Originally Posted by MrKev:
“How is it arrogant to show a reasonable alternative?...”
It's not. However it
is arrogant to tell people that you know what is best for them and to make categorical statements of fact, about something that is, in reality, opinion. ("You're not supposed to use a media player like this" and so on.)
i.e. -
Originally Posted by MrKev:
“... you're not going to need 20 audiobooks, 40000 songs and 50 movies between visits to your computer...
You're going to want a few albums, maybe a couple of films, some podcasts and perhaps some audiobooks.
What you're supposed to do with any iPod is store your media on your computer then add stuff to your iPod when you need it...
The goal isn't to keep everything you have on your iPod.
(The ipod touch's) extra features are a far greater advantage than being able to carry around huge amounts of music you'll never listen to...”
As I said, these are categorical statements of fact, not opinions. Nowhere have you said "you might find it better", or "this might be preferable if you want to do so and so".
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“...Like I've said 2-3 times, even with a large music collection you don't need a large capacity player in 99% of cases...”
That's not what you said at all. If you had qualified your statements in the way you are now trying to do, then I wouldn't have called you arrogant.
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“No regular user is going to need a selection of 30,000+ songs to choose from between visits to their central music collection on their PC...”
That depends on their particular circumstances - for example how often they want, or are able to visit their PC.
It's not a question of "need" anyway. If you want to talk about "need", no-one "needs" a fancy touchscreen to listen to their music on the move, or any of the itouch's other extra features. Many people
want these things (I don't) and more power to their elbow I say; but that doesn't make the Touch "better".
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“...but you can't call me arrogant for suggesting something the OP might not have thought about.”
But you didn't "suggest" - you told. And that kind of didacticism strikes me as rather arrogant I'm afraid.