As somebody that's pretty good friends with somebody that's been a long-time writer/editor at a couple of well-known tech sites, the simple answer is they just plain get tired of it.
These guys look at gadgets all day long. What it comes down to is they get tired of ripping on every new gadget that comes out with "lol, they ripped off Apple" and instead focus on other things because there's absolutely nothing interesting about writing the same thing over and over and over again. After a while, it does get to the point that it's so obvious that pointing it out becomes superfluous.
And I mean, in the case of the Spectre One, it's not even as direct a knock-off as the Envy line. The stand design is bulky and inelegant compared to the iMac. When viewed from the side or rear, it's fairly clear there are far worse offenders in the "steals from Apple" category.
Which isn't to say it isn't there and it isn't a shameless aping, just that if you look at gadgets for a living, it doesn't really stand out enough in that regard for it to feel worth the energy to point it out.
>How do you defend writing a long article about it
This may be a bit of a nitpick, but both the posts Marco accused of shilling for HP are under 500 words; that's not really a long piece at all.
These guys look at gadgets all day long. What it comes down to is they get tired of ripping on every new gadget that comes out with "lol, they ripped off Apple" and instead focus on other things because there's absolutely nothing interesting about writing the same thing over and over and over again. After a while, it does get to the point that it's so obvious that pointing it out becomes superfluous.
And I mean, in the case of the Spectre One, it's not even as direct a knock-off as the Envy line. The stand design is bulky and inelegant compared to the iMac. When viewed from the side or rear, it's fairly clear there are far worse offenders in the "steals from Apple" category.
Which isn't to say it isn't there and it isn't a shameless aping, just that if you look at gadgets for a living, it doesn't really stand out enough in that regard for it to feel worth the energy to point it out.
>How do you defend writing a long article about it
This may be a bit of a nitpick, but both the posts Marco accused of shilling for HP are under 500 words; that's not really a long piece at all.