Guardian Boot Up dated 20th September 2013
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iOS 7: how to disable the most annoying new features.
My follow up comment, “No option to turn off the endless churn of advertorial, unfortunately.” disappeared into the ether almost as soon as I posted it.
The last week or so has been pretty shameless. But that post yesterday went beyond even advertorial. It looked like a real advert.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/interactive/2013/sep/19/iphone-5s-apple-handsets-specs
I genuinely think that’s the most blatant and extreme example I’ve seen on the Graun. In fact anywhere!
Not sure why my response to Nomster got zapped, where I defended his post and said that I thought it gave a good and balanced account of both the good and bad aspects of iOS7. Was it because I’d suggested that there may be some bad aspects?
There are no bad aspects, only unrequested feature surplusses.
Are they the hidden depths that AlanAudio refers to?
64 cubits deep! (that’s 29.26m to non-technical people).
I think it might be because the mods, rather unfairly i feel, thought I was being sarcastic when commenting how I was happy there were reviews below the line as well as the several hundred above.
Maybe with reviews, as with pixels, screen space, apps,configuration options etc, there is a perfect, optimum number. Too few is bad and to be criticised. Too many is pointless and gimmicky. The optimum number gets it just . But if anybody else does this then it’s copying.
Interesting to see that (as of this moment) my following post from last night is still up. I am ploughing a lonely furrow about the lack of coverage for some devices, the example in this case being the HTC One Mini….
So an honest question.
Why is the coverage of this phone so minimal compared to apple phones?
Yes I am well aware that apple sell a lot more but given the number of pages dedicated to the iphone surely at least one page on the HTC One Mini is the very least coverage required to provide any semblance of balance.
Not obviously that the HTC One Mini is alone as it is possible to mention a number of other tech devices (where is a review of the new Nexus 7 tablet, mention of the new blackberry phone, etc) that appear to be missing compared to what you would expect for balanced tech coverage.
Should the guardian try a provide an unbiased and balanced view of developments in the tech area?
Is anyone prepared to step up and say that this is what they try to do and if so are they prepared to defend that position?
At the moment it would appear that not only is no one prepared to come out and state that the guardian attempts to be unbiased in its coverage but any reference to possibly bias in the comments section about which a health debate could be had is summarily removed, usually for no apparent breaking of the community standards.