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It is still exactly the same iPhone tech-wise, just with a custom "case". I wouldn't go as far to call it "brain disease" though: in a sense, it is OK for some
by necovek 8mo ago
It is still exactly the same iPhone tech-wise, just with a custom "case".
I wouldn't go as far to call it "brain disease" though: in a sense, it is OK for someone well off to spend on expensive products (made by less rich), so things would equalize at least a bit.
Just like we in IT might happily pay 3% of our salary on slightly better shoes, and someone else would claim we have a "brain disease" because you can get perfectly good shoes for 5x less money.
- relaxing 8mo agoThat iphone is not 5x more. Furthermore, who in IT is paying 3% on shoes? Even if you’re the hypebeast buying $1200 Balenciagas, I don’t see how the math works out.
- necovek 8mo agoThat iPhone is 15x more (I don't know the exact price, sorry)? Same order of magnitude. 3% of your monthly salary for $200-$500 shoes (I see plenty amateur runners getting carbon sole shoes in this price range, for instance), when you could get a pair for less than $50.
- relaxing 8mo agoOk I don’t know who’s running around talking about their monthly compensation or what that has to do with billionaires but sure, I see your math now.
- necovek 8mo agoThanks you for adding a slight to your "understanding" statement. You can try figuring out the point I was making (wealth is relative, even "commoners" like us overspend from someone else's perspective). I would say most of Europe talks and thinks in monthly (and even net after-tax salary), so hopefully that helps in the future when someone does not adapt to US gross annual salary figures for you.