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> Apple is my hero in that regard, where you actually pay for the product experience instead for being part of some deeply troubling subculture where passionate
by carabiner 6y ago
> Apple is my hero in that regard, where you actually pay for the product experience instead for being part of some deeply troubling subculture where passionately debating about very expensive cables and gadgets without ever being able to pass a blind test on the claims is the norm, almost like cargo cult.
I give you the $539 leather watch band: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MTQG2AM/A/apple-watch-herm%C3%A8s-44mm-%C3%A9b%C3%A8ne-bar%C3%A9nia-leather-single-tour-deployment-buckle https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MTQG2AM/A/apple-watch-her.... The $699 wheels: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit?afid=p238%7CslXU9HpqE-dc_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_435221946693_pgrid_101502584619_&cid=aos-us-kwgo-pla-btb--slid---product-MX572ZM/A https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-w...
I think Apple is very complicit in the cargo cult and charging bullshit prices for fashionable items.
- whynaut 6y ago> I give you the $539 leather watch band: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MTQG2AM/A/apple-watch-her https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MTQG2AM/A/apple-watch-her.... The $699 wheels: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-w https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-w... The wheels are wild, but the watch band is Hermès. Their watches start at 3k. What would you have expected?
- chungus_khan 6y agoIf any industry is a cargo cult, the watch industry qualifies.