[ActorNightly]

I dunno why people are surprised by this. We are long past the whole "autonomy of thought". Much of our decision on a day to day basis is already guided by culture society which is heavily influenced by companies.

For starters (apart from a very few outliers), if you own any Apple product, you have fallen into the trap of paying more for something that you believe is more valuable to you, but in reality, that feeling is artificially created. You aren't paying extra for features, you are paying extra because you believe that those features are worth that much, which is not your own thought.