I generalized of course. I know some people use more rational (less subconscious) reasons for buying Apple products. But it is nevertheless useful to use gener

I generalized of course. I know some people use more rational (less subconscious) reasons for buying Apple products. But it is nevertheless useful to use generalizations and ignore the outliers (like you, for example) for understanding trends and social phenomena. People like us reading hacker news are statistically insignificant.