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I've found some people misunderstand and misuse the colloquialism in instances where the phrase "800 lb gorilla" would be more appropriate. This seems to be one of those cases.

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Maybe. But the "800 pound gorilla" idiom refers to a beast that can do whatever it wants to do with impunity, and I don't see how that applies to this story either.

If I understand the author's intent correctly—and I'm not sure that I do—I think the idea is that diversity in the market is dying off, and Apple is on its way to becoming the 800 pound gorilla.

That really stinks. I don't like Apple's idea of what a smart watch should be. :(

The 800 lb. gorilla in the elephant room made of glass.

You're beating around the bull in this China shop.

(yeah yeah it's a Reddit -like comment but this whole thread should probably be downvoted)

Why can't we have a little fun on HN? Maybe we should have a flag for "humor" and let people opt in to seeing comments flagged as such.

I'd rather see HN focused on being a site for substantive, in-depth commentary rather than a slew of one line comments attempting to be witty (and failing), a la Reddit and Slashdot.

But is the gorilla reaching out to pick low hanging fruit?

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