[cblconfederate]

while most big tech "fanboy" clubs don't exist anymore (e.g. google), apple's seems to be still going on

They also still uphold their founder's cult of personality

[rbrtl]

I think Google may have lost some of the ferocity in their loyalists around May 2018, when they removed the "Do no evil" clause from their code of conduct. That was an easy hook on which to hang an uncritical defence.

[sidibe]

Tesla has the same thing going, moreso than I ever remember for Apple even when Jobs was alive.