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Most people who buy Apple for their personal use buy it for the status. Not even remotely HN worthy.

• atlas_hugged 3y ago
  I’m curious what kind of person would come into my home and think I’m fancy because they saw my old ass MacBook Pro thrown on a bookshelf. Or someone that saw me getting coffee and were like “woooow, that guys rich! He has an iPhone!” Who the hell thinks like that?
  • theodric 3y ago
    Probably more like "that guy's not poor, he has an iPhone" Then again, there are those people who claim to be repulsed by non-Apple products, which I assume is some kind of social status proxy: https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/26/owning-an-android-is-a-major-ick-for-2021-says-new-study-15825870/ https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/26/owning-an-android-is-a-major-...
    • acdha 3y ago
      Unless you’re getting the really low-end android devices, you’re not saving much versus a comparable iPhone even before you account for the longer lifetime, and that’s for something you use many times a day, every day. If it’s a status symbol, it’s one of the most accessible in history - a Starbucks barista can have the same phone as their CEO for a few days’ pay, which certainly isn’t true of their food, shoes, clothing, car, or residence.
  • hindsightbias 3y ago
    Probably just Real Hackers(tm) with a chip on their shoulders.