Re: did this group die?

Andrews wrote:

badgolferman wrote on Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:02:32 -0000 (UTC) :
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What is kill filing, shouting down, berating, and calling someone a
troll anything other than forms of canceling a person?  Having
disagreement using normal conversations without hurling aspersions
is how emotionally mature people communicate.

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I've been on Usenet since the days when you frequented
alt.home.repair, where the Apple newsgroups have always been a
divisive Usenet oddity.
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For the zealots, it was always "us versus them" and "we're better'n
you".
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In the initial heady days of Steve Jobs when Apple was actually ahead
of the mobile phone competition, the zealots would joyfully scream
out how many apps were in the app store, for example, versus the
Android selection.
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But no more...
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In those initial days, the zealots would gleefully shout out how much
better their iPhone cameras were than the Android cameras. But no
more.
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Long ago, these zealots would happily taunt the Android users on
security, zero-day bugs, and most of all, their vaunted "safety" in
iPhone security.
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But no more...
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The zealots would excitedly scream about their many updates by
contemptuously being scornful of the classic Android fragmentation.
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But no more...
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Notice the trend - which goes a long way toward explaining why the
Apple newsgroups have turned moribund while Windows & Android
newsgroups prosper.
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There's nothing for these zealots to tout (other than new emoji &
colors).
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Apple is moribund...
There's nothing for these zealots to say to feel good about the
iPhone.
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And that, badgolferman, is the only reason the zealots post to this
group.
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What do you think about that assessment... it's been decades in the
making?

You may be right, but I suspect the counter argument would be that
Google/Android has finally caught up to Apple/iOS and there are no more
innovations for either to set themselves apart.  I don't know whether
that's true or not, but that's something I've heard here numerous times.

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"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors and also to love our enemies;
probably because generally they are the same people." ~ G. K. Chesterton