Re:Taika Waititi Slams Apple's MacBook Keyboards After Winni...
by robenkleene on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:26PM
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Got it, so the difference is that Apple makes physical hardware that other people can see, and your case is that you think people will spend significantly more money for something that looks nicer.
Re:Taika Waititi Slams Apple's MacBook Keyboards After Winni...
by allovernow on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:31PM
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It doesn't just "look nicer," it is a cultural symbol - no doubt thanks to successful marketing on behalf of apple.
>your case is that you think people will spend significantly more money for something that looks nicer.
Is this not a fact? Why do you think people buy diamonds? Are you aware that their role as a symbol was also purely manufactured by commercial interests? Look up the dealings of the diamond cartel in the early 1900s.
Re:Taika Waititi Slams Apple's MacBook Keyboards After Winni...
by robenkleene on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:35PM
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Fair. I should have been more specific "your case is that you think people will spend significantly more money for Macs because they look nicer".
With a laptop, any old laptop will do 99% of what the typical user needs and do it well enough most of the time, regardless of whether you spend $3k on a pretty MacBook or $1k on something else.
I suspect there's a good deal of overlap between the kind of person who buys a Macbook and the kind of person who buys Beats earphones even though for the price they are subpar (at least earlier iterations were). It's the same concept - status signalling with expensive and outwardly pretty tech.