Re:Buying the new MacBook Air
by dasil003 on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @06:15AM
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Yes, it's similar to how some people claim Android is just a cheap knock-off of iOS despite the obvious philosophical differences. There's always a very vocal minority that put so much ego into their tech choices that make it very unpleasant to try to have a public discussion about the pros and cons of various platforms.
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Re:Buying the new MacBook Air
by mortenjorck on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @11:13AM
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Yeah, unfortunately, it's just tribalism, a natural human inclination. Much of the discussion space of the internet seems to be devoted to this same sort of investment = identity problem; "fanboyism" is a common label for it, but it stems from the human need for group identification, and is alas a very easy, though shallow, way to achieve it.