[justsomehnguy]

> And next year you get a new one, and the next year another

You can't wear your PS5 to flaunt how rich, current, stylish, trendy you are.

People are happy to shell out money for a status symbols. US practice of contract subsidizing the price of the phone helped it greatly, when even high schoolers could get it.

[scarface74]

Yes because in a country where 50% of the people own an iPhone and you can get one by working 5 hours on minimum wage per month, it’s really a “status symbol” to have the same thing everyone else has and it shows you are “rich” that you can afford to pay $30/month.

[justsomehnguy]

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

[scarface74]

So is Windows also bought as a status symbol because of better interoperability?