I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later

Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by jdkee on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:10PM (#22162067)

Doctorow histrionically copying the entire Gibson quote is a perfect example of why he is a poor writer. He has no sense of balance.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by dkarl on Monday January 27, 2020 @02:26PM (#22162821)

Not only that, the Gibson quote has not aged well. Consumers are not gripping a remote control in voiceless isolated rage; they now hold globally connected handheld computers that provide access to a dizzying choice of ways to interact with others. If there's something essential in this unattractive picture that hasn't changed, this choice of quote doesn't give me confidence that either Gibson or Doctorow understands it.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by jdkee on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @10:30PM (#22177060)

I think the quote was appropriate at the time, see parallel ideas espoused by Stephenson in Interface (1994). It predates the smartphone/social media era.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by kome on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:48PM (#22162466)

ok.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by cosmiccatnap on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:46PM (#22162451)

Interesting how an attack of his writing style invalidates his criticisms...

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by filoleg on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:51PM (#22163648)

The parent comment isn't saying "his writing style is bad, and that makes his points bad." It is saying "His points are bad, and the issues with his poor writing style seem to mirror the issues with the points he makes".

You can say that the parent comment doesn't explain why his points are bad, but that has been already discussed to death elsewhere in the thread. So it doesn't seem necessary to copypaste all of that in here, just to make a point about his writing style issues alone.

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