What Kind of Engine Does an iPad Have?

"KirkyV" (KirkyV)
10/16/2014 at 13:01 • Filed to: GeneralWhinging

Seriously though, I'm not normally the sort to jump on this kind of thing, but the whole 'Jalopnik: Cars, Planes, Bikes, Space and Apple' thing is starting to irk a little. I mean, it's not like we're getting occasional reposts about big consumer technology news in general—it's just Apple. Google announced a new tablet and phone yesterday, and there was nothing.

I've nothing against Apple - okay, that isn't strictly true, but I've only slightly more distaste for them than I do Google, and I own and use products from both companies - but I just don't like seeing them get such undue prominence on a site that generally has absolutely nothing to do with consumer technology.

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Of course, for all I know, they may be planning to announce that the new iPad will be capable of transforming into a skateboard-esque wheeled conveyance. If so, I'll happily consider the announcement firmly within the site's purview, and probably buy one, too.

DISCUSSION (23)

thebigbossyboss > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:05

I don't care for apple at all. But product placement brings money so there ya go. I agree it's irksome but the sight is free so there's that.

Jedidiah > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:06

It's because Jalopnik is alarmingly hipster.

Mattbob > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:07

I don't normally agree with posts like this, but I agree with this.

KirkyV > thebigbossyboss
10/16/2014 at 13:07

You're right, of course—it's just annoying.

Aaron James > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:09

Well short of starting your own site where you only cater to your interests, there's not much you can do. If there's a story you don't want to read it's super easy not to read it.

jiggawha > Jedidiah
10/16/2014 at 13:10

how is apple hipster? Anyone that doesn't have Ebola knows about apple, the company. So it can't possibly be hipster, everyone knows about it.

Or is it this halfass hipster "tragically ironic" thing?

KirkyV > Aaron James
10/16/2014 at 13:12

I didn't click on it. I just didn't like that it was there, and I don't think it's unreasonable to voice some degree of irritation at one specific company being able to command such a presence on a site that generally doesn't report on the consumer technology sector. There are other sites for that sort of thing, and I do visit a few; I just don't want to see it here.

Jedidiah > jiggawha
10/16/2014 at 13:13

It was mainly a joke. All the people who act like hipsters but deny that they are hipsters seem to gravitate towards/worship apple products around here.

HammerheadFistpunch > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:14

Because Gizmodo makes more money that Jalopnik and keeps the lights on in here. I don't like it either (I don't like it ALOT actually) but its the reality of the situation. If and when it progresses to the point where Jalopnik is just a car themed share portal only there to fit a niche in the gawkerverse revenue stream...then I'm out. We aren't there yet.

Aaron James > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:17

I feel your pain man, but you just have to ignore it. The sponsored posts and gas card thing drive me crazy too, don't even get me started on Tweets shared to oppo. It's just how things are done here. Ignore it or it will annoy you to the point of madness.

KirkyV > HammerheadFistpunch
10/16/2014 at 13:21

Indeed, we are not. I understand that the motivation is likely largely financial, and I'd certainly rather this than the site go under, or start running utterly ridiculous ads... But it still annoys me.

It's an interesting paradox: a big part of why this annoys me is that it's just Apple stuff that gets this kind of treatment, and the solution there would be to have reposts of prominent consumer tech news in general... But that'd just lead to more non-car stuff on the FP, and I definitely don't want that.

KirkyV > Aaron James
10/16/2014 at 13:22

I do generally prioritise madness-avoidance.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:23

It's for ze clicks. Do not questionings the Gawker Media.

KirkyV > Jedidiah
10/16/2014 at 13:24

I think that's even more true here, where - if the statistics are to be believed, at least - Apple products tend to be a decent bit less popular than they are in the US.

KirkyV > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
10/16/2014 at 13:26

I am not of questionings :'-(

Tohru > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:37

There needs to be a Jalopnik Core option, just like Kotaku Core. Jalopnik Core is all the srs car news - no NPoCP, no Torch articles, no fluff.

Corz > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:38

Oh for gods sake, not this shit again.. If you don't like it, don't click it

KirkyV > Corz
10/16/2014 at 13:46

I didn't! :D

KirkyV > Tohru
10/16/2014 at 13:47

I like a good bit of the fluff - it ought be pointed out that I do actually follow consumer tech news, just on other sites - but you're right. It'd be a great option to have.

Audistein > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 13:47

Maybe Matt heard "A8 Processor" and got confused...

But more likely Jalopnik is required to get some clicks for other Gawker Media sites. If they were doing it all the time, it would bother me but they're not.

KirkyV > Audistein
10/16/2014 at 13:49

You're almost certainly right. Still though, it bugs me a little.

jiggawha > KirkyV
10/16/2014 at 14:38

Only reason is because there are alternatives that look like iStuff . the last product that looked vaguely like a iThing was made by Samsung. And we all ever what happened with that.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Jedidiah
10/16/2014 at 19:38

What does hipster mean?

Nothing. It means nothing.