It happens pretty much whenever Apple decides to release a new iPhone model (or models). Some dufus will dig up that old Engadget post of mine (from 2007, btw) where I wrote about another dude’s opinion of the then brand new iPhone. In short, he predicted it would fail.
Not my opinion. His.
Still, people think it’s some sort of “gotcha” on me and hurry over here or Reddit or wherever and talk about how dumb I was for saying it would fail. I guess they have a lot of free time and also don’t bother to read. I get it.
Let me explain. In the “old days” of the Internet we had these things called Blogs (like what you’re reading now). Sometimes on these blogs we’d link to an article posted somewhere else written by someone else and comment, or give our own take, on the subject and the article. This was one of those times.
So, I was quoting an post written by someone else and offering commentary on the other person’s opinion. An opinion I did not and do not share.
This happened a lot “back in the day.” We also tended to use “click bait” headlines (like the one for my old post), which helped drive traffic to our site. It worked. In fact, we kinda invented the technique. Sorry about that.
As for me, I’ve been an Apple fan for years and currently use an iPhone 15 Pro. I’ve also had about six or more previous versions all the way back to the absolute first iPhone, which I waited in line for at the Sherman Oaks, CA Apple Store. I wrote a post about that too.
We had to post often in those days or we didn’t get paid. I enjoyed getting paid, especially for writing.
I doubt this will do much to clear up the confusion, but I thought it would be good to at least try. Maybe It’ll work? Let’s hope.
