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> And next year you get a new one, and the next year another You can't wear your PS5 to flaunt how rich, current, stylish, trendy you are. People are happy to
by justsomehnguy 4y ago
> And next year you get a new one, and the next year another
You can't wear your PS5 to flaunt how rich, current, stylish, trendy you are.
People are happy to shell out money for a status symbols. US practice of contract subsidizing the price of the phone helped it greatly, when even high schoolers could get it.
- scarface74 4y agoYes because in a country where 50% of the people own an iPhone and you can get one by working 5 hours on minimum wage per month, it’s really a “status symbol” to have the same thing everyone else has and it shows you are “rich” that you can afford to pay $30/month.
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- scarface74 4y agoSo is Windows also bought as a status symbol because of better interoperability?