[rice7th]

I guess apple works more as a "cultural monopoly", where if you don't own some apple device you're automatically ostracized by other apple customers. To them apple is more like a fashion clothing company like gucci than a technological one. Apple provides some sort of "privileged status" to their customers, just like purpur in ancient rome, so of course each apple stan considers themselves superior, and to keep their own privilege they need to buy more apple products.

[tstrimple]

What a bunch of nonsense. I don't buy Apple products because someone might make fun of me if I don't. It's because they are best in class and integrate so much better than any competing offering.

[kwhitefoot]

Good for you. That doesn't change the impression that many of us have when we see relatives and friends who buy Apple products yet have low incomes. I'm pretty confident they aren't doing it because of any technical superiority and they certainly aren't doing it because the devices last since they upgrade every couple of years.

> integrate so much better

Integrate with what?

[tstrimple]

> That doesn't change the impression that many of us have when we see relatives and friends who buy Apple products yet have low incomes.

Congrats on being judgmental without even trying to understand anyone else’s perspective I guess.

[kwhitefoot]

I've tried hard to understand their perspective and I've had to conclude that there perspective does not include the technical superiority of the devices but is driven mostly by a wish to seen to be part of the IPhone owning group.

[freedomben]

> Integrate with what?

with other Apple products of course!

[matwood]

Wow. I think your comment says more about you than anyone who owns an Apple device.