&quot;People enjoy things that I find substandard so they must be of lower intelligence.&quot;<p>I&#x27;ll answer my own question: Users aren&#x27;t stupid, they just have priorities that differ than those of technology bloggers.<p>Dismissing your users is an excellent way to ship a frustrating product. Apple has done the opposite, but the use-cases between the masses and the tech elite have drifted far enough that those who don&#x27;t work on Apple&#x27;s UX team can drive clicks using smug elitism -- the yin to the &#x27;Apple Fanboy&#x27; yang.