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Gruber is part of an interesting phenomenon that has emerged over the past few years: supporting companies (and reviling their 'opponents') with the same passio
by xefer 15y ago
Gruber is part of an interesting phenomenon that has emerged over the past few years: supporting companies (and reviling their 'opponents') with the same passion that people normally reserve for sports teams.
- roc 15y agoIf by 'past few years' you mean 'past 20-30 years', then I agree.
- watty 15y agoI'm too young to refute your point but can you give examples of pre-internet companies that had fan bases as rabid as Apple and Android?
- saturdaysaint 15y agoThere weren't blogs to document it, but you'd see many of the same arguments over videogame consoles, computer platforms, car manufacturers, clothiers, sports teams, warlords, philosophers, religions ;). Identifying with a side in a large competition falls under the category of basic human behavior.
- ZitchDog 15y agoChevy vs Ford
- chadgeidel 15y agoEver hear of "Ford families" or "Chevy families"? My family is a "Chevy family". 8*D
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- adolph 15y agoCoke 'n Pepsi!
- bane 15y agoApple (been around pre-Internet), Ford, Chevy, Coke, etc.
- saturdaysaint 15y agoThis is not a recent trend. People have been devoted to Apple since their founding. Comparing this devotion/passion to sports teams is probably understating it - Wired's feature on Apple in 1997 had a picture of the Apple logo with a crown of thorns on the cover. Going further back, families and pundits had similar devotion to car and cigarette companies.
- cpeterso 15y agoSports teams are companies, too.