Blogger Alec Saunders recently asked why the market has largely ignored the iPhone's many flaws, whereas they won't cut Microsoft any slack when its products are less than perfect. He suggests that Apple's propaganda machine is simply steamrolling Microsoft, but I disagree that this the main reason the market hasn't focused on the iPhone's issues.
Actually, I think Alec answered his own question with the last sentence in his post "I love my iPhone, warts and all."
No-one loves Windows, warts and all, because Windows does what you need and expect it to do, and nothing more. I don't think I've actually been impressed with any Windows feature since version 3.11's addition of networked file sharing like 10 years ago or something. Maybe plug and play hardware. But certainly nothing in the last 5+ years.
The iPhone, however, impresses me. It does being a phone better than I expect any phone to. I still find little features that impress me after 3 months of owning one.
In terms of functionality and usefulness, the iPhone has lots to love and lots to hate, so the love cancels out the hate. With Windows, there isn't much to love. Just lots to hate.
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