There aren’t daily or even weekly submissions about the iOS keyboard being broken. That seems pretty obvious (and understandable).

There was a time, a few months ago, when everyone complained about the iOS keyboard, and blog posts about it got traction. If you want to get a blog post about the same topic to get traction now, you need a hook. The countdown is the hook. That's why I said, "Another random blog post about the broken iOS keyboard wouldn't get any traction."

That's the point of the countdown. When you write that "this is one of the emptiest threats I’ve ever seen", you are completely missing the point of the threat. Everybody knows it's empty. The writer knows it's empty. But it makes the blog post fun and interesting. That's the actual point.

Do you really think the writer thought that Apple would care about one lost iPhone sale?

> If you want to get a blog post about the same topic to get traction now, you need a hook.

And where’s your proof? I’ve given you links to support my arguments. You, on the other hand, are very adamant about something you’ve shown zero proof of.

> That's the point of the countdown.

You are really obsessing over that countdown, which was a single part of an argument with multiple examples. I don’t even think it’s close to being the weakest part of the threat, but you’re really latching on to it, for some reason.

> The writer knows it's empty. But it makes the blog post fun and interesting. That's the actual point.

You sure seem to like making assertive assumptions about the goals and opinions of strangers.

> Do you really think the writer thought that Apple would care about one lost iPhone sale?

What I really think is this was one of the most uninteresting and unproductive conversations I’ve ever had on this website.