Why is there such incredibly bitter vitriol against BlackBerry in America?
- Tre LawrenceBetween Realities
For the sake of conversation, do you believe that BBRY's fortunes are as a result of hating sheeple guided by spy government and competing platforms?10-17-13 04:36 PMLike 0 - Well, it is true that I'm paid to be here to get the site hits and generate revenue for its principals. And just for the record, I'm one of the most blatant moderator asskissers here.Savior4Life likes this.10-17-13 04:38 PMLike 1
- If anything, the bitterness probably comes from disappointed Blackberry users or people who lost money betting on BBRY. One of the consequences of building up expectations is bitterness if people are being let down. You can only say "BB10 will amaze everyone" so much or "look for BBRY to go up from here" or "BBM is really going to impress" so many times before people will be disappointed.
The rest of us don't really have anything to be bitter about. Blackberry never did anything to me and I really never had any expectations of it.10-17-13 04:43 PMLike 5 - richardat likes this.10-17-13 04:45 PMLike 1
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Djokovic is my fav at the moment. I've always liked players that excel yet still have enough humility to not take themselves too seriously. Love Santoro back in the day.
As for the OP's query, It's mainly momentum that has been building up over the years. Blackberry didn't really do itself any favors either but many in the US used them only because there was no other option.
That's changed now, and most have no problem throwing Blackberry under the bus. Heck it's not even an American company so they really have no vested stake in supporting the company let alone defending it while it was getting trashed.10-17-13 04:45 PMLike 0 - Most hilarious thing I've read all day, you should have your own sub forum on Crackberry.com with these theories10-17-13 04:59 PMLike 2
- I am an American and I love my Z10. Out in the real world, I don't see hatred of BlackBerry. Mostly I see indifference. Sometimes I see surprise that BlackBerry is still making phones. People do not understand that BB10 is not the same as the old OS.
The comments that you see on CrackBerry are not representative of the public at large. Here you see both extremes, those who love BlackBerry and those who hate Blackberry. As for myself, I am looking forward to my next BB Phone when the Z30 comes to Verizon.10-17-13 05:19 PMLike 5 - ThunderbuckRetired ModeratorI'd say there's something of a seige mentality in this community. We've gone a long time without a lot of good news. Being the Internet, there are people out there who don't hesitate to take advantage of such a situation to stir up drama.
I don't see the question exactly the same way the OP does, but I do wonder why anyone might cheer BlackBerry's demise. I'd swear some sentiments expressed around here express a lot of satisfaction around that. Is it a "see, I told you so!" mentality?10-17-13 05:30 PMLike 3 - DenverRalphyRetired Network ModAs an American... can you please point out these mass cases of "Incredibly bitter vitriol" directed at Blackberry by Americans? Cuz I'm not seeing it. And as an American, I'm getting really tired of these threads.
[edit]As an aside... please demonstrate how it's an American thing specifically, since you're under the impression that we Americans are the culprit.10-17-13 05:33 PMLike 14 - I'm aware that the brand has a bad rep all over the world, largely because of the 'peer pressure' and 'I think this way because I heard other people saying it' phenomena, alongside the fact that a lot of people haven't been keeping up with BlackBerry phones since 5 years ago (i.e. since they got their first iPhone and the 'magic' has blinded them ever since).
However in America, the hatred boils up into a hellish white heat of frenzy. Americans are absolutely bitter and demoniacally hateful against the brand, I mean you wouldn't even be as hateful to somebody who robbed your own grandmother. It is truly shocking. And many of them hang out on these very forums and post bitter, hateful angry rants at every opportunity they get, day in and day out with astonishing regularity and predictability, and they are totally protected and encouraged by the moderators! Why is this so?
I know that they love and worship Apple but come on ... is it sane to be so full of HATRED?
Blackberry arrogance is well known and do not bode well in the US..last straw is their bogus public letter laden with lies like " we have the best productive tools" and yet there is not a single business oriented app available for BB10, the only one you can get are those you can steal(oops sideload) from Google.
And do not get me started on all rubbish phones we had to deal for years10-17-13 05:37 PMLike 3 - I'm aware that the brand has a bad rep all over the world, largely because of the 'peer pressure' and 'I think this way because I heard other people saying it' phenomena, alongside the fact that a lot of people haven't been keeping up with BlackBerry phones since 5 years ago (i.e. since they got their first iPhone and the 'magic' has blinded them ever since).
However in America, the hatred boils up into a hellish white heat of frenzy. Americans are absolutely bitter and demoniacally hateful against the brand, I mean you wouldn't even be as hateful to somebody who robbed your own grandmother. It is truly shocking. And many of them hang out on these very forums and post bitter, hateful angry rants at every opportunity they get, day in and day out with astonishing regularity and predictability, and they are totally protected and encouraged by the moderators! Why is this so?
I know that they love and worship Apple but come on ... is it sane to be so full of HATRED?
Posted via CB10gfondeur likes this.10-17-13 05:43 PMLike 1 -
- The American media has been pretty negative on bb since around 2009. I don't think Americans in general are
Posted via CB10world saviour likes this.10-17-13 05:49 PMLike 1 - As an American... can you please point out these mass cases of "Incredibly bitter vitriol" directed at Blackberry by Americans? Cuz I'm not seeing it. And as an American, I'm getting really tired of these threads.
[edit]As an aside... please demonstrate how it's an American thing specifically, since you're under the impression that we Americans are the culprit.
Posted via CB10gfondeur likes this.10-17-13 05:49 PMLike 1 -
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Sent from my BlackBerry 9930 using Tapatalk10-17-13 05:53 PMLike 2 - DenverRalphyRetired Network Mod
And you may wish to educate yourself as to LG's country of origin if you're going to use them as an example. No break for you.
SwiftKeyed/Flowed via Tapatalk 4 Beta10-17-13 05:55 PMLike 8 - Joined today, already railing against haters. No way are you a new member....why can't you malingerers just stay banned instead of creating new accounts to spread discontent?10-17-13 05:55 PMLike 4
- Blackberry accounts for only 5% of the smartphone market in Canada and apparently is our fault.paper_monkey and chr1sny like this.10-17-13 06:00 PMLike 2
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