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>People are extremely good at spotting inauthenticity, trying to borrow that Cool Factor What's so cool about some mass produced disposable widget that gets so
by drzaiusapelord 13y ago
>People are extremely good at spotting inauthenticity, trying to borrow that Cool Factor
What's so cool about some mass produced disposable widget that gets sold to grandmas at Walmart? This isn't the Apple of 2002. Cool is about exclusivity and membership into something grandma can't be a member of. Marketing telling you something is cool is actually uncool.
>As much as I like the Nexus products, they're not it.
I'm glad it lacks the pretensions you describe. Its a phone, not a religion.
- resu_nimda 13y agoYou're saying the iPod in 2002 wasn't a mass produced disposable widget? The iPod was never about exclusivity or membership, it was always "for everyone." In fact I think the primary factor for its enduring success (and that of the new Apple era as a whole) is that they managed to be "cool" and popular at the same time. They had the marketing that told you it was cool (dancing silhouettes, etc), and everyone from hip indie kids to grandmas said "yeah, that is cool."