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>signal wealth >$100 product It really boggles my mind that this works on anyone. We all see the commercials for financing. We all see teenagers with no jobs
by hospitalJail 3y ago
>signal wealth
>$100 product
It really boggles my mind that this works on anyone. We all see the commercials for financing. We all see teenagers with no jobs having them.
I'm a bit mind boggled that Apple was able to turn <$1000 tech products into 'luxury' products. Maybe it makes more sense if you didn't get screwed by iTunes DRM and were more open minded during iphone Era.
- latchkey 3y agoWhen I lived in Vietnam, getting the latest iPhone (or really any product), as soon as someone smuggled it into the country (usually from Australia or Singapore), was a national pastime for people there. That logo is everywhere.
- tuankiet65 3y agoI concur. My mom sometimes talked about how her friends / coworkers just got the latest iPhone and that made her want to get one herself. I guess part of it is just FOMO but there's also something about the brand that drove people to do "unusual" things (like you said, smuggling phones from other countries just to be the first)
- stronglikedan 3y agoWhere I grew up, $100 sneakers were a signal of wealth. Nothing new under the sun.
- xattt 3y ago> It really boggles my mind that this works on anyone. I’m wondering whether you have to live through in world of plenty during formative years before you have that realization.