It happens pretty much whenever Apple decides to release a new iPhone model (or models). Someone will dig up the old Engadget post of mine (from 2007, btw) where I wrote about another dude’s opinion of the then brand new iPhone. In short, in the article, 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. People are busy.
So, let me try to help clarify things. 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 then comment, or give our own take, on the article and the subject. This was one of those times.
So, I was quoting a 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 post will do much to clear up the confusion, but I thought it would be good to try at least. I do tend to get more than a few people who find it necessary, even after almost twenty years, to try to make me feel stupid with insulting comments.
I don’t get it, but here we are. Maybe this will help clear things up? Maybe.
Probably not.
