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What blows my mind is the dumb stuff apple fans get excited over. I draw on an ipad every day. I select tools every couple minutes. I'm never going to be lookin

What blows my mind is the dumb stuff apple fans get excited over. I draw on an ipad every day. I select tools every couple minutes. I'm never going to be looking at a drop shadow thats under the pen. It's just not that interesting.

thebruce87m 2y ago
Has anyone ever met one of these mythical “Apple fans”? I have a lot of people in my circle that are repeat apple customers for all the obvious reasons, but they are in no way “fans”, just repeat customers.
- LegitShady 2y ago
  The person who came up with the link that is the basis of this story. The astounded reaction to a feature that isn't all that useful.
- tmpz22 2y ago
  Read old.reddit.com/r/apple to witness the zealotry - incitement topics include: * Discussion of iPad not supporting desktop workloads like macOS despite costing as much as a MBP * Discussion of the Apple mouse * Discussion of EU regulation * Discussion of the monopolistic nature of App stores and fees
  - olliej 2y ago
    Yes but you can do the same for android, windows, different game consoles, etc Forums can make tiny groups of people look large because they all aggregate in one place. The same thing allowed flat earthers and such to believe they have huge numbers of supporters.
- freedomben 2y ago
  Yes they absolutely exist. I used to work with a bunch of them, and it was unreal. They would actually get angry when I mentioned that my Macbook Pro with Apple monitor (so all Apple hardware and software) would leave my laptop screen completely off after unplugging from the external monitor about 50% of the time. I had to hold the power button to hard reboot it in order to get the laptop screen back on. That bug was there for at least 9 months. It usually went in the same logically progression. First, denial (no way), then dismissal and blaming the user("works for me, you must be doing something wrong"), then acceptance but always with a comment like "it's worse on Windows" or similar. My MBP before that had a weird bug where if the screen was completely off (which I routinely did at night so I could listen to a podcast while falling asleep), after right around 5 minutes it would suddenly blast the screen at full brightness, which lit up the room and shocked me back awake. I ended up "fixing" the bug by cutting out a piece of tin foil and taping it to the screen. Absolutely maddening when you're paying a premium for stuff that "just works" and the company (tightly) controls the entire stack to "ensure the quality user experience." After that point I finally had enough and just bought a Lenovo laptop and had a much better experience with Linux on it. I think Apple makes some great hardware, and I wish it was more open/hacker friendly, but damn Apple is absolutely a religion to some people, and they don't take criticism well. Now that said, I do think the vast majority of Apple customers are just like you. The super fans are just a very loud minority. Some Linux communities have the same problem where a small number of very loud assholes can overwhelm the average voice.
joemi 2y ago
On the other hand, just because you're not consciously noticing it doesn't mean it's not affecting your experience (for better or worse).
ClassyJacket 2y ago
Feel free to criticize Apple, but if you're going to get into cheap fanboy wars, reddit is right over there -->

thebruce87m 2y ago

Has anyone ever met one of these mythical “Apple fans”? I have a lot of people in my circle that are repeat apple customers for all the obvious reasons, but they are in no way “fans”, just repeat customers.

LegitShady 2y ago
The person who came up with the link that is the basis of this story. The astounded reaction to a feature that isn't all that useful.
tmpz22 2y ago
Read old.reddit.com/r/apple to witness the zealotry - incitement topics include: * Discussion of iPad not supporting desktop workloads like macOS despite costing as much as a MBP * Discussion of the Apple mouse * Discussion of EU regulation * Discussion of the monopolistic nature of App stores and fees
- olliej 2y ago
  Yes but you can do the same for android, windows, different game consoles, etc Forums can make tiny groups of people look large because they all aggregate in one place. The same thing allowed flat earthers and such to believe they have huge numbers of supporters.
freedomben 2y ago
Yes they absolutely exist. I used to work with a bunch of them, and it was unreal. They would actually get angry when I mentioned that my Macbook Pro with Apple monitor (so all Apple hardware and software) would leave my laptop screen completely off after unplugging from the external monitor about 50% of the time. I had to hold the power button to hard reboot it in order to get the laptop screen back on. That bug was there for at least 9 months. It usually went in the same logically progression. First, denial (no way), then dismissal and blaming the user("works for me, you must be doing something wrong"), then acceptance but always with a comment like "it's worse on Windows" or similar. My MBP before that had a weird bug where if the screen was completely off (which I routinely did at night so I could listen to a podcast while falling asleep), after right around 5 minutes it would suddenly blast the screen at full brightness, which lit up the room and shocked me back awake. I ended up "fixing" the bug by cutting out a piece of tin foil and taping it to the screen. Absolutely maddening when you're paying a premium for stuff that "just works" and the company (tightly) controls the entire stack to "ensure the quality user experience." After that point I finally had enough and just bought a Lenovo laptop and had a much better experience with Linux on it. I think Apple makes some great hardware, and I wish it was more open/hacker friendly, but damn Apple is absolutely a religion to some people, and they don't take criticism well. Now that said, I do think the vast majority of Apple customers are just like you. The super fans are just a very loud minority. Some Linux communities have the same problem where a small number of very loud assholes can overwhelm the average voice.

joemi 2y ago

On the other hand, just because you're not consciously noticing it doesn't mean it's not affecting your experience (for better or worse).

ClassyJacket 2y ago

Feel free to criticize Apple, but if you're going to get into cheap fanboy wars, reddit is right over there -->