Comment by moogleii
13 years ago
It always amuses me to see how much vitriol comes from anti-apple folks, when, if they were living in Korea and held the exact same standards, they would likely have equal hate for Samsung. Their vertical and horizontal control on their home turf dwarfs Apple's. But no, it's just a foreign company that has managed to do wonders somehow. As a chaebol, Samsung got where they are now thanks to very favorable government assistance, that, if occurred here, would be considered pretty controversial.
While I agree with a lot of your points, I'm a little puzzled by this one:
"It always amuses me to see how much vitriol comes from anti-apple folks..."
Was I the intended recipient of that description? I'd hardly call myself "anti-Apple," nor would I say I've engaged in "vitriol" directed at Apple. Almost the complete opposite, in fact. :)
Apologies if I'm misreading you.
In my reading that wasn't directed at you, but the general "wake up sheeple" type comments you often find directed at people making pro-apple comments.
You did a great job, summed up my thoughts. If I wasn't an Apple kind of guy, I'm sure I'd have an S4.
Wasn't directed at you, sorry about the confusion.
samsung is a lot like sony in the pre rootkit days. Most people knew they were there and bought their stuff because it was good. No marketing crap, no media circus or hype, they just churn out usable stuff in lots of industries.
Apple thrives on publicity and hype, its part of their image and its polarising.