Apple Hatred

The other day I was reading a friend's post about the Apple iPad and was struck by the comments. Many of them rehashed complaints about Apple products going back to MacOS 6 and cited unhappiness with the way these ancient systems worked as reason enough not to want an iPad. Others noted that they haven't liked any Apple product yet so of course they won't like the iPad either.

Today, trawling through Hacker News I see a bunch of articles about how horrible the iPhone is and how the authors positively, absolutely, wouldn't own one and, anyway, Apple sucks. One author writes disparagingly and at length about The iPhone obsession. Even the The Guardian got in on that one.

What interests me about these articles is that people who neither own nor use Apple products feel nonetheless compelled to obsess over them; indeed to obsess over them in public and in print. Yes, there are Apple fan-boys who can also be annoying, but at least they actually use the devices they are commenting on.

Don't like Apple products? Fine, I hope you find happiness elsewhere. Just don't expect me to care about your obsessions.