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Google chrome and visual studio are not status symbols. They are not optimized for outward appearance. And they are purpose built tools, which either work or no
by allovernow 7y ago
Google chrome and visual studio are not status symbols. They are not optimized for outward appearance. And they are purpose built tools, which either work or not.
With a laptop, any old laptop will do 99% of what the typical user needs and do it well enough most of the time, regardless of whether you spend $3k on a pretty MacBook or $1k on something else.
I suspect there's a good deal of overlap between the kind of person who buys a Macbook and the kind of person who buys Beats earphones even though for the price they are subpar (at least earlier iterations were). It's the same concept - status signalling with expensive and outwardly pretty tech.
- robenkleene 7y agoGot it, so the difference is that Apple makes physical hardware that other people can see, and your case is that you think people will spend significantly more money for something that looks nicer.
- allovernow 7y agoIt doesn't just "look nicer," it is a cultural symbol - no doubt thanks to successful marketing on behalf of apple. >your case is that you think people will spend significantly more money for something that looks nicer. Is this not a fact? Why do you think people buy diamonds? Are you aware that their role as a symbol was also purely manufactured by commercial interests? Look up the dealings of the diamond cartel in the early 1900s.
- robenkleene 7y agoFair. I should have been more specific "your case is that you think people will spend significantly more money for Macs because they look nicer".