Have the HN and Reddit crowds been claiming anything about low sales? Disliking a product change and accepting that the product will sell well are not mutually exclusive.
There were more than a few comments that Apple is doomed, doomed I say, because nobody will ever buy even a single one of these broken toys.
Were there? I don't remember any of those, but I do remember a lot of people giving their opinion on changes.
There are several of those types of comments here where we are discussing Apple's record quarter. You really think people weren't saying Apple is doomed after what HN thought was a weak release of new MacBook Pros?
Can you link to some of these comments? I didn't see any. I will dig up one of the old threads shortly to see if I can find any.
Literally the only comments I see about Apple being doomed are from people making the claim that people are saying Apple is doomed.