As far as Apple’s ‘real world social network’, any time I hang out in upscale or hip coffee shops or bars, the laptops are >80% Macs. Observed this in RiNo in D

As far as Apple’s ‘real world social network’, any time I hang out in upscale or hip coffee shops or bars, the laptops are >80% Macs. Observed this in RiNo in Denver the past few days, for instance, after buying a Chromebook (actually so far it’s 100% Macs) Apple’s conspicuous branding definitely serves a socioeconomic signal, like driving a luxury car. It’s as if everyone has a BMW, though and other luxury cars don’t exist. Next, “Apple’s culture and approach to products is antithetical to the culture and approach necessary to create and grow a traditional social network. Apple wants total control and to release as perfect a product it can; a social network requires an iterative approach that is designed to deal with constant variability and edge cases.” I disagree with the last sentence. Does the author believe that simply because that’s how Facebook chooses to operate - eternal bleeding edge? Constant mission shift, like Instagram? Twitter seems fairly stable to me. I also recall when we used software like VBulletin for years without updates for very successful social networking. I don’t see why this software has a special need to cope with variability and edge cases, just to share photos and messages with people.