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by realize 15y ago
No, he didn't compare the iPhone to a Mercedes and the Nexus to a Honda, at least not as flat comparisons. Read it again. He was explaining that to an iphone fan, ICS still does not have the same level of "polish", even though its feature
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by realize 15y ago
That response repeats the party line about Android being "open", but part of the narrative that MG and Gruber keep pointing out is that it's just not true. The carriers lock things down and fill your phone up with unwanted junk far more th
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by realize 15y ago
Yes, that is the point that MG was making an analogy about, which Josh found offensive. This horse-shit-storm is not about the "general angle" of MG and Gruber but about that analogy and the point it was making. And it's not just the "
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by realize 15y ago
I agree with everything you've just said. So isn't that a defence of MG's article? It was even titled "An iPhone Lover's Take on the Galaxy Nexus". The point was describing his impressions of the nexus from the perspective of someone who
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by realize 15y ago
What makes you think he isn't aware? He writes opinion pieces, so having a strong point-of-view is sort of required. And look how much attention he gets from it. I'd rather an inflammatory strong opinion than a wishy-washy falsely "balanced
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by realize 15y ago
And yet you not only clicked on the post, you read at least some of the comments and contributed yourself. Hmm.
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by realize 15y ago
How does that answer my question? I know how to type something in Google, but that doesn't narrow down the definition being discussed here.
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by realize 15y ago
What would you rather be the case then? Let's say Apple don't restrict what you can do on your device, what does that look like? What do you think Apple should do differently, specifically?
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by realize 15y ago
"Practical value"? How does any of this stuff have any "practical value"? Gruber has one of the most popular tech-related sites on the internet, and a huge readership that overlaps with The Verge's. Seems relevant to me.
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by realize 15y ago
"Evil" isn't really a useful term, it can be taken too many different ways. How exactly would you define "evil"? And how does that definition relate to capitalist corporations?
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by realize 15y ago
I disagree that any of those things are "evil". Apple makes a product and service and clearly lays out what its for. Consumers can choose to buy into that or not. Apple isn't "forcing" anyone to accept their terms, people choose to ac
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by realize 15y ago
I still don't see the problem. Yes, for people who really care about built in turn by turn navigation the iphone probably isn't the right phone. Some probably aren't even aware its possible, and others just don't need it. That isn't obno
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by realize 15y ago
MG isn't saying that iOS is "better". He's saying that there are some things in iOS that are better, and for the people who care about those things this means that Android is so far not acceptable. And if you read either of those authors
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by realize 15y ago
I dont think its because they think it threatens Apple (let's be honest, Apple is going from strength to strength). I think it's because they've been making this same criticism since Android first came out, and its UI is still laggy and s
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by realize 15y ago
Or, more reasonably: One one side, apple not evil but a capitalist corporation, on the other side, google not evil but a capitalist corporation. I can't think of a good argument why either company is "evil".
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by realize 15y ago
I don't really understand what you're trying to say. Your first two statements are true, but not related to the posts we are discussing. Your second two points actually agree with MG's point. For people who prefer the iPhone the UI-respon
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by realize 15y ago
I'm not saying that some devices aren't interesting and competitive, just that The Verge would be incentivised to make them appear so even if they aren't. I agree that the Galaxy Nexus is a very good phone. But there are a LOT of completely
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by realize 15y ago
I really hope you're being ironic.
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by realize 15y ago
This is a common response, attacking the people who write nice things about Apple as "evangelists" rather than refuting their specific arguments. Perhaps they write nice things about Apple because Apple have been making really great produc
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by realize 15y ago
I'd say that Josh is reading class warfare into an analogy that doesn't mean anything of the sort. Maybe there is a better analogy, but in an opinion piece the author is entitled to use his poetic license. As far as the Mercedes-Honda anal
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by realize 15y ago
MG's point is completely valid. The world is divided into two groups: those for whom the little details like UI responsiveness are supremely important, and those who don't notice it or don't care so much. I'd also note that gadget sites li
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by realize 15y ago
They considered the differences between film and digital and decided to combine the worst aspects of each.
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by realize 15y ago
wtf
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by realize 15y ago
I'm surprised by how uniformly negative most people's experiences are. The positive stories seem to be the exceptions.
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by realize 15y ago
No. The other macbooks are too big, and all other notebooks are too windowsey.
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What should a modern research publishing platform look like?(simplexify.net)
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Academic publishing 2.0(simplexify.squarespace.com)
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by realize 15y ago
That is one of the most horrible things I've ever seen. Adobe, please stop having such bad taste. Whenever there's a right way to do things, you seem to commit to the OTHER way.
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by realize 15y ago
Was that including time to wipe the blood from your eyes?
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by realize 15y ago
Can you imagine a future where most of the menial and factory tasks that are now jobs are performed by robots? In this case it certainly does eliminate jobs, with no guarantee that others will be created. The wealth created goes to the com

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