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Why the fuck would you have any loyalty to Apple? They sure as shit don't have any loyalty to their customers. In fact they piss in the face of their customers and tell them it's raining.
Apple has setup their walled garden in such a way that you're basically all-in or all-out of their ecosystem. I don't know that they have brand loyalty as much as they have a captive audience that they can sell iWhatever to over and over again.
Oh, they have some brand loyalty atleast. In my country, Apple has a miniscule market share across all domains[ laptops or phones included ]. They recently launched 2 Apple Stores in a bid to slowly extend themselves inside the market. Quoting from a news article
I'm pretty sure those people who wait in line are either paid to do so, or genuinely suffering from a negative mental health condition.
if you see price of iPhone in developing countries, it cones out to be more than a month of income.
so, it's essentially a status symbol.
So they're basically 50s house wives showing off their new microwave. Why are humans like this, like I get showing off your shit but doing it for status is just weird.
that's very much on the point.
As for the reasons — from what I've observed — it's more of a follow culture. they saw someone influencial(in their eyes) doing this, so they now have to ape it. I doubt if there is any more thought process going on here.
I have friends who have bought(or actually, have been bought into) these phones on monthly installments.
They could sell bottled water, claiming it's better than all other water and the absolute fanboys who will live and die by apple will absolutely spend a whole months paycheck and sell their liver just for a single bottle.
Yep, remember this is the company that sold wheels for $700
I'm no fan of Apple, and didn't want to believe they did this. So I googled, "$700 apple wheels," and found this.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit
I swear they could sell literal feces.
That's amazing! They also have a stand for $1000, stainless steel feet for $300 and a water bottle for $80.
It's crazy what money people are willing to throw at apple.
Worst of all, you still need a hex bit (that fits) instead of them adding it to the kit for that ridiculous price.
The people buying $700 wheels aren't normal Apple users. They are rich people looking to flex, and Apple is more than happy to oblige. See also the ridiculous brand partners for Apple Watch. I never understood the argument that Apple users are sheep that will buy anything Apple puts out there for any price. Just look at the Mac Pro: who would find that to be a worthy investment vs. building a custom PC for whatever task one is doing?
But then we need to remember that the typical Apple customer owns just an iPhone or an iPad. A small percentage of them own a Macbook of some kind. Even fewer own a Mac Pro. And certainly even fewer than that will own a Vision whenever that comes out.
Just because a company offers something doesn't mean their customers will buy it. Microsoft sells some extremely overpriced garbage, like the surface dial, that has a very clear target audience. It doesn't mean every surface user is clamoring to grab one.
They currently sell
for $1,000.
It's not even new. It's been out for over three years.
It's not just any monitor stand! It tilts and goes up and down and is shiny.
This is, and always has been, an illusion.
They have brand fanatics that don't want to research alternatives because most Apple users aren't even close to knowledgeable of emerging technologies outside their own ecosystem.
Apple retains customers by making them comfortable with the fact they offer most of what they need, and in an attractive, easy-to-understand package. The walled garden makes them feel safe and connected in a world they are slowly falling out of touch with, or the world they never were in touch with (the tech world).
I know people of all levels of intelligence that use Apple. It's not about that... But I don't know a single apple user (that has chosen that path) that's highly knowledgeable about things like modern security, privacy, and/or the true potential and limitations of modern devices.
I've met a lot of hardcore people way up in the tech hierarchy that rock MacBooks. Like people who maintain popular languages, people who make kernel contributions, people who design CPUs and accelerators.
There are many knowledgeable people who willingly make the choice, understanding the tradeoffs and accepting them. Some people don't want to be fucking with Arch or Kali for hours, or auditing their smartphone's firmware, for the same reason most combat veterans don't walk around wearing a bullet proof vest and a rifle.
Will you meet some hardcore hackers who won't upgrade the kernel until after they audit the changelog of both the kernel AND the compiler they're using? Sure. You'll also meet some people who live in a bunker. They have their valid motives for doing so, and people have valid motives for not doing so.
Those people have MacBooks almost entirely because of the Terminal and because they don't want to deal with Linux or WSL. Brand loyalty plays little into their decision
They do have brand loyalty. You can find market research affirming it. The most common traits associated with that loyalty is that Apple offers an all-in-one solution for repairs, easy repairs with AppleCare, easy to use devices (generally), good to great performance depending on item, and the average customer with more than an iPhone tends to have a lot of disposable income and hold what is considered a "professional" career. Or be rich. People also like that their devices hold their value much, much longer than any competitor--and it isn't even close.
I use a mixed ecosystem just fine. Sure, there isn't tight integration with my Apple stuff and my Galaxy Tab Ultra or Windows PCs. But there is basically no integration between Windows + Galaxy Tab to begin with. And what little is there either requires third party solutions or is extremely lacking.
People wrongly think Apple is selling devices and accessories primarily. They aren't. They are selling a platform. I know I can buy something they make and it will integrate nicely with everything else and maybe have a few tricks up its sleeve (take how using iPhone with an Apple TV to calibrate settings is easy and semi-unique). Windows? Not so much. Android? Maybe a little. Because Microsoft's ambitions are on the cloud side at the moment, and Google absolutely will not commit to building a real ecosystem that persists. They try and fail every few years. They could arguably beat Apple at their own game if they could just focus and change their toxic corporate dynamic.
No, but they have at least two good sci fi series.
What's the other one?
Silo
I'd argue that the two are For All Mankind and Foundation. However, Silo, Ivansion, and Severance could all be in that discussion.
Yeah I'm not gonna lie, their streaming platform is incredible but I ain't giving them any money LOL
They have one or two good shows, but it's a HUGE stretch to claim the entire offering is "incredible".
I've gotten it for free through tmobile for over a year now, and it's the least used platform I subscribe to.
Agree to disagree I suppose 🙂
Hell, they tell them its apple juice and people are swallowing as if their lives depend on it. A few people i know use apple products like the iphone, and then complain when certain software doesn't run on it. I told them thats why they should have stayed with android. And they just get angry because apparently Android is for poor people?