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"Pro" has lost its meaning in the last decade. It has become a marketing buzzword that means "premium" instead of "for professionals".
by ASalazarMX 5y ago
"Pro" has lost its meaning in the last decade. It has become a marketing buzzword that means "premium" instead of "for professionals".
- wilsonnb3 5y agoOr, perhaps consider that there are other kinds of professionals out there aside from software developers.
- threeseed 5y agoAs a software developer there is nothing worse than other software developers. They actually think that every computing product needs to be built for them and that anyone who doesn't need virtualisation, multiple monitors etc does not have "real computing needs".
- ASalazarMX 5y agoIt's beyond Apple, "pro" nowadays is used to describe service subscriptions, golf clubs, earphones, etc.
- adolph 5y agoApple didn't release much of anything "Pro" in 2011. They still sold the cheesegrater with a year old chip and some laptops. No "Pro" iPad or iPhones back then. https://everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-2011.html https://everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-2011.h... https://everyi.com/by-year/ipod-iphone-ipad-models-released-in-2011.html https://everyi.com/by-year/ipod-iphone-ipad-models-released-...