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Re:$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles f... by jjulius on Monday January 03, 2022 @12:24PM (#29783314)
You can be both a status symbol and an objectively superior product; they are not mutually exclusive.

A laptop can be bought by someone who says, "Ooh, Apple, new, shiny, cool," and the next person to buy the same laptop might say, "This is the objectively better device for my use case."

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Re:$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles f... by ncmncm on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:44PM (#29788738)
The truth is clear when it costs more but is is objectively worse, yet sells anyway.

The most characteristic Apple customer experience is persuading themselves that they can learn to live without the feature deleted in the latest software update.

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