Enough with the Jackass-ery
John Gruber attacks someone for criticizing the iPod. In this case, a mutual funds analyst who says that it would be better to invest the money instead of buying an iPod. Which is a good point to make. Too many people fritter their money away on gadgets instead of investing it.
Not sure why that qualifies the man as a “jackass”, but Gruber throws that term around a lot anyways.
Jeff said,
August 10, 2007 @ 12:37 pm
The ‘jackass’ part isn’t because he said to invest instead of buying an electronic device. It was because of the way it singled out Apple.
Imagine the headline: “Ford Cars Contribute to Global Warming”
Well, they sure do burn fosil fuels, but is that a fair article to publish? Would you think that article wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) be critisized?
taybin said,
August 10, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
Meh. I don’t blame the guy for grabbing onto the iPhone hype to get his point across.