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Comment by IdeaHamster | Hacker News Reader

Sorry, didn't mean to rant. I agree that it's perfectly fine to complain about a product that you otherwise like well enough to have purchased. I guess what angers me is all these hackers and programmers and creative business types complaining so much...when they're precisely the ones who can do something about it! You know what? I have a lot of respect for Fusion Garage. They may be far off the mark, but at least they are trying!

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Just like Apple can design their product in any way they want, all these hackers and programmers and creative business types can complain all they want. But because they complain, does not mean they want to get into hardware business.

So just like the advice "if you do not like the devices, buy something else" is valid, so is "if you do not like hearing critique, grow a thicker skin".

We are (mostly) from free countries, with freedom of expression and all that jazz.

The problem is that these critiques are often much more than just critique. They often take the form of an outright call to arms against a great injustice. And, you know, even that wouldn't bother me so much, except for the boy-crying-wolf effect. When someone does actually do something worth taking up arms to oppose, is anyone going to pay attention anymore? or are they just going to think, "Pfft...probably somebody stole another iPhone. Who cares..."?

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