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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by SonicSoul on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:05AM (#11345113)
good question. by definition status is achieved by something hard to obtain. Either based on price ore availability? I can't even think of any example of the latter. Growing up all the "cool" things were out of my reach entirely based on cost..
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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by petra on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:36AM (#11345399)
That's a good way to look at it. Maybe Google can create a good $300 brand, but sells it only to people with certain qualities/experiences ? For example, if you volunteer - that could be one kind of status?
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