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David Platt
Personal blog · suckbusters2.blogspot.comhardwarebusiness
David Platt's personal blog at suckbusters2.blogspot.com covers hardware and business. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Why the iPhone will fail (2007)”. The last post was in 2009, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link David Platt's blog for its 2007 post predicting the iPhone would fail. Commenters later cite it as a wrong prediction and compare it to a critique of Facebook.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Because software shouldn't suck. It should Just Work.
Most-linked posts?
- Why the iPhone will fail (2007)5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2010-09-05
What Hacker News says?
Dave Platt. The man who predicted the iPhone would be a bigger marketing flop than Ishtar and Waterworld. http://suckbusters2.blogspot.com/2007/06/apple-iphone-debut-...
Comment linking /2007/06/apple-iphone-debut-to-flop-product-to.html
on “The Silent Majority: Why Visual Basic 6 Still Thrives”Submitted Why the iPhone will fail (2007) as a story · 100 points
HN discussionThis post reminds me of the David Platt post on why the iPhone will fail: http://suckbusters2.blogspot.com/2007/06/apple-iphone-debut-... Both articles essentially state that the company (Apple/Facebook) should not try to innovate, because their implementation will suck and then go on to mention problems that are rather trivial and will not actually be problems. Sorry, but I think Facebook is good enough at product…
Comment linking /2007/06/apple-iphone-debut-to-flop-product-to.html
on “Why Facebook badly needs Steve Jobs”Submitted Apple iPhone Debut to Flop, Product to Crash in Flames (2007) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion- _1 · 2023-06-22
You don't need a time machine .. it's on the internet. > Third, users will detest the touch screen interface due to its lack of tactile feedback. Using a thumb keyboard, as on the very popular Treo phone, allows the user to feel the keys and know subconsciously that he’s about to press this one and not the one next to it. A touch screen doesn’t allow that, so the user will have to be looking at the keyboard at all t…
Comment linking /2007/06/apple-iphone-debut-to-flop-product-to.html
on “Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movies on a Plane”