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The post is about paying for something and having it advertise to you anyways. Apple, Google and Microsoft are all guilty of this - citing external examples is
by smoldesu 4y ago
The post is about paying for something and having it advertise to you anyways. Apple, Google and Microsoft are all guilty of this - citing external examples is how we empathize with the things we read. That's the root of metatextuality.
If you're not personally offended by Apple's smaller advertisements, that's great! Much like the Windows users who don't care about being advertising stock, you're welcome to continue using MacOS to your heart's content. You're lying to yourself if you think that MacOS lets you escape 'being the product', though.
- karmakaze 4y agoIn Apple's ecosystem, Apple users aren't so much the product as they are the product demonstrators. Apple's target audience isn't Apple customers, it's future Apple customers to be.
- smoldesu 4y agoThey should make more desirable software, then.
- karmakaze 4y agoWhen selling it only needs to seem more desirable. The quality of the demo is most important. The actual quality only has to be good enough for demonstrators to keep using and demoing in an overall positive light. i.e. current users are 2nd class citizens to potential future users. An example of this is the System Preferences change in macOS Ventura. I used to be able to see all choices in a small window, but now it looks like iPhone settings long scroll.