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Are you really surprised that HN and Reddit don't represent the majority? In my experience, most people don't pay a lot of attention to what's inside their lapt
by jameslk 10y ago
Are you really surprised that HN and Reddit don't represent the majority? In my experience, most people don't pay a lot of attention to what's inside their laptop and wouldn't mourn the loss of function keys. Brand loyalty, whether it works, is aesthetically pleasing and the learning curve of alternative options are probably more important factors.
- matt4077 10y agoPlease stop insinuating people buying a MacBook are somehow stupid b/c they're easily manipulated by shiny surfaces or brands, or simply incapable of learning a new system. There are many many comments you can easily find where Mac users give specific reasons as to why they prefer them, such as macOS and its Unix-ness, build quality, screen quality, attention to detail, battery live, and the sorry state of Linux on the desktop. To insist on the reasons you're giving is acting in bad faith.
- jameslk 10y ago> Please stop insinuating people buying a MacBook are somehow stupid b/c they're easily manipulated by shiny surfaces or brands, or simply incapable of learning a new system. Please stop reading between the lines and making baseless accusations. This is not what I said at all. I own a Mac. And most of the reasons I mentioned apply to me as well.
- dkonofalski 10y agoI don't think he was reading between the lines at all. You flat out said that it's brand loyalty and learning curve keeping people from switching.
- jameslk 10y agoI said "brand loyalty," (i.e. Apple has a history of making quality products and providing great customer service) not "easily manipulated by brands" and "learning curve of alternative options" (i.e. it would take effort to learn how to move all my stuff to a different OS and get used to the hardware and OS differences, which is a large friction point) not "incapable of learning a new system." You can somehow try to read into that as if I'm saying Mac users like myself are stupid if you'd like, but that's not what I flat out said nor insinuated.
- y_u_no_rust 10y agoreddit is a bunch of highschool kids and donald trump trolls no one takes it seriously anymore... the place peaked years ago when it was bacon and narwhals