Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: What do you feel about Apple choice to use the word 'courage' to describe decision to remove headphone jack?Perfectly fine word here17.7%Insult to real courage28.8%Insincere spin46.9%Other (@ reply specify)6.6%226 votes·Final results9:59 PM · Sep 7, 20161 Retweet1 Quote Tweet2 Likes
zem@zem42·Sep 7, 2016Replying to @vgryou could have stopped at Apple and "insincere spin" would still have been my answer!2
Mark Birch@LordRamjet·Sep 7, 2016Replying to @vgrLeverage. Suggested by others Apple tying customers further into their products
Tomáš Zukal@tomas_zukal·Sep 7, 2016Replying to @vgrsorry to say, but marketing lang is by definition a different universe (than real values) where changing consumer behav. can be courage
Patrick Vlaskovits@Pv·Sep 7, 2016Replying to @vgrif the person doing the deed tells you that is b/c courage --- rings hollow.
R_Ganesh@r_ganesh·Sep 8, 2016Replying to @vgrTough call. Most things they've done smack of arrogance but some have changed the world
crepuscular dispatch@schakalsynthetc·Sep 8, 2016Replying to @vgrwould be insult if it weren't too trivial to be anything other than just funny