This does raise an interesting point about HN as a whole. I remember in one of the Apple/Samsung threads someone brought up the point that people couldn't tell Apple and Samsung products apart, and in that case it was used as an attack against Samsung and 'proof' that they were copying.
In this instance the exact same idea is used as a defense for Apple.
Yes, the cognitive dissonance is staggering. But we are able to see it because we don't worship Apple. This makes me wonder what cognitive dissonances that I might have, that I am completely blind to, which others can see through right away as they don't subscribe to the same world-view.
In this instance the exact same idea is used as a defense for Apple.