Both were deemed impossible tasks by numerous
mainstream tech sites.
Not exact matches
In some ways, the decline of Slashdot as a force in the geek world has come about not because the
site lost any authority or popularity, but because geeks and
tech news and the Internet itself have become such a
mainstream thing over the past decade.
Grab that already small subset of consumers that are willing to pay top price for their electronics, and then reduce it further by hiding the line - up on the Google Playstore with virtually no advertising other than the enthusiasts» word of mouth and the
tech sites» journalism — things that either don't reach or don't convince the
mainstream phone user.
It began as a common putdown on the official Apple - centric blogs and was soon repeated by the «
mainstream»
tech sites that to this day retain a huge pro-Apple orientation.