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How can something be a status symbol when 50% of smart phone users have it in the US It's more that Apple has gotten people to view anything other than the iPh
by orangecat 7y ago
How can something be a status symbol when 50% of smart phone users have it in the US
It's more that Apple has gotten people to view anything other than the iPhone as low status, e.g. green bubbles.
- scarface74 7y agoSo Apple has brainwasheded people for 20 years? Geeks have been saying that Apple was a status symbol since the iPod. As far as iMessage, it couldn't possibly be that Google has had four or five failed attempts at a messaging platform?
- askafriend 7y agoCheaper, less beautiful, less premium objects are inherently lower status. What's your point? That's how it's always been for any objects. Cars, cheese, wine, etc. Humans are inherently status-seeking creatures and they display their status in a myriad of ways. Apple just happens to make premium products for a premium segment of customers - and there's nothing wrong with that.