There are great swathes of people for whom Apple products simply aren't right. The iPhone 4 antenna problem apparently only affects a few people its effects were magnified by an echo chamber of journalists and bloggers.īut if you're one of the people having problems with the iPhone, or with any other Apple device or service, then I don't blame you for hating Apple.Īpple isn't right for you.
If service where you are is good, then you shouldn't notice a problem. It appears that if you're in an area where service was already marginal, the iPhone 4's antenna design will make it worse. Apple has great quality control, its customer satisfaction rankings are routinely among the highest for retail experience, the App Store, the iPad, its technical support, and the iPhone.īut what about the iPhone 4's antenna problems? Surely that caused Apple's customer satisfaction ratings to drop?ĭid they? I haven't seen any surveys to support that data. On the other hand, relatively few people have had bad experiences with Apple. Carly, you know that pain you occasionally get in your lower back? That's me.
I have a voodoo doll of Carly Fiorina that I torture whenever I'm felling blue. I'm still holding a grudge over a bum Compaq laptop I bought in 2002. If a company sells me a bad product, or gives me lousy service, they're dead to me. Is this a good reason to hate Apple? Heck, yes. Every company produces occasional lemons, and if you're stuck with one of them, you're likely to hate the company that sold it to you. You've had a bad experience with Apple products. Go get therapy, give yourself a hug, and shut up about Apple already. The more you go on about Apple's "arrogant" culture,the more you reveal about yourself, your own insecurities and father-issues. What do you care what Apple thinks about you? Do you get worked up in a hissy fit if the barista at Starbucks looks at you funny? Is this a good reason to hate Apple? No, it's dumb.
It's part of the human condition to think that your tribe is better than everybody else's tribe. The same is true for Christians, Jews, atheists, Muslims, Buddhists, Americans, Europeans, Objectivists, and New Yorkers. Everybody who works in the computer industry thinks they're superior to everybody else. Your favorite word is "arrogance." You look at Apple's secretive culture, its slick stores, its polished advertising campaigns, and you think that Apple feels it's superior. If Apple is trying to absorb everyone into its universal groupmind, they're doing a poor job of it.
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The iPhone is only the third most popular phone in the U.S., lagging Android and BlackBerry.
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Moreover, Mac OS has just 5% market share, Windows still runs on more than 90% of desktops. If your sense of individuality is bound up in the consumer products you buy, then you have no individuality at all - you're just one of the Body of Landru, kidding yourself that you're a unique special snowflake. Sometimes that means forging a unique path, but other times, what the masses do is just fine. The true individual doesn't care what the herd does, he does what's right for him. Your choice of consumer products says nothing about your individuality.