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imo, the android defensiveness stems from the rabid Apple fanboys of the past ~5 years (eg daring fireball).
by Androsynth 14y ago
imo, the android defensiveness stems from the rabid Apple fanboys of the past ~5 years (eg daring fireball).
- mkaltenecker 14y agoMy advice is to not be so sensitive. Android is very successful. There is no need to jump in loudly screaming whenever someone mentions Apple or the iPhone.
- dannyr 14y agoYour advice works for the Apple fanboys too. IPhone is very successful as much, if not, more than Android. It's interesting though that it was Apple dissing Google in its WWDC keynote (how its latest OS is in most phones unlike Android's). Google, unlike last year, didn't diss Apple at all at Google I/O.
- flatline3 14y agoCan we just not do this? I already lived through the "MACS SUX PCS ROOL" 90s, and I don't really want to deal with the modern Android vs. iOS incarnation. Next, someone will be saying "right tool for the job", a Linux desktop guy will pop in to say "you're both wrong!", some benevolent Windows user will pipe in with "Macs are mostly good for design." I can't remember what gamers would say, but it was probably something equally inane. To this I all say: No. Stop. There is nothing interesting here to say. We've done this before, and it had more to do with tribal us vs. them simplification than it did with any genuine mature comparative analysis of the options.
- mixmastamyk 14y ago"All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again."
- mattgreenrocks 14y agoBut how will they feel Right On The Internet with that sort of perspective?
- mitchty 14y agoExactly, we aren't rooting for football teams here, no need to act territorial. In addition, its a factual reality that Android came out after the iPhone. That doesn't discount its contributions however, just puts into perspective its place in history.