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> congratulations to Apple for conning even IT experts

Which one is more plausible?

a) Apple actually "conning" tens of thousands of highly skilled, [mostly] intelligent, [mostly] educated people into spending money on hardware they don't actually need.

b) You not understanding some important aspect of the situation and/or having different personal preferences.

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(a) ... when it comes to status and self-presentation people tend to ignore their intelligence and education.