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So some outfit called Strategy Analytics, who no one has ever heard of, (but who will no doubt turn out to have Samsung as a shareholder or customer) says that

by epo 13y ago

So some outfit called Strategy Analytics, who no one has ever heard of, (but who will no doubt turn out to have Samsung as a shareholder or customer) says that their estimates of Samsung's profits exceeds their estimates of Apple's profits. And the fandroids lap it up.

pearjuice 13y ago
I forgot my [sarcasm] tags.
- jevinskie 13y ago
  It still wouldn't have been an appropriate HN comment.
  - pearjuice 13y ago
    Yet I am getting blessed with karma.
- sigzero 13y ago
  I read it as sarcastic anyway. lol
laumars 13y ago
To be honest, your comment comes across as more of a fanboy remark than the guy you were responding to. And to be honest, I'm just sick to death of how every Apple discussion (and on every forum) ends up as a heated flamewar against brainwashed sheeple who value brand loyalty above their own sanity. And I'm not singling Apple customers out; I'm talking about Samsung / Android zealots in Apple threads as well. It's as if we, the developed world, have nothing better to do with our time than start arguments on the internet about inconsequential bullshit because someone dared criticize our favorite brand.
- derefr 13y ago
  > It's as if we, the developed world, have nothing better to do with our time than start arguments on the internet about inconsequential bullshit because someone dared criticize our favorite brand. It's almost as if it was human nature to pick inconsequential things to strongly identify with for the sake of creating arbitrary us-them divides to fight over. (http://lesswrong.com/lw/mg/the_twoparty_swindle/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/mg/the_twoparty_swindle/)
- fc2 13y ago
  Android fans care about open source, not Google or Samsung. There's a big difference between that and Apple fanboyism.
  - laumars 13y ago
    I disagree. Most Android fans don't follow open source that closely (eg they're Windows users on the desktop). And most open source fans (myself included) don't consider Android that open.
epo 13y ago
And here we go, it only took 2 days. the story is a fabrication http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/27/samsung-has-not-dethroned-apple-in-mobile-profits http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/27/samsung-has-not-de... They compared estimates (made up numbers remember) but for Apple they used some calculation of net profit, for Samsung they did not. A choice quote "In other words, in order to report that "Samsung has finally succeeded in becoming the handset industry's largest and most profitable vendor," Strategy Analytics had to compare Samsung's entire PC and device business with only half of Apple's." So basically anti-Apple propaganda, all lies and lapped up by the fandroids. Fascinatingly a submission reporting this story has been flagged so it can no longer be upvoted.

by epo 13y ago

pearjuice 13y ago

I forgot my [sarcasm] tags.

jevinskie 13y ago
It still wouldn't have been an appropriate HN comment.
- pearjuice 13y ago
  Yet I am getting blessed with karma.
sigzero 13y ago
I read it as sarcastic anyway. lol

laumars 13y ago

To be honest, your comment comes across as more of a fanboy remark than the guy you were responding to. And to be honest, I'm just sick to death of how every Apple discussion (and on every forum) ends up as a heated flamewar against brainwashed sheeple who value brand loyalty above their own sanity. And I'm not singling Apple customers out; I'm talking about Samsung / Android zealots in Apple threads as well. It's as if we, the developed world, have nothing better to do with our time than start arguments on the internet about inconsequential bullshit because someone dared criticize our favorite brand.

derefr 13y ago
> It's as if we, the developed world, have nothing better to do with our time than start arguments on the internet about inconsequential bullshit because someone dared criticize our favorite brand. It's almost as if it was human nature to pick inconsequential things to strongly identify with for the sake of creating arbitrary us-them divides to fight over. (http://lesswrong.com/lw/mg/the_twoparty_swindle/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/mg/the_twoparty_swindle/)
fc2 13y ago
Android fans care about open source, not Google or Samsung. There's a big difference between that and Apple fanboyism.
- laumars 13y ago
  I disagree. Most Android fans don't follow open source that closely (eg they're Windows users on the desktop). And most open source fans (myself included) don't consider Android that open.

epo 13y ago

And here we go, it only took 2 days. the story is a fabrication http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/27/samsung-has-not-dethroned-apple-in-mobile-profits http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/27/samsung-has-not-de... They compared estimates (made up numbers remember) but for Apple they used some calculation of net profit, for Samsung they did not. A choice quote "In other words, in order to report that "Samsung has finally succeeded in becoming the handset industry's largest and most profitable vendor," Strategy Analytics had to compare Samsung's entire PC and device business with only half of Apple's." So basically anti-Apple propaganda, all lies and lapped up by the fandroids. Fascinatingly a submission reporting this story has been flagged so it can no longer be upvoted.