marocain_iii t1_iu43xcm wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:29 PM

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There is no brand as strong as Apple.

It doesn't matter what they do, their customers are very loyal. I sometimes compare it to a religion. Tim Cook could shoot someone on the 5th avenue, they would still buy the new iProduct. Incredible.

Astrikal t1_iu45e8h wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM

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Replying to marocain_iii (#282,182)

You have to have good quality control and convenient products to gain loyal customers. All 3 windows laptops I bought had a lot of quality control issues and didn’t last a long time. My macbook air from 6 year ago still works perfectly. I am not considering buying a windows laptop next time. Not because I am a shill, but rather because I know a macbook will work out of the box and won’t give me a headache.

SUPRVLLAN t1_iu58hh4 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:16 PM

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Replying to marocain_iii (#282,182)

I’m no Apple fanboy but that labor issue is squarely Foxconn’s fault. No company can completely control their partners or has total visibility.

OnlyFactsMatter t1_iu5m1gx wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:48 PM

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Steve Jobs said what he wanted to be remembered for most wasn't the Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Retail Stores, but Apple itself. He didn't want it to become what Disney or HP became after their founders' deaths.

Looking pretty clear he succeeded.

sheeshshosh t1_iu6dpnc wrote on October 28, 2022 at 10:02 PM

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Replying to marocain_iii (#282,182)

I always love the subtle (and often not-so-subtle) argument anti-Apple people make that somehow purchasers of Apple products are just being scammed into spending money on stuff they don’t actually like. It’s all just marketing, and there is no actual quality in Apple products. Very magical thinking right there.

Like at some point, the proof is in the adoption, no? I’m not saying that the popularity of Apple products necessarily makes them heads-and-shoulders better than everything else on the market. Just that, with this much of a sample size, it beggars belief that this many people can so consistently be buying obvious garbage unawares. That theory just prima facie doesn’t hold a whole lot of water.

Far more likely that the people floating this theory really are just engaging in some kind of derangement syndrome, which helps them cope with an inferiority complex that arises, irrationally, from their tech consumer purchasing decisions. In other words, it’s a personal problem which they choose to project on people who, for example, buy Apple products.