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I think tech people vastly overstate how much Apple devices are status symbols to the average consumer. Most non tech adults I know buy them as low effort ie j
by Retric 3y ago
I think tech people vastly overstate how much Apple devices are status symbols to the average consumer.
Most non tech adults I know buy them as low effort ie just works devices. The perception isn’t that they are great just that the other options are worse. It’s a combination of useful defaults, reasonable UI, and few gotchas like a short lifespan or poor battery life. Most of them had multiple phones before the iPhone, but ran into various issues.
- dasil003 3y agoAgreed, but I'm just responding to the GPs point, not making a statistical argument about how many people see it as a status symbol (and what subset of those would publicly admit it).
- gumby 3y agoI’m pretty much all in on Apple because they generally suck less, not out of any great enthusiasm. For certain things I prefer Linux and don’t use Apple.