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Gruber is going to have to set aside about a month's worth of updates to get through all the claim chowder from the people who gave the Galaxy Note shit for bei

by Marazan 12y ago

Gruber is going to have to set aside about a month's worth of updates to get through all the claim chowder from the people who gave the Galaxy Note shit for being 'hilariously' or 'ridiculously' or 'stupidly' large.

Marazan 12y ago
Found the one I was thinking of in particular: http://thetechblock.com/samsungs-galaxy-note-changed-my-life/ http://thetechblock.com/samsungs-galaxy-note-changed-my-life... and linked to by Gruber http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/techblock-galaxy-note http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/techblock-galaxy...
- skc 12y ago
  Well he could easily retort that the if you're going to make a phone this big, do it right, make it as light as possible. I assume the iPhone 6 is lighter than the equivalently sized Galaxy phones.
  - Marazan 12y ago
    By 2 grams! Go Apple!
    - blinkingled 12y ago
      Hey if it's heavier by 2 grams - it's premium and substantial feeling than the 'cheap' feeling Note!
xemoka 12y ago
Except, it is, and this doesn't invalidate that fact. But for some reason there's a vast market of people who really like hilariously large screens. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them... I'll keep hanging onto my 4s thanks.
archagon 12y ago
Gruber talks about this in the latest episode of the Talk Show. He admits that trends change, and what looked stupid a few years ago might not look so stupid anymore now that everyone is doing it. Also, phones are no longer used for actual phone calls so much, making the "brick next to your ear" factor less meaningful. I wish people didn't feel the need to "gotcha" Gruber at every possible opportunity. He's generally a very reasonable fellow, if aggressive at times.
- Marazan 12y ago
  It's because he's an aggressive dick who's "gotcha" passive-agressive Claim Chowder pieces are often disingenuously dishonest. His habit of trawling for people's reaction to the very first iPhone ( the glorified feature phone with a 2G connection, no ability to do voice-and-data and no ability to write apps for it who's sales figures were basically a rounding error) and present them as if they are talking abut the latest juggernaut selling release of the iPhone with the justification that they should have seen what 10 iterations and 7 years of development was going to bring makes him an easy and satisfying target to skewer when he so grossly fucks up with his own opinions.
  - archagon 12y ago
    When I started reading Gruber, before I was even an Apple fan, I loved how he plowed through the anti-Apple BS that showed up so regularly on tech websites (and that I didn't even recognize as such before I started reading him). I think his style is a reaction to all the nerd bullying that Apple users have been subjected to over the years. (And really, you still see it everywhere in the tech sphere. "How's that one-button mouse?" "Mac gamers? LOL!" "iSheep" etc. Try asking a question related to Macs or OSX on any tech website: you'll get a hundred comments laughing at you for having bought a Mac. If you're into Apple products, it's hard to not grow angry and bitter after a while. Hence the endless flame wars between Apple and Android users on sites like The Verge.)

by Marazan 12y ago

Marazan 12y ago

Found the one I was thinking of in particular: http://thetechblock.com/samsungs-galaxy-note-changed-my-life/ http://thetechblock.com/samsungs-galaxy-note-changed-my-life... and linked to by Gruber http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/techblock-galaxy-note http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/techblock-galaxy...

skc 12y ago
Well he could easily retort that the if you're going to make a phone this big, do it right, make it as light as possible. I assume the iPhone 6 is lighter than the equivalently sized Galaxy phones.
- Marazan 12y ago
  By 2 grams! Go Apple!
  - blinkingled 12y ago
    Hey if it's heavier by 2 grams - it's premium and substantial feeling than the 'cheap' feeling Note!

xemoka 12y ago

Except, it is, and this doesn't invalidate that fact. But for some reason there's a vast market of people who really like hilariously large screens. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them... I'll keep hanging onto my 4s thanks.

archagon 12y ago

Gruber talks about this in the latest episode of the Talk Show. He admits that trends change, and what looked stupid a few years ago might not look so stupid anymore now that everyone is doing it. Also, phones are no longer used for actual phone calls so much, making the "brick next to your ear" factor less meaningful. I wish people didn't feel the need to "gotcha" Gruber at every possible opportunity. He's generally a very reasonable fellow, if aggressive at times.

Marazan 12y ago
It's because he's an aggressive dick who's "gotcha" passive-agressive Claim Chowder pieces are often disingenuously dishonest. His habit of trawling for people's reaction to the very first iPhone ( the glorified feature phone with a 2G connection, no ability to do voice-and-data and no ability to write apps for it who's sales figures were basically a rounding error) and present them as if they are talking abut the latest juggernaut selling release of the iPhone with the justification that they should have seen what 10 iterations and 7 years of development was going to bring makes him an easy and satisfying target to skewer when he so grossly fucks up with his own opinions.
- archagon 12y ago
  When I started reading Gruber, before I was even an Apple fan, I loved how he plowed through the anti-Apple BS that showed up so regularly on tech websites (and that I didn't even recognize as such before I started reading him). I think his style is a reaction to all the nerd bullying that Apple users have been subjected to over the years. (And really, you still see it everywhere in the tech sphere. "How's that one-button mouse?" "Mac gamers? LOL!" "iSheep" etc. Try asking a question related to Macs or OSX on any tech website: you'll get a hundred comments laughing at you for having bought a Mac. If you're into Apple products, it's hard to not grow angry and bitter after a while. Hence the endless flame wars between Apple and Android users on sites like The Verge.)