Comments on: Being Excited When Things Don’t Suck Is Technological Stockholm Syndrome

By: donks

donks — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:38:53 +0000

“Tired because now we see “upgrades” as an opportunity to protect our investment, but in reality, it’s laziness and a poor job on the manufacturer part that we have accepted without questioning. Instead of calling foul play and refusing to participate, we keep buying [or using their services].”

if upgrades and updates are laziness, is this pretty much an upgraded 4 year old post?

By: otaviokz

otaviokz — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:02:13 +0000

Well I don’t see much people “excited” because twitter or whatever else “don’t suck”. Generally people have more important things to get excited such as their careers, social life etc. Well maybe with the exception of the people who queue for buying new gadgets…

By: JulianT

JulianT — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:51:19 +0000

damn, missed another fashion ‘stage’

By: Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:01:40 +0000

It’s pretty much impossible, yeah.

By: EddyCJ

EddyCJ — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:50:12 +0000

I normally appreciate his articles, this is probably the second article of his I’ve ever gone ‘nah’ to. I suppose that just shows quite how hard it is to please all your readers.

By: Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:29:22 +0000

Like I just said to another commenter on this post, I actually thought this was a decent opinion piece. Can’t please everyone.

By: Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:28:48 +0000

Actually, I thought this was one of his better ones. Each to their own, I guess (I know it’s fashionable to hate on his posts).

By: gordon4418

gordon4418 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:50:52 +0000

I just wish Diaz would go away, his rants become increasingly tedious

By: EddyCJ

EddyCJ — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:23:01 +0000

I think that’s because half finished cars and planes can kill you, like you admit. And both cars and planes do have teething problems! Life is full of risks, I guess I’d rather have 99% of the product 5 years earlier, since it take a lot longer to fix the final 1% than the first 99. I agree with beta, but he is bemoaning all mistakes, not just beta-based.

By: JulianT

JulianT — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:14:59 +0000

I disagree. Although I’m not a Jesus ‘hater’ I sometimes find a lot of his articles weak but this one I agree with the main point.
We, as technology buyers have over the last few years become willing to accept ‘betas’ or half-finished products and it is puzzling to me why.
Personally I wouldn’t buy a car with a known ‘issue’ like brakes that work at 75% efficiency or fly in a plane that is a ‘beta’ design that will aid the manufactures to build a better one after a few crashes and yet we buy phones etc with issues and just accept it. Weird indeed; maybe it’s because they don’t put us at risk generally, unlike my examples.
Idea to test hypotheses: A phone company should bring out a phone with a 20,000mAh battery (ten times the power/life currently) which may ‘shock’ you occasionally, ranging from a small static-type shock all the way through to serious pain and announce it as a ‘beta’ issue.

By: EddyCJ

EddyCJ — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:10:15 +0000

Okay, I normally have a go at Jesus ‘haterz’ but this article is truly, truly terrible.

By: spank86

spank86 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:05:48 +0000

You can live on the technological edge and sometimes get cut, or you can stay in your cave and hope someone perfects fire that won’t burn you before you die of cold.