Such vitriol, but when dealing with Apple folk, that’s common enough. See that? That’s what we call poking the bear. It’s hard to do online since light teasing is hard to get across in type.
Also, five people took time out of their day to ‘like’ my comment. Another two took the time to reply positively. I posted that as a heads up to people like me who are frankly kind of tired of writers asserting the superiority of Apple when the truth of the matter is that there is no “better OS” but simply ones people prefer. It also was intended to serve as a warning to those in the know when it comes to responding to anything pro Apple with something other than positivity - as the outcome is usually seething responders, as we can see. What you attempt to paint as me posting “Fake News” I see as simply being pithy. I suppose in deference to your preferences I should have also added more on my thoughts concerning the article but in my defense I had no idea you were lurking there expecting and indeed insisting upon a more verbose posting from anyone who might comment on the article.
And why not? Is it a given that polls on the importance of particular tech we use in our daily lives are necessarily opinion pieces? But that’s not my problem with it. I’m fine with opinion when stated and framed as such but what I read was unfounded assertion painted as fact. There is a difference but I suppose it is subtle.
Take a step back and look in the mirror. I posted something no one other than you seemed to have a problem with. Something that some people liked and a couple of people like gracchus even bothered to respond kindly to. In the case of gracchus, he took the time to explain this was written by Farhad Manjoo whom I expressed not being aware of. gracchus again responded saying I had not missed much which I took to mean this sort of article was likely his typical fare. Discussion. We had it and no one had to attack anyone about it. But you would label those interactions as “walking away” which baffles me.
One of the responses I received was categorically different from the others. Rather than any attempt towards discourse, it was little more than snark and hyperbolic misrepresentation. If you are going to speak of respect for contributors to this thread it would help if you displayed not only an understanding of the concept but also that you have incorporated the idea into your interactions with others.
