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Comment by simonh | Hacker News Reader

If the internet were to be believed, the iPhone was a marketing-lead fad with no chance of success and every month since 2007 a new reason gets trotted out for their impending doom. Meanwhile actual sales, customer satisfaction ratings and margins climb ever higher.

All of which drives the haters ever more cranky, hence all the blog posts.

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None of what you said matters.

I said in my previous comment (and was implied in the OP) that people feel left out by Apple. The only proof I need for that is one person write a blog post saying that they feel left out by Apple, which we've definitely seen.

It matters because people writing angry blog posts because apple leaves someone out has happened at every iteration of every apple product ever.

Apple removing the firewire port was the end of the world.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/16/jobs_responds_to_o...

Apple removing the matte screen option was a the end of the world

http://www.macworld.com/article/1136061/matte_laptops.html

Using USB instead of ADB, SCSI and GeoPort and ditching floppy drives was the end of the world

http://www.technologizer.com/2008/10/17/firewire-isnt-alone-...

I don't think I even need to link posts about powerpc, flash player, or the 30 pin connector

But it doesn't. I was simply stating that some people feel left out. That is it. Regardless of whether people have BM'd on the internet before. Regardless of the implications of someone feeling left out.

I get it, so me people feel left out. I agreed with you, hence my comment about cranky blog posts. I'm just saymg that's business as usual and it doesn't mater. They'll buy a Windows or Linux machine and get on with their lives.

Ok, I get that.

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