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Oh, AirPods are status symbols, all right. Not exclusively, of course (I mean, they work, and pretty well at that), but they signal that the wearer belongs to t
by EForEndeavour 6y ago
Oh, AirPods are status symbols, all right. Not exclusively, of course (I mean, they work, and pretty well at that), but they signal that the wearer belongs to the in-group of the young, hip, and cool.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoBased on my experiences, it would not signal that. I've seen people of many different backgrounds wearing them. Maybe more young than old, but that' just a general trend with technology. I wouldn't say if I saw someone wearing them they were "hip" or "cool".
- EForEndeavour 6y agoIn my experiences, they absolutely do signal that, so our anecdata cancel out. Maybe this article will provide a starting point to shed light on the fact that AirPods have certainly become status symbols: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-airpods-most-important-product-after-iphone-q3-earnings-2019-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-airpods-most-important... I don't really know how else to illustrate that fact. Maybe there are peer-reviewed sociological or ethnographic studies out there that will specifically state this fact, but I haven't found any. But the world exists outside of the contents of peer-reviewed science.