Dept of Redundancy Dept
Aug. 4th, 2010 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoJohn Gruber of Daring Fireball writes:
"(T)his “how many apps are in the respective app stores” metric is being given too much weight — not just by Mossberg, either. I’ve said this before, but by this metric, we’d all be using Windows, not the Mac."
It's almost like 90+% of the market does use Windows, or something. That's not "all," no, but it ain't beanbag, either.
EDITED TO ADD: He's basically saying, If the world worked the way the world works, the world would work that way. Sure enough, if you look at the empirical data, it's not a hypothetical that the world works that way, but the world actually does work that way.
He's also saying that because the world doesn't match his expectations, it's the world's fault, and his expectations are just fine. Ummmmmm... No.
"(T)his “how many apps are in the respective app stores” metric is being given too much weight — not just by Mossberg, either. I’ve said this before, but by this metric, we’d all be using Windows, not the Mac."
It's almost like 90+% of the market does use Windows, or something. That's not "all," no, but it ain't beanbag, either.
EDITED TO ADD: He's basically saying, If the world worked the way the world works, the world would work that way. Sure enough, if you look at the empirical data, it's not a hypothetical that the world works that way, but the world actually does work that way.
He's also saying that because the world doesn't match his expectations, it's the world's fault, and his expectations are just fine. Ummmmmm... No.
