I was joking last night that Apple stores would dim the big apple and fanboys everywhere would hold candlelight vigils outside of the stores... and wouldn't you know, it actually happened. And today I've seen multiple people talking about a "pilgrimage to Cupertino".
It really is an entirely new level of douche.
Steve Jobs did change the world. He was a master of "good artists copy, great artists steal". He saw good ideas that never took off, dumbed them down to the lowest common denominator and released them to his following. He understood that the general public is retarded and needs to be hand-fed. He's responsible for pushing cell phone development up to the point where it should have been ten years ago and making touchscreens popular, but that's where it ends with me. Besides that, he made laptops and PCs... nothing special.
In short, I have nothing against Steve Jobs, but the hero-worshiping is a bit insane and feels kind of like a giant parody that everyone is in on but me.
