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Originally Posted by Shane R
If this is leading back to Josie's comment, I think some context is warranted.
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Her post was a recent example, sure, but she is by no means the first, only or worst offender in terms of the attitude that I disapprove of, which it seemed Jersysman was defending.
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To put it another way - if I tell you that I like the way an iPhone works versus an Android, you could ask me why. That's a legitimate request. I could give you a few reasons, and any Android fan worth his salt would then tell me that I could acquire a different launcher and additional software to make it work the way I want. I'll point out a hole in that argument (it's unstable). They'll reply with their own (what version of Android were you using?). Then I'll reply (an older one - my camera software stopped working on the new one). Then they'll respond (did you invert the transflux capacitor on the second notification light?). 
And on, ad nauseum. It really does become an endless rabbit hole after a while. And all because I said that I liked the way my phone worked.
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I do hear that. I've looked down that rabbit hole on so many geek forums recently, I've actually considered running stock firmware on all my devices, and just relying on manufacturer support.
But's it's rarely that bad here. We have a good group. There'll be some back and forth like that, with people on both sides pointing out what's impractical or unreasonable or besides the point, and we usually wind up with a thread where people can actually learn about the issue by reading it. Maybe even the participants will learn that, hey, now that I know I can take care of that one niggling issue, next time I might make a different buying decision!
I'm a perfect example. I bought that old Macbook Pro I mentioned earlier, only because I learned some things in a thread here that dispelled some of my misconceptions.
ApK