"This has nothing to do with being for or against any vendor." I think it has everything to do with that specific vendor (not your comment, the unpaid ad). Whe

"This has nothing to do with being for or against any vendor." I think it has everything to do with that specific vendor (not your comment, the unpaid ad). When was the last time you saw a landing page featuring an Acer or Asus laptop? "Brands communicate emotions, it's risky to expose yourself to that. Or is that on purpose?" It's clearly on purpose. The (desired) communicated emotion is along the lines of "we're hip and trendy and use only the cream of the crop".