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Because Apple knows that the majority--by far--of its customers aren't buying hardware so much as they are buying into a culture, that they are loyal to the bra

by sidlls 9y ago

Because Apple knows that the majority--by far--of its customers aren't buying hardware so much as they are buying into a culture, that they are loyal to the brand, and that it would take something truly monumentally terrible to drive any appreciable fraction of them away. They could package Dan Aykroyd's "Bag O' Glass" in a bag with their logo on it and sell billions of dollars worth.

peterlk 9y ago
Time is a pretty powerful force, and enough of it can be monumentally terrible. In my opinion, the most recent apple releases have been a bad signal for future performance. They're leaving behind the community at their core to focus on wider market penetration. The logical conclusion to this scenario is a race to the bottom; a good way to kill the company. Obviously, Apple has a lot of padding to buy time and make up for their screw-ups, but the trend is currently in the wrong direction if they are to maintain the brand that would enable them to sell a "Bag o Glass" with their logo on it.
TheOtherHobbes 9y ago
I'm not sure if it's a culture or the perception of a culture. Apple was always sold as the smart, high-status, creative option. But the software is getting less and less smart. I've been house hunting, which has involved walking around many properties taking iPhone shots of many rooms - sometimes of features like water damage or tired paintwork that need money and attention. Photos has been busy collecting these unscenic photos into groups of memories for me. So now I have a fine collection of images of walls and ceilings bundled up with misty homely nostalgia and decorated with the very latest clean hipster typography. Which should be amusing, but it's actually creepy, because the subtext is that Apple's idea of how I should use my photos is completely different to my idea - and I don't get an obvious opt out from the lifestyle choices Apple is making for me. At the same time, a feature I actually need - being able to AirDrop the photos to my iPad without jumbling up the timestamps - doesn't work.

by sidlls 9y ago

peterlk 9y ago

Time is a pretty powerful force, and enough of it can be monumentally terrible. In my opinion, the most recent apple releases have been a bad signal for future performance. They're leaving behind the community at their core to focus on wider market penetration. The logical conclusion to this scenario is a race to the bottom; a good way to kill the company. Obviously, Apple has a lot of padding to buy time and make up for their screw-ups, but the trend is currently in the wrong direction if they are to maintain the brand that would enable them to sell a "Bag o Glass" with their logo on it.

TheOtherHobbes 9y ago

I'm not sure if it's a culture or the perception of a culture. Apple was always sold as the smart, high-status, creative option. But the software is getting less and less smart. I've been house hunting, which has involved walking around many properties taking iPhone shots of many rooms - sometimes of features like water damage or tired paintwork that need money and attention. Photos has been busy collecting these unscenic photos into groups of memories for me. So now I have a fine collection of images of walls and ceilings bundled up with misty homely nostalgia and decorated with the very latest clean hipster typography. Which should be amusing, but it's actually creepy, because the subtext is that Apple's idea of how I should use my photos is completely different to my idea - and I don't get an obvious opt out from the lifestyle choices Apple is making for me. At the same time, a feature I actually need - being able to AirDrop the photos to my iPad without jumbling up the timestamps - doesn't work.