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John Gruber on the term fanboy - On The Verge

2011-12-13
I think you've got a very special relationship when it comes to Apple you are considered kind of a fanboy an Apple fanboy would you say that's accurate not saying that the term is is fair but people do consider you to be a bit of a fanboy yeah but I think that that's I honestly and I I don't use that word to describe anybody who is a fan of anything I might what's my quip on that it's that you have a prepared statement and I forget it had a good oh I know what it was it was when Mark Cuban's switched to a Mac and this was a while back maybe like 2004-2005 but he wrote a blog post about it Mark Cuban the owner of the Dallas Mavericks billionaire sold some piece of junk to Yahoo in the 90s mark I think people know also a great guest star on Entourage yes yeah but really weren't Cuban had this thing about switching to a Mac and that man this is great I can't believe it this is so great I know I'm no Mac fan I'm no Apple fanboy but you know this is the way to go now and then I realized that what what Apple fanboy meant was somebody who began using Apple products before you did yeah so it means something else so you think well I think there are people who you know the accusation is that I blindly say good things about Apple products and figure out ways that actions Apple takes are good ideas or smart or whatever because I'm rooting for them like they're my sports team yeah not blindly but I think you do well but I think that's what the word fanboy implying right that you do but you are rooting for Apple only in the sense that I appreciate I appreciate that what they're trying to do and I'm glad that somebody is doing it and if it were not for Apple the industry would be in a far different state
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