I vote with my wallet! A Best Buy employee recently steered us to the Samsung BD Players when my wife and I were looking recently. When I explained why I wouldn't buy Samsung, he seemed to understand about the SEP issues and Samsung's potential danger to the entire industry. We looked at Phillips, Sony and Panasonic instead. We haven't picked one out yet, but you can bet it won't be Samsung! Down the road, we WERE considering their refrigerators.
Wow, you people are unbelievable. I have not had anything even remotely approaching a meltdown (or "meld down" as you say).
You ask what I'm expecting from an editorial at an Apple fan site - well it's the same as what I expect from any site I read: good writing and factual content, presented in an objective, unbiased way. What this writer fails to realize is that his points would be made even more effectively if his articles weren't dripping with bias. It's hard to take him seriously or believe what he says when he has such an obvious agenda. And beyond that, it's impossible for reasonable people to link to these articles on other sites and be taken seriously because there is such an obvious pro-Apple bias. It is completely unnecessary. He could write in a more objective tone and still make exactly the same points.
I happen to buy nearly every product Apple puts out and I have great respect for them as a company, but this type of biased writing is a huge turn-off to me.
I'm still baffled at how much you guys have read into my comments that I never said, and that you think I'm having a meltdown and am going to have a heart attack, etc., etc. when I've remained perfectly calm. You have a very skewed view of reality.
It's an EDITORIAL! It has bias. Yea and Crowley is right about that third paragraph.
Editorials don't have to be written in such an obviously biased tone. There is no requirement for that.
I have no idea what he or you is talking about regarding "that third paragraph." What does that even mean?
Editorials are opinion pieces. Opinions have biases.
As for the third paragraph, we don't need to know how many Apple products you have or when you first bought them. It adds nothing to the discussion and it is a common troll tactic (not saying you are one).
It's an EDITORIAL! It has bias. Yea and Crowley is right about that third paragraph.
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Editorials don't have to be written in such an obviously biased tone. There is no requirement for that.
I have no idea what he or you is talking about regarding "that third paragraph." What does that even mean?
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
It's technology's version of "I'm not racist but…"
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
LOL! Ok. Anyone who would write this completely absurd line is obviously not a rational person: "This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie." Really? So people can't say they own Apple products on here? Anyone who owns Apple products must fall in line with your way of thinking, and if they don't, they're obviously a lying, paid troll? What kind of bizarre fantasy world are you living in?
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
It's technology's version of "I'm not racist but…"
And: "I wish I hadn't been forced to trade in my iPhone—if only it would do a, b, and c." All things iPhones have done from the get-go, of course.
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
LOL! Ok. Anyone who would write this completely absurd line is obviously not a rational person: "This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie." Really? So people can't say they own Apple products on here? Anyone who owns Apple products must fall in line with your way of thinking, and if they don't, they're obviously a lying, paid troll? What kind of bizarre fantasy world are you living in?
You can't be that obtuse. People can say they own Apple products. The dead giveaway of a troll or shill is what you did. Don't claim you can't see the difference. It's 100% accurate, and you've outed yourself. Weren't you the one ending every post with "MIGHTY SAMSUNG FIGHTING!!" the other day?
LOL! Ok. Anyone who would write this completely absurd line is obviously not a rational person: "This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie." Really? So people can't say they own Apple products on here? Anyone who owns Apple products must fall in line with your way of thinking, and if they don't, they're obviously a lying, paid troll? What kind of bizarre fantasy world are you living in?
People can say it when prompted or asked or if the topic presents itself for such info.
Wow, you people are unbelievable. I have not had anything even remotely approaching a meltdown (or "meld down" as you say).
You ask what I'm expecting from an editorial at an Apple fan site - well it's the same as what I expect from any site I read: good writing and factual content, presented in an objective, unbiased way. What this writer fails to realize is that his points would be made even more effectively if his articles weren't dripping with bias. It's hard to take him seriously or believe what he says when he has such an obvious agenda. And beyond that, it's impossible for reasonable people to link to these articles on other sites and be taken seriously because there is such an obvious pro-Apple bias. It is completely unnecessary. He could write in a more objective tone and still make exactly the same points.
I happen to buy nearly every product Apple puts out and I have great respect for them as a company, but this type of biased writing is a huge turn-off to me.
I'm still baffled at how much you guys have read into my comments that I never said, and that you think I'm having a meltdown and am going to have a heart attack, etc., etc. when I've remained perfectly calm. You have a very skewed view of reality.
Well you know what they say, "It takes bias to fight bias".
