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Not only their fans. For some reason almost nobody can look at Apple and their products objectively. It's love/hate. My best guess is that people who care abou
by sjs 15y ago
Not only their fans. For some reason almost nobody can look at Apple and their products objectively. It's love/hate.
My best guess is that people who care about little details like 2 volume levels for headphones & speakers, pausing your iPod when you unplug the headphones, etc. really love Apple (that's the case with me), so when we go off about how great they are someone else who sat down at a Mac with a default config couldn't right click, maximize a window, etc. and hated it, it makes him hate it even more because to him it's blind Apple love. Nobody could possibly love such a hamstrung system in the hater's eyes, and in the lover's eyes Apple can do no wrong. So the rift widens because of the strong opposing feelings. Talking often makes it worse.
- r00fus 15y agoSimpler put: the Apple brand has super-strong name recognition. Well-known political figures who dominate the media elicit similar reactions (Obama, Palin, etc) This is a sign of success for Apple's marketing. It's also a sign of a media-oversaturated society that shows no signs of becoming less so.
- zwieback 15y agoI'm even worse: love and hate at the same time! Love my Apple ][, hate everything Mac, love iPod, hatehatehate iTunes. Would probably love iPhone if I wasn't too cheap to own anything more than a Tracfone. Also, back before LANs were standardized I worked on a AppleTalk server that ran on PCs. Love AFP and ATP!!