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Apple is like a religion. An Apple user told me “Apple never makes mistakes” during the Antennagate. I never forgot that, and I try not to have conversations wi

Apple is like a religion. An Apple user told me “Apple never makes mistakes” during the Antennagate. I never forgot that, and I try not to have conversations with Apple fans after that.

trogdor 2y ago
>An Apple user told me “Apple never makes mistakes” during the Antennagate. I never forgot that, and I try not to have conversations with Apple fans after that. Someone made an absurd statement to you about Apple, so you have spent the last fourteen years trying to avoid conversations with people who like Apple products?
- hu3 2y ago
  Absurd? Yes. And common. It's not rare to read comments to the effect of: "Why are you, a single person, doubting the decision a trillion dollar company? Certainly they know best". edit: Algolia for the win. Quick search [1] returned this pearl from 7 days ago [2]: > What would you have them do? Sacrifice a trillion dollar business in token protest? You’re just a keyboard warrior with no point at all who would make the same choice and justify it the same way you imagine I do if you were ever in the position they are. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=trillion%20apple&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40098425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40098425
- zac23or 2y ago
  > Someone made ... This example demonstrated to me that Apple is a religion, after many other examples. Try reading Apple's blogs, it's crazy. I recommend not trying to talk to extremists in any area. Your life will be much better.
- ducttapecrown 2y ago
  There are no rules in love and OS wars.
- int_19h 2y ago
  This sort of thing is present in every fandom, but Apple's is sort of legendary for how far it is willing to push it. This is rather evident even if you're just skimming through topical subreddits trying to find solution to some problem. It's very common to find a post that asks the exact question you have, followed by dozens of responses telling them that what they are trying to do is either impossible or unnecessary.

Apple is like a religion. An Apple user told me “Apple never makes mistakes” during the Antennagate. I never forgot that, and I try not to have conversations with Apple fans after that.

trogdor 2y ago

>An Apple user told me “Apple never makes mistakes” during the Antennagate. I never forgot that, and I try not to have conversations with Apple fans after that. Someone made an absurd statement to you about Apple, so you have spent the last fourteen years trying to avoid conversations with people who like Apple products?

hu3 2y ago
Absurd? Yes. And common. It's not rare to read comments to the effect of: "Why are you, a single person, doubting the decision a trillion dollar company? Certainly they know best". edit: Algolia for the win. Quick search [1] returned this pearl from 7 days ago [2]: > What would you have them do? Sacrifice a trillion dollar business in token protest? You’re just a keyboard warrior with no point at all who would make the same choice and justify it the same way you imagine I do if you were ever in the position they are. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=trillion%20apple&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40098425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40098425
zac23or 2y ago
> Someone made ... This example demonstrated to me that Apple is a religion, after many other examples. Try reading Apple's blogs, it's crazy. I recommend not trying to talk to extremists in any area. Your life will be much better.
ducttapecrown 2y ago
There are no rules in love and OS wars.
int_19h 2y ago
This sort of thing is present in every fandom, but Apple's is sort of legendary for how far it is willing to push it. This is rather evident even if you're just skimming through topical subreddits trying to find solution to some problem. It's very common to find a post that asks the exact question you have, followed by dozens of responses telling them that what they are trying to do is either impossible or unnecessary.