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This isn't the 80s any 90s anymore, "technology influencers" have no impact on Apple's business. This is a common trope I see usually when "technology influence
by IBM 9y ago
This isn't the 80s any 90s anymore, "technology influencers" have no impact on Apple's business. This is a common trope I see usually when "technology influencers" are mad about some product decision Apple makes. Apple gets more word of mouth from other laymen using iPhones than any "professional" using a Mac Pro.
A recent example of this is Macbook Pro sales rising despite the outcry in nerd circles. Another example was when FCP X dropped and there were countless hot takes about Apple dropping their professional customers and all of them switching to Adobe and Avid.
- on_and_off 9y agoI love how the HN crowd likes to downvote an opinion they don't like without even trying to counter argument.
- dang 9y agoThe "HN crowd" has not downvoted that comment, it has upvoted it. Meanwhile you've left an irrelevant comment that explicitly broke the site guidelines. Would you please read them and not do that again? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- on_and_off 9y agoIt was not the case when I commented and not the first time I see a valid comment downvoted without any explanation. So I see no reason not to
- scarface74 9y agoAnd the canonical case of the tech crowd getting it wrong.... https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i... And just for fun... http://fortune.com/1997/02/03/apples-next-move-misses-the-mark/ http://fortune.com/1997/02/03/apples-next-move-misses-the-ma...
- rahoulb 9y agoI don’t think influencers have much say in a positive direction. I think they do in a negative way but it can take years for things to change. The negative outcry against Microsoft started in the mid-90s but didn’t hit them in terms of mind share or numbers till ten years later.