John Gruber’s take on the care of something easily losable. Some great anecdotes.
I absolutely agree with this take. I am much more careful about my iPhone, much more aware that I take it with me, treat it more gingerly and safely, than I do just about anything else I carry.
Nice earrings can be lost even easier — doesn’t mean people shouldn’t wear them. complete non-issue.
I am sorry. But this is reaching. Surely there are more interesting topics to discuss.
I use my iPhone without a case. Always have. People always ask me if I’m not afraid of damaging or dropping it… and I tell them the same thing all the time. No. I realize it’s a relatively fragile ting and I’m careful and pay attention. I don’t shove it in a pocket with keys or juggle it with other stuff when, say, opening a car door.
There are more interesting comments to be made, too. But here you are.
Sorta, but one typically only take off their earrings before they go to bed. I would not call two close calls in 4 months (early in ownership is when one is most careful) does not strike me as a promising sign.
So you reckon losing them is easy because of one’s careless.
I own a Mont Blanc fountain pen so you reckon I can just lose it easily because it is a pen and not something of value.
Of course it’s an issue. It’s made by Apple.
” so you reckon I can just lose it easily because it is a pen and not something of value.”
I didn’t say that at all. You sure showed that strawman.
My point was about differences in typical usage. For example, a nice pen largely stays in one place and when in transit is typically in a storage (like in a briefcase or backpack). Also, if you told me you had two close calls with losing your pen in the first 4 months of ownership, I would say the odds of you losing that pen are pretty high.
not a promising sign of what? your inability to not lose small things? this is not a new concept in life. to suggest it’s a concern is a needless hand-wringing.
yep. all of sudden normal facets of everyday life are Apple failings which must be laid at their feet.
it’s so absurd.
nope, this is what concern trolls have brought up — their small size and supposed losability, attributing it as a design failure of Apple, that they should have cords, yada yada. typical concern troll BS — maybe you’ve heard some?
What an interesting take!
I appreciate the value of my fountain pen but then I don’t know about.
Exactly. They take the earrings off when they’re done with them and carefully put them in a safe place so they know where they are.
The same can be done with AirPods.
Gruber’s simply saying that people tend to buy and use expensive things fairly regularly and we don’t whinge on about ‘but that could be lost’ because when people buy those things, they tend to be careful with them. Are those things still lost? Yep. As AirPods will be. But in general people for whom these are expensive will be more careful with them than with $20 earbuds.
All people all the time? Of course not. As I said earlier I’m careful with my iPhone and haven’t dropped one ever. That’s years of drops I didnt make. n contrast, a friends daughter dropped and smashed her screen 2x in 6 months. She hadn’t paid for it, was a kid (well, 18…) and was simply careless. Insurance and all. 3rd drop? Insurance was done and parents told her she’d have to pay for repairs. Guess who’s more careful now.
Basically what I am saying is that “These are not easily lost” and “I almost lost them twice in 4 months” are contradictory statements.