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That sounds about right. Sure there are exceptions but most Apple "fans" have just bought into the Apple ecosystem, generally like their stuff better than the alternatives for most purposes, upgrade now and then, and often buy new types of devices, even though they acknowledge that Apple whiffs now and then. I'd mostly even put Gruber in this category.

They mostly don't openly ridicule people who run Android, Linux, or Windows. Whereas, as you suggest, there's a definite subset of people who think and are happy to say they think anyone who buys Apple products has more money than sense and has clearly been brainwashed.