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The Apple community does seem to have a disproportionate number of cultists. I have a Mac Book Pro myself, and I've learned that asking certain things about App
by xenomachina 15y ago
The Apple community does seem to have a disproportionate number of cultists. I have a Mac Book Pro myself, and I've learned that asking certain things about Apple can get you treated like a heretic in some Apple forums.
For example, even though I've been using a Mac for several years, I still find the behavior of command-tab to be suboptimal. While searching for a way to get it to behave the way I'd like there were quite a few "you should just get used to the Apple way" responses, and I even found a couple "if you like alt-tab on Windows so much why don't you switch back?" sorts of responses.
- lloeki 15y agoPoint taken, there are fanboys and cultists. I'd say most Apple users though are not that way. Still, whenever you try to have an open discussion about Apple, conflations start early and points get dismissed merely because you happen to own, maybe even enjoy using, an Apple product. The real trouble starts when it has influence outside Apple-ish discussions. Based on my experience on site in some firms or contexts, the moment I get my MacBook out is when I am awarded some Godwin-esque point. Sometimes you can actually hear people sheeshing or sharing something along the lines of "Look, he's one of them". Somehow trust erodes, and points - well received beforehand - about anything going even mildly against the client's preconceived idea of how the project at hand would fare get dismissed on the most shady grounds. There's an interesting group effect in this subtle (sometimes not so) behavior.