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Everyone Mocked Apple's iPhone Pocket. Then It Sold Out Everywhere
- ungreased0675 1y agoThere’s a common and incorrect heuristic that commercial success is validation something is good. I encounter it a lot when talking about music. Just because something is popular doesn’t make it good.
- celticninja 1y agoJust because some idiots will buy anything apple related doesn't mean it was good and should not have been mocked
- HardwareLust 1y agoApple manipulating a small group of people using FOMO to buy a pointless trinket isn't exactly a validation of the concept.
- metadope 1y agoThis fashion fad proves the adage "Some People just have too much money". We need this accessory, or something else like this, because of the phatness of phablet-sized phones. But we don't need the overpriced fashion. This story makes for an apt addendum to the current active HN discussion around poverty (Being poor vs. being broke)<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928912 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928912> When you're poor you find your fashion in resale shops and free stores.
- _wire_ 1y agoGet the artifact while you can!
- ChrisArchitect 1y agoEarlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45930847 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45930847