LOL! Ok. Anyone who would write this completely absurd line is obviously not a rational person: "This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie." Really? So people can't say they own Apple products on here? Anyone who owns Apple products must fall in line with your way of thinking, and if they don't, they're obviously a lying, paid troll? What kind of bizarre fantasy world are you living in?
I agree with you, but on this forum the effect of saying "I like Apple, but", or "I own these Apple products, but" is like a red rag to a bull for the self-declared troll hunters, and will railroad the conversation from here on. It's rubbish, linguistic didacticism, but it's the way they are here.
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It's an EDITORIAL! It has bias. Yea and Crowley is right about that third paragraph.
Editorials don't have to be written in such an obviously biased tone. There is no requirement for that.
I have no idea what he or you is talking about regarding "that third paragraph." What does that even mean?
In before that third paragraph gets you labelled as a troll. I'd just remove it if I were you, trust me...
"In before that third paragraph"? What does that mean?
Three months before my Canadian iPhone contract ended, my carrier offered me a $50 credit
it if I would switch for $0 to one of 3 old model competing phones.
Two were android HTC and Samsung. One was an even older model Nokia.
I felt it was quite dumb of them, but they probably were smart to try and dump that very old stock,
which didn't come close to my current iPhone4, which has iOS 7 installed and working very well.
My reward to my carrier for trying to suck me into buying their trash phones,
was to continue off contract at a lower rate,
while I evaluate which other carrier gets my next lovely iPhone purchase.
Editorials are opinion pieces. Opinions have biases.
As for the third paragraph, we don't need to know how many Apple products you have or when you first bought them. It adds nothing to the discussion and it is a common troll tactic (not saying you are one).
I assume he means end your comment before the 3rd paragraph.
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
It's technology's version of "I'm not racist but…"
Dontcha love DED's rants against Samsung? Whenever I think he's getting a little extreme, I put things back in perspective by looking at this:
You're kidding, right? Anytime anybody starts talking about how many Apple products they own, and how they like Apple in general, but.... you know you're dealing with a lying troll, and most likely a paid shill. This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie. It's troll tactic #1! Don't try to play innocent. Everybody knows that, and now they know for sure about you.
LOL! Ok. Anyone who would write this completely absurd line is obviously not a rational person: "This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie." Really? So people can't say they own Apple products on here? Anyone who owns Apple products must fall in line with your way of thinking, and if they don't, they're obviously a lying, paid troll? What kind of bizarre fantasy world are you living in?
And: "I wish I hadn't been forced to trade in my iPhone—if only it would do a, b, and c." All things iPhones have done from the get-go, of course.
It's technology's version of "I'm not racist but…"
No, it's a normal person stating a fact.
Or "I have friends that are.... but.... "
Why would a "normal" person make a preemptive defense? The answer is always because they are about to put their foot in their mouth.
You can't be that obtuse. People can say they own Apple products. The dead giveaway of a troll or shill is what you did. Don't claim you can't see the difference. It's 100% accurate, and you've outed yourself. Weren't you the one ending every post with "MIGHTY SAMSUNG FIGHTING!!" the other day?
People can say it when prompted or asked or if the topic presents itself for such info.
Wow, you people are unbelievable. I have not had anything even remotely approaching a meltdown (or "meld down" as you say).
You ask what I'm expecting from an editorial at an Apple fan site - well it's the same as what I expect from any site I read: good writing and factual content, presented in an objective, unbiased way. What this writer fails to realize is that his points would be made even more effectively if his articles weren't dripping with bias. It's hard to take him seriously or believe what he says when he has such an obvious agenda. And beyond that, it's impossible for reasonable people to link to these articles on other sites and be taken seriously because there is such an obvious pro-Apple bias. It is completely unnecessary. He could write in a more objective tone and still make exactly the same points.
I happen to buy nearly every product Apple puts out and I have great respect for them as a company, but this type of biased writing is a huge turn-off to me.
I'm still baffled at how much you guys have read into my comments that I never said, and that you think I'm having a meltdown and am going to have a heart attack, etc., etc. when I've remained perfectly calm. You have a very skewed view of reality.
Well you know what they say, "It takes bias to fight bias".
LOL! Ok. Anyone who would write this completely absurd line is obviously not a rational person: "This kind of declaration is absolutely always a complete lie." Really? So people can't say they own Apple products on here? Anyone who owns Apple products must fall in line with your way of thinking, and if they don't, they're obviously a lying, paid troll? What kind of bizarre fantasy world are you living in?
I agree with you, but on this forum the effect of saying "I like Apple, but", or "I own these Apple products, but" is like a red rag to a bull for the self-declared troll hunters, and will railroad the conversation from here on. It's rubbish, linguistic didacticism, but it's the way they are here.