This article does a superb job of summarizing what I’ve been relentlessly telling people who spew forth the well-known boilerplate assessment that we Apple users belong to a cult that worships Steve Jobs and that we buy Apple products just because they’re so shiny and we like showing them off to those with inferior machinery, i.e. a PeeCee. Besides being offensive and judgmental, these notions are simply lazy and stupid, because those who utter them are just parroting this recurring theme without looking beyond this all too obvious and convenient stereotype.
My favorite quote is this one, which illustrates how Apple critics seem to be completely oblivious to their hypocrisy:
[Eric S.] Raymond also resorts to using the always-handy line of attack against Apple fans by calling them cultists, which is a weird thing to do when you’re the one who’s so insistent that the other guy should adopt your beliefs.
via Marco Arment
P.S.: Richard Stallman, despite his undeniable contributions to computing, is a dick.
