prison". Edit- is there some sensitive nerve I hit?

stefanfisk 5y ago
I can't speak for the author, but personally I'm enough of an atheist to not read "blessed" as more than "approved by the powers that be".
andyzweb 5y ago
I thought it might have been some kind of reference to the bless(8) command.
- cyberge99 5y ago
  In context this is how it’s typically used.
zepto 5y ago
> "Walled Prison" I'm curious what made your brain choose that word instead of something neutral.
- andrekandre 5y ago
  what would be a good term?
  - zepto 5y ago
    Why do you ask?
    - andrekandre 5y ago
      i was just curious people use metaphors with a lot of conotation (walled prison) so if there is a more neutral term, i was curious how to state it in either non-positive or non-negative way
      - zepto 5y ago
        Managed ecosystem, or even private ecosystem seem like candidates. Both seem more like factual statements rather than metaphors.
        andrekandre 5y ago
        makes sense, thanks ^^
  - Tagbert 5y ago
    Room?
rubyist5eva 5y ago
It's a back-handed use of the word as a criticism. Apple is "god" and they "bless" things that are approved by them-and-only-them to be "good".
EricE 5y ago
>Edit- is there some sensitive nerve I hit? Probably the nerve that's tired of people going out of their way to be offended over terms that never were offensive when used in context such as this subject matter. Context does matter.
nemothekid 5y ago
>Why did you use the word Blessed? It's a fairly common idiom when talking about platform APIs. Some APIs are "blessed" in that they are the APIs that they platform owners would like you to use and others they would like you to avoid. "Blessed" isn't wholly positive as it implies the platform plays favorites, and frequently the new blessed apis don't support all the old functionality. Here is patio11 using the idiom 7 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7658396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7658396 It's not as nefarious as you are implying - I don't have an agenda, I've just been on HN for too long.

stefanfisk 5y ago

I can't speak for the author, but personally I'm enough of an atheist to not read "blessed" as more than "approved by the powers that be".

andyzweb 5y ago

I thought it might have been some kind of reference to the bless(8) command.

cyberge99 5y ago
In context this is how it’s typically used.

zepto 5y ago

> "Walled Prison" I'm curious what made your brain choose that word instead of something neutral.

andrekandre 5y ago
what would be a good term?
- zepto 5y ago
  Why do you ask?
  - andrekandre 5y ago
    i was just curious people use metaphors with a lot of conotation (walled prison) so if there is a more neutral term, i was curious how to state it in either non-positive or non-negative way
    - zepto 5y ago
      Managed ecosystem, or even private ecosystem seem like candidates. Both seem more like factual statements rather than metaphors.
      - andrekandre 5y ago
        makes sense, thanks ^^
- Tagbert 5y ago
  Room?

rubyist5eva 5y ago

It's a back-handed use of the word as a criticism. Apple is "god" and they "bless" things that are approved by them-and-only-them to be "good".

EricE 5y ago

>Edit- is there some sensitive nerve I hit? Probably the nerve that's tired of people going out of their way to be offended over terms that never were offensive when used in context such as this subject matter. Context does matter.

nemothekid 5y ago

>Why did you use the word Blessed? It's a fairly common idiom when talking about platform APIs. Some APIs are "blessed" in that they are the APIs that they platform owners would like you to use and others they would like you to avoid. "Blessed" isn't wholly positive as it implies the platform plays favorites, and frequently the new blessed apis don't support all the old functionality. Here is patio11 using the idiom 7 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7658396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7658396 It's not as nefarious as you are implying - I don't have an agenda, I've just been on HN for too long.