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Hypothesis: Apple's best product is now privacy. Testing the hypothesis: if that was true that all those new iPhone do not matter that much, Wall Street analys

Hypothesis: Apple's best product is now privacy. Testing the hypothesis: if that was true that all those new iPhone do not matter that much, Wall Street analysts would take a hard look at what is the gross margin of the Apple's new best product (privacy) and Apple stock price would take a serious hit. Looking at the evidence: AAC stock price is super high Alternative hypothesis: some people will buy Apple products for tribal reasons, no matter what the quality over price ratio is, and find a rationalization after the fact to justify it.

sjwright 8y ago
Best product ≠ most popular product
randomsearch 8y ago
When plenty of smart people are doing something you’re not, there’s often a good reason why. Rather than dismiss it as “tribal” did you buy or borrow an iPhone or ask them why? I’ve used a bunch of Android phones at work and a bunch of iPhones. If you’re a hacker who wants to mess with their phone, want customisation, or don’t have more money, then an Android makes sense. Other than that, buy an iPhone. You’ll spend more time getting things done, more things will “just work”, and it’ll break less often and have fewer bugs. The design is great, the aesthetics of the X are wonderful. And then there’s privacy. Apple are hammering it because (a) Tim Cook sees it as a priority, for rather obvious reasons, and (b) it’s a competitive advantage that Google will never be able to counter unless they stop basing their business on adverts. Good. Let’s hope they hammer it more and more and force google to change. Android in its current spyware form is not a good thing.
- jmfayard 8y ago
  Well obviously there are a lot of smart people using iPhones and even more smart people using Android phones. Anyway in my opinion the biggest problem of smartphones by far is that we use them too much and mindlessly. The brand of the smartphone is mostly irrelevant, it's using it smartly that counts

sjwright 8y ago

Best product ≠ most popular product

randomsearch 8y ago

When plenty of smart people are doing something you’re not, there’s often a good reason why. Rather than dismiss it as “tribal” did you buy or borrow an iPhone or ask them why? I’ve used a bunch of Android phones at work and a bunch of iPhones. If you’re a hacker who wants to mess with their phone, want customisation, or don’t have more money, then an Android makes sense. Other than that, buy an iPhone. You’ll spend more time getting things done, more things will “just work”, and it’ll break less often and have fewer bugs. The design is great, the aesthetics of the X are wonderful. And then there’s privacy. Apple are hammering it because (a) Tim Cook sees it as a priority, for rather obvious reasons, and (b) it’s a competitive advantage that Google will never be able to counter unless they stop basing their business on adverts. Good. Let’s hope they hammer it more and more and force google to change. Android in its current spyware form is not a good thing.

jmfayard 8y ago
Well obviously there are a lot of smart people using iPhones and even more smart people using Android phones. Anyway in my opinion the biggest problem of smartphones by far is that we use them too much and mindlessly. The brand of the smartphone is mostly irrelevant, it's using it smartly that counts