Re:Android Tries Harder
by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @06:26AM
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Some people are just rich and can buy whatever they want.
But other people buy fancy houses, fancy cars, fancy computers, fancy holidays, fancy clothes etc. by virtue of choosing what is important to them and spending less on everything else. You can't spend more than average on everything unless you have more than average money. On average, people don't.
Most consumers would choose to be at the luxury end of almost every product. It's just not a choice for almost everyone.
As to producers, it isn't inherently better to be a luxury market or a general market -- it's highly dependent on your product, market, and competitors.
For consumers, they get a wider selection of products at lower price points, though they do not get the design cachet.
That's a kind way of saying that consumers have a very diverse pile of crap to choose from.