there’s a really great article written by former gizmodo editor joel johnson posted on gizmodo (of all places - oh the irony!) titled Consumer electronics are a joke. It’s everyone’s fault but mine. You assholes. it’s spot on. and worth a read if you’re eyeing any technology of late (ipods, zunes, phones, you name it) or relying on awful marketing sites like gizmodo for the latest and greatest. so read it already! linky from boingboing. quoting a small portion of the article by mr. johnson:
Stop buying this crap. Just stop it. You don’t need it. Wait a year until the reviews come out and the other suckers too addicted to having the very latest and greatest buy it, put up a review, and have moved on to something else. Stop buying broken products and then shrugging your shoulders when it doesn’t do what it is supposed to. Stop buying products that serve any other master than you. Use older stuff that works. Make it yourself. Only buy new stuff from companies that have proven themselves good servants of their customers in the past. Complaining online about this stuff helps, but really, just stop buying it.
Funny, but doubly so coming from a guy who was pushing the shit himself for so long.
yes, but he cops to it. and what he is saying is true. i am one of those assholes/retarded salmon of which he speaks.