Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Scoble gives an honest critique, and I actually agree with him, mostly

The infamous Robert Scoble gave a thorough brow-beating to Apple a little bit ago, and I completely missed it. And by "thorough brow-beating," what I really mean is an honest critique that should be considered.

Oh, crap, I know, I'm supposed to be a big Apple fan, and jump all over him like the trained puppy that many fanbois have become. Well, that's not gonna happen. I may be an Apple fan, but fan != fanboi, got it?

I'm doing the whole "I'm an Apple fan" disclaimer stuff now so that the people who are already getting irate with me will just pipe down for a minute, take an Ambien or something, chill out, and clear their minds.

Now, onto the critique. There are a few really great points, and the entire premise of the article is absolutely true. Apple has done what few others have managed to do with regards to brand positioning and customer loyalty. It really is amazing. Nevertheless, having countless devoted fans does not correlate to perfection. In fact, far from it in Apple's case.

Posted by MtheoryX on 11/28 at 11:41 PM
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