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HN is refreshingly free of terms like M$. Why do we give iThing a free pass?

• brudgers 13y ago
  Is it really derogatory? It seems to that the term covers the hardware associated with iOS and doesn't imply anything one way or another about the company which manufactures it. It is not as if there is just one "iPhone" and one "iPod" and one "iPad". There are diverse models of each and little point in being pedantic over all the retinas and 2' and 3's and 4's and GS's and plain old S's and mini's and nano's when the important point is that one cluster of them is required to use the product.
• peteretep 13y ago
  Because it's considerably shorter than "iOS device" and "iPad or iPhone or iPod"?
  • pohl 13y ago
    iPad is shorter still. This app isn't universal.
• bitwize 13y ago
  It succinctly captures the entire category of "small personal electronic device from Apple" including all present and plausible future product lines. Unlike M$, it has both derogatory and non-derogatory intonations and connotations.
  • qq66 13y ago
    iDevice captures the same category without any derogatory intonations.
    • davexunit 13y ago
      It's meant to be a pejorative term. Apple is an enemy of our freedom.
      • pohl 13y ago
        The intended contempt may have eluded brudgers, bitwize, and peteretep but it wasn't lost on me - hence my question.