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Android Mascot Discovered Urinating on Apple Logo in Google Maps [Updated]
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So this nitricboy has been doing it for some time. It seems he started small when looking at his edits. He's added businesses with silly names, routes that will cause problems to anyone using google maps in that area, and of course the parks that resemble other objects.
For those of you who are slow to read or comprehend, this was not Google, this was an individual who was having fun. This is no different than some end user editing Wikipedia.
Allowing user additions is a good thing most of the time, it allows the accuracy of their own maps to be improved at a rapid rate. Crap like this is unfortunate, hopefully Google will look at their approval process for changes to eliminate these issues.
It's a prank. Have a laugh, get over it, move on.
There's good natured teasing between friends with different views, but I think what you're talking about is this tendency to lash out. (I think the map hack was good natured teasing, frankly.)
Not all that different from how Fox News tends to characterize the rest of the media, and wrap their assertions in "the other side is going to say" language.
Look how quickly this thread turned into assailing the character of perceived archetypes who frequent these forums. Assumptions of hypocrisy without checking if it's the same poster showing contradictory behavior.
I've seen the same from Apple fans over the years, but less so recently and never at the level I've been seeing directed at Apple lately.
I don't mean this to sound snide, but I think it's a symptom of an inferiority complex. A need to outwardly justify a decision or emotion.
The amount of time I hear people talking about how Apple fans brag is much, much greater than the time I hear Apple fans bragging. There is also this pre-emptive instinct that leads people to defend against an anticipated statement.
There's good natured teasing between friends with different views, but I think what you're talking about is this tendency to lash out. (I think the map hack was good natured teasing, frankly.)
Not all that different from how Fox News tends to characterize the rest of the media, and wrap their assertions in "the other side is going to say" language.
Look how quickly this thread turned into assailing the character of perceived archetypes who frequent these forums. Assumptions of hypocrisy without checking if it's the same poster showing contradictory behavior.
I've seen the same from Apple fans over the years, but less so recently and never at the level I've been seeing directed at Apple lately.
I don't mean this to sound snide, but I think it's a symptom of an inferiority complex. A need to outwardly justify a decision or emotion.
Totally agree Google would never do something like this. This was something that briefly slipped through the cracks and has quickly been fixed. Google don't engage in this kind of fanboyish. Apple on the other hand ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE6aKeK61A4
I should know better by now, but I'm always amazed about how much what product other people use affects some....
This is true for some Apple users, some android users, some pickup trucks drivers, etc
This is true for some Apple users, some android users, some pickup trucks drivers, etc
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True enough. These sorts of childish pranks are things that "Early Apple" would have done. Early Apple referring to the early years when Cupertino was flying the pirate flag back in the good old days.