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Apple is the Teflon company. It seems like no matter how many subpar (yet overpriced) products they put on the market, their reputation and public perception ne
by VeejayRampay 10y ago
Apple is the Teflon company. It seems like no matter how many subpar (yet overpriced) products they put on the market, their reputation and public perception never suffers.
To this day, I have a negative opinion of Microsoft for their questionable practices in the past and god knows they've been lambasted in the past for their general attitude (though it feels like this is starting to change). Apple on the other hand can totally afford to rehash their products from a few years ago, sit on a stash of gold, disappoint designer and programmers alike for years, leave Mac OS on a sidetrack and never has to face any kind of serious backlash.
It really says a lot about their marketing genius.
- johncolanduoni 10y agoIt also says a lot about the composition of their market: Apple is likely not super concerned about snubbing professionals because they've moved on to bigger fish. I seriously doubt that it simply has not occurred to anyone at Apple that not providing higher end GPUs and other features that various professions rely on will mean losing their business. Especially since the internet has been screaming that at them for a good while now.
- jp555 10y agoHave you thought that maybe the tech pundits are just wrong? If they say Apple gear is "subpar" and yet it still sells like gangbusters, that tells me that the products were probably not "subpar" at all. Critics can be wrong, but audiences are never wrong.