| ▲ | dist-epoch 3 hours ago |
| You don't buy Apple because it's good. You buy it because it's what the cool people use. Imagine applying for a SF startup job and letting them know you use a Windows computer. At best they will politely tell you to fuck off. But they might blog/X about the idiot Windows user who imagined they could be cool enough to work for them, all coated in a plausible "a craftsman takes care of using good tools, sharp knifes, ..." |
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| ▲ | phoghed 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > You don't buy Apple because it's good You do, because their hardware is very good. Denying this is just silly. |
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| ▲ | dist-epoch 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | There is no contradiction. I agree Apple hardware is good. But it's not why you buy it (well, maybe you personally do, but you are not representative of the median Apple client) | | |
| ▲ | phoghed 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If it was that simple mainstream Linux success would be one good marketing campaign away. Their hardware is really good, their software is fine — at least as good as all the others to the average user I think, the integration between their products is good, and their marketing is obviously top tier. I don’t think they’d be as successful if their products were not premium hardware. I’d love an arm based laptop with a great screen and trackpad running Linux for work. | |
| ▲ | LoganDark 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Do you have any sources for this? I agree that people tend to follow their peers, or seek things that communicate a higher social status, but like, Apple's hardware just is also very good, and that could easily be why someone stays with them, even if they were prompted by status. |
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| ▲ | HackerThemAll 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > You buy it because it's what the cool people use. I apparently define cool people differently :joy: > Imagine applying for a SF startup job No, thanks :joy: |
