Yesterday on my ride in to work I was listening to some radio station in the car. You know, rockin’ out. The station was advertising the fact that they offer streaming version of their music online so you can listen to good music at work. And then they said it.
“Listen to good music for free. Why buy your music and put more money in Steve Jobs’ pocket?”
I almost had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
In truth, and I feel it necessary to make this point very clearly here, I do not hate Macs. As a matter of fact, I think they are pretty damn cool. But what I do hate is just about everything else about Mac culture. (I write this as I listen to music via my iTunes and my iPod is charging.)
There have been those Mac versus PC commercials playing for a while now. I know a lot of people think they’re really funny. Despite my indifference to the “PC or MAC: which is better dispute?” I think those commercials rank among the most offensive put in my face. They are equivalent of a political campaign attack ad. That’s right: ATTACK AD.
When you have to advertise how great you are by saying how bad someone else is, I question how great you are. That pretty much sums up my distaste for politics and definitely for election seasons. I don’t care how bad you think your competitor is. You must consider them a legitimate threat if you call them out by name. So get over it and tell me why you are great and then let me make the decision about who is better.
Steve-o, when your ads talk about how lame PCs are, you are legitimizing PCs. You are acknowledging that they are a true threat to your world. Lame.
States are clamoring to get earlier dates for their political primaries. I keep reading about it and hearing stories about it. (You can probably tell the topic of the show on my iPod by the look on my face. Disgust and dread = politics. Or Iraq. Same difference.)
The only candidates that have been keeping my interest so far are the ones who choose not to comment on their competitors. (I have a few additional things I am judging them by.) Or if they do, it’s in a nice, respectful manner. Otherwise, I am turning the page, changing the channel or skipping past the radio show. Pretty much the same as I do when one of those little insecure, lame Mac commercials comes on.
Update: I am now a Mac owner. I love it. I still think the Mac culture is deplorable.
