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Sometimes when you find yourself annoyed by stuff like this replace "Apple" with "Microsoft" and "iPhone" with "Windows". It's a useful way to check subconscio

by skc 2y ago

Sometimes when you find yourself annoyed by stuff like this replace "Apple" with "Microsoft" and "iPhone" with "Windows". It's a useful way to check subconscious bias.

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Cumpiler69 2y ago
Thank you. It's crazy how people here defend Aplle for the same anticompetitive practices Microsoft got grilled for. I still don't get how one can have blind brand loyalty to a corporation.
- wappieslurkz 2y ago
  > I still don't get how one can have blind brand loyalty to a corporation. Constant exposure to billion dolar driven advertising is very effective in brainwashing people into thinking of brands as friends. While the opposite is usually true. It's baffling that we allow this in our societies in such extend.
  - spwa4 2y ago
    I think the other effect, that Apple is a status symbol, is more effective. Apple is expensive (less so than before, but still). In other words, an iphone "proves" that you are better than your neighbor. And people defend status symbols as if they're defending baby Jesus from Satan.
    - wappieslurkz 2y ago
      Absolutely, but I think advertising also is a major driver in the perceived importance of social status .
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- hulitu 2y ago
  > the same anticompetitive practices Microsoft got grilled for. Grilled ? More like a pat on the back. They are still there with Windows, AD, Office 365 trio.
- seanmcdirmid 2y ago
  You just have to remember how computing was before Apple got their sh*t together. Who wants iOS to be like android or macOS to be like windows? I don’t have time to mess with those anymore.
mysterydip 2y ago
Same with "Democrat" and "Republican" (or whatever parties your country has).
ironhalik 2y ago
The logic here is "Apple gained significant market share with its features so we'll legislate them into a universal standard". Same logic could be applied to any other feature made by any other company. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it as a consumer. I'd friggin love to be able to airdrop a file from one digital device to another. But it could be an ingenious way to create standards. Instead of randomly creating fourteen different solutions to a problem hoping one will gain traction, we wait for apple/microsoft/cisco/whoever to force one down our throats and then take it from them and make it a standard. Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- Jensson 2y ago
  > Same logic could be applied to any other feature made by any other company. How many companies are bigger than Apple? Not that many, so no it can't be applied to any other company.
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by skc 2y ago

Sometimes when you find yourself annoyed by stuff like this replace "Apple" with "Microsoft" and "iPhone" with "Windows". It's a useful way to check subconscious bias.

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Cumpiler69 2y ago

Thank you. It's crazy how people here defend Aplle for the same anticompetitive practices Microsoft got grilled for. I still don't get how one can have blind brand loyalty to a corporation.

wappieslurkz 2y ago
> I still don't get how one can have blind brand loyalty to a corporation. Constant exposure to billion dolar driven advertising is very effective in brainwashing people into thinking of brands as friends. While the opposite is usually true. It's baffling that we allow this in our societies in such extend.
- spwa4 2y ago
  I think the other effect, that Apple is a status symbol, is more effective. Apple is expensive (less so than before, but still). In other words, an iphone "proves" that you are better than your neighbor. And people defend status symbols as if they're defending baby Jesus from Satan.
  - wappieslurkz 2y ago
    Absolutely, but I think advertising also is a major driver in the perceived importance of social status .
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hulitu 2y ago
> the same anticompetitive practices Microsoft got grilled for. Grilled ? More like a pat on the back. They are still there with Windows, AD, Office 365 trio.
seanmcdirmid 2y ago
You just have to remember how computing was before Apple got their sh*t together. Who wants iOS to be like android or macOS to be like windows? I don’t have time to mess with those anymore.

mysterydip 2y ago

Same with "Democrat" and "Republican" (or whatever parties your country has).

ironhalik 2y ago

The logic here is "Apple gained significant market share with its features so we'll legislate them into a universal standard". Same logic could be applied to any other feature made by any other company. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it as a consumer. I'd friggin love to be able to airdrop a file from one digital device to another. But it could be an ingenious way to create standards. Instead of randomly creating fourteen different solutions to a problem hoping one will gain traction, we wait for apple/microsoft/cisco/whoever to force one down our throats and then take it from them and make it a standard. Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/

Jensson 2y ago
> Same logic could be applied to any other feature made by any other company. How many companies are bigger than Apple? Not that many, so no it can't be applied to any other company.

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