Thread: A little confuised on the N900/Maemo haters... please explain.
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2011-02-08 , 02:22
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Greetings. Nice to meet you as well.

The analogy holds. Some people will never buy AMD because they're fully behind Intel. And vice versa. That kind of brand loyalty - be it Chevy versus Ford, Lamborghini vs. Ferrari, Coke vs. Pepsi, German beer vs. Belgium beer, Levi vs. Lee jeans... the list continues and you get what I mean.

People stand behind brands because of experience(s) and how positive or negative they were to them.
If you add negative into your point then I must agree with you.

Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
I think he was stating that brand loyalty comes from positive experiences. Blind brand loyalty is lunacy.

Because I'd love an honest answer.
I hope I'm not bored you with my personal experience, but since you ask...here I go

It's true that I chose N900 because I can hack with it, but it dosen't mean we couldn't hack WM/WP, Android or iOS. Android can be hacked easily but you still you feel like shackled. In fact you get most pleasurable experience hacking with WM(never use WP) but you feel dirty, so dirty that you want to reflash from time to time so as to make it clean again haha. I've very little experience hacking with iOS, just helping friends jailbreaking their iPhones, but hacking with iOS makes you feel like you're committing crimes, and in fact Apple threaten you from time to time you're not supposed to do so that bothered me.

Hacking in N900 is allowed, encouraged and systematic. You don't need to do it dirtily as you've guidelines to follow. You won't feel as guilty because no one would threaten you from time to time you're doing illegal things. You can give back to communities for what you've done and those who aren't into hacking could enjoy your work. I could go on but I think you need a rest after reading these.
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