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I agree, but I'm not sure why you singled this particular article out. HN is filled with articles discussing issues with iPhones, MacBooks and similar. They're
by namdnay 14y ago
I agree, but I'm not sure why you singled this particular article out. HN is filled with articles discussing issues with iPhones, MacBooks and similar. They're all "rich people problems". In fact, I would consider that a car costing 60k is less of an outlier than a telephone that costs more than 600...
- dionidium 14y agoYou could suggest that, but I think it's pretty obviously wrong. Waitresses and bartenders and community-college students have smart phones. They don't usually own luxury cars.
- namdnay 14y agoThat's the genius of Apple: They've managed to make it "normal" for people to buy their luxury goods. People who are savvy enough not to spend 3 times as much on a fancy car or shoes are still persuaded to spend 3 times as much on a fancy phone/computer.