If there ’s an overused word in our online lexicon , it ’s “ give out . ” Fail , fail , go , everything is fail . It ’s so overuse that the great unwashed take to expend the adjective “ EPIC ” so you live they ’re really serious this time about something being “ FAIL . ” Not amazingly , Apple has this four - letter word hurled at it a portion . Plus , a major netbook vendor admit to fail in the shadow of the iPad and Flash ? FAIL .
Where are the inveterate jerkweeds now?
ComputerWorld ’s Preston Gralla wants to knowwhere are “ Apple fanbois ” now that Apple ’s the “ most reviled brand on the lucre . ”
Apple has long been known for its fanatical fanbois , who attack anyone online who even hint that the companionship or its merchandise are not perfect .
Well , Preston for appetiser , most of these “ Apple fanbois ” are in your fevered resource , right where they ’ve always been . But if you also think of those of us who bump to like Apple products while still reserving the right field to criticize the company for its random App Store insurance policy , surrender on DRM , and Steve Jobs ’s parking in handicapped spaces , we ’re over here essay to figure out what you ’re yawp about .
Pro tip : when you have a stunned tilt to make , preface it by branding anyone who might take exception to it as a “ fanatic . ” Now you ’ve inure yourself from onrush ! you may say anything , no matter how stupid it is !
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See , Preston , that ’s the thing . We do n’t take care reasoned criticism of Apple . Heck , wemakeit . What we do n’t like is inflammatory nexus - hook that has no basis in realness .
Which gets us to your “ breaker point . ”
Now the tables have turn : Brandwatch has found that Apple has become the most reviled brand on the Internet .
Really?Is that what they found , Preston ?
deform out , no , not really ! Whatthe clause Gralla linked tosays is that Apple was the “ mostcriticisedbrand in blogosphere ” ( emphasis the Macalope ’s ) . That ’s slightly more accurate , but still not right . No , what Brandwatch found was that …
Apple is the brand name most usually linked to the word form ‘ # fail ’ .
That ’s it . There are other mode to criticise a company , but they ’re hard to key out . Tracking the # fail tag end is well-to-do !
The progression of stupid here is what ’s so annoying . “ Apple most associated with fail shred ” is turn into “ Apple is most pick apart brand ” is turned into “ Apple is most rail brand ” .
praise , to Preston , though . He was the final recursive call to the mathematical function getStupid ( ) .
From the horse’s mouth
A note netbook maker has take on what ’s been wide speculate for calendar month : netbook sales are slowing because of the iPad(tip o ’ the antlers toTUAW ) .
Asustek Computer saw sale of its netbooks in the 2nd quarter fall short of first moment mainly due to rivalry from Apple ’s iPad , and has downward adjusted its target shipments for the third quarter , the traditional peak sales period , to 1.4 million unit , according to company president and CEO Jerry Shen at an investor league on August 13 .
Marco Arment providesa recent history moral , pointing out that the smartphone market place look like poop ( hey , a lot like netbooks ! ) as the sun rose on the daybreak of January 9th , 2007 . Three and a one-half years later it looks , oh , exactly like the iPhone .
Marco ask :
How do you think the subcompact , cheap computer category will await in three years ?
For the slower members of the social class , the reply to this rhetorical question is “ a pile like the iPad . ”
What we have here is a failure to innovate .
Flash fail fun
Laptop Magazine ’s Avram Piltch drop the degree Fahrenheit - bomb on Flash :
Mobile Flash Fail : Weak Android Player Proves Jobs Right(tip o ’ the antler toDaring Fireball ) .
John Dowdell say :
await , John Dowdell?Adobe’sJohn Dowdell ?
THE MACALOPE ’S GONNA postulate SOME Zea mays everta OVER HERE , STAT .
For those of you who have n’t play along the Flash / iPhone face-off , Dowdell is one of Adobe ’s open cannons with a penchant for holy - than - thou sermons that just fall out to conveniently intersect with his paycheck . Oh , he does n’t have the eloquence of Lee “ Go make love yourself Apple ” Brimelow , but he ’ll do in a pinch .
Ever helpful , Dowdell has a troubleshooting question :
First matter first : are you using legit versions of software ?
“ And a follow - up doubt , where did you steal this French telephone ? ”
Before Piltch could answer , Dowdell write a post on his own bloglamenting the packaging of the piece ( yes , why would anyone want to know about Flash carrying out ? ! ) , complain that it took a duet of hour to get his comment approved , and reiterating his tilt that the only thing that should stimulate problems is hacked software .
Piltch has since verify that , yes , he is using prescribed software and , as of this penning , Dowdell has not reply with any further helpful hints about how Piltch must be doing it improper .
And perhaps he is ! The Macalope certainly does n’t bonk because he ’d rather have a paper cut on his eyeball than use Flash . What ’s so funny is take in Adobe ’s vaunted “ open culture ” make the caller so many friends across the Internet .
We need“FREE LEE BRIMELOW”T - shirts .
