ElianGonzález

lkrupp said:

cg27 said:

mac_dog said:

cg27 said:

The Chinese should be embarrassed of their blatant stealing.
And shame on us for being so naive.

The Chinese have defeated the US as far as their economy and I’m sure their embarrassed. 

If we could get our congress to stop reading Dr. Seuss and playing with children’s toys, we might not need to worry about it. 

Last I checked the Chinese don’t use GAAP accounting standards and have a lot of shady investments going on.  Also, of their 1.4B people, probably 1B are living hand to mouth, in very polluted air and water, not to mention in a totalitarian regime.  Hardly what I would consider a great economy, let alone a great place to live.  No thanks.

But many right here in these forums think China is the greatest thing going, and any questioning of China’s motives is just sour grapes and racist. 

One can criticize China heavily without resorting to saying how poor and sh*tty their country is and being defensive about racism, as both of you just did. 

"...looks alarmingly like an iPad on a stand."

Wut? What precisely is so "alarming" about this? 

"A casual study.."

Stop right there. This is about as valid as a Twitter poll or "many people are saying." Either a study is done according to established protocols or it's not a study of any kind.

It's hard to understand what the subtext of all this criticism is. I almost get the sense that these companies that are piling on Apple might suspect that Apple is going to lose its lawsuit. Or, they somehow believe that all this complaining is actually going to help Apple lose.

I am thoroughly bemused by the histrionics of the blogger (and by easy extension, myriad techie bois) who are staring at their current iPad Pro and Magic Keyboard right now and channeling their inner Lisa Simpson as they cry out, "it's utterly, utterly hopeless!"

Now do remind us how much you claim that Apple products keep a higher value over years as you, essentially, declare your current setup as an obsolete mess that you just cannot use anymore. 

One supposes that all the prep in the world still can leave you surprised.