You can agree or disagree with Siegler as much as you want, you can like or dislike his clear bias towards Apple, but geez, Siegler doesn't seem to be able to defend himself.<p>Against the accusation that Siegler is part of a "class warfare", the only thing he has left to say is that the Nexus is actually more expensive, which was not the point of Topolovsky since he was criticizing the notion of condescending behavior against Android (re: they just dont see the polish).<p>Also he quotes a long argument with the Mercedes vs. Honda analogy and the only thing he has to say is:<p>"Okay Josh, I read my words out loud. They still sound pretty good to me as an (albeit simplistic) comparison. Your entire post, on the other hand, makes you sound like a fool.<p>Moving on."<p>Nothing. No defense.<p>Siegler, no one accuses you of having an opinion. But of unfair treatment.
I am not terribly familiar with with this MG author but he comes across as a self-righteous egotistical bigot.<p>His quote:<p>"I don’t know about you, but when I read my favorite technology writers, I want an opinion. Is the iPhone 4S the best smartphone, or is it the Galaxy Nexus? I need to buy one, I can’t buy both. Topolsky never gives us that. Instead, he pussyfoots around it. One is great at some things, the other is great at others. Barf.<p>Fucking pick one. I bet that even now he won’t."<p>I must be getting old but I thought the job of a journalist/columnist was to give a fair unbiased assessment in their review. No MG, I don't need you to pick one over the other. I have a brain and can reach my own conclusion, thank you very much. I don't need you to tell me what to spend $200-$300 of my own hard-earned money.<p>He seems to forget his job (I assume he has a job). What we need from journalists/columnists is a balanced honest review with pros and cons, that's all.
I reread Josh's response and other than his use of language in his title, he seemed mostly respectful and not angry. I think MG might have missed the point with the analogy since he mentioned that the nexus was more expensive.<p>But really, android vs ios is the new emacs vs vim.