I have no idea why you're being downcoted. Most people who buy Apple for their personal use buy it for the status.

It's really no big secret but of course HNers will love to think that technical merit plays a large role in their selection. The average Apple consumer does not care about the underlying hardware.

It is likely being poorly received because it is phrased as if it is suggesting a dichotomy that doesn't exist. Product perception and positioning almost always has multiple dimensions, and it certainly does in the case of choosing a computer. There are many differences between Apple computers and other brands, other than the name. I'll leave enumeration of that list to the reader, but you can choose any one of them, and people may make purchasing decisions based on them.

    Most people who buy Apple for their personal use buy it for the status.

Not even remotely HN worthy.

I’m curious what kind of person would come into my home and think I’m fancy because they saw my old ass MacBook Pro thrown on a bookshelf.

Or someone that saw me getting coffee and were like “woooow, that guys rich! He has an iPhone!”

Who the hell thinks like that?

Probably more like "that guy's not poor, he has an iPhone"

Then again, there are those people who claim to be repulsed by non-Apple products, which I assume is some kind of social status proxy: https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/26/owning-an-android-is-a-major-...

Unless you’re getting the really low-end android devices, you’re not saving much versus a comparable iPhone even before you account for the longer lifetime, and that’s for something you use many times a day, every day. If it’s a status symbol, it’s one of the most accessible in history - a Starbucks barista can have the same phone as their CEO for a few days’ pay, which certainly isn’t true of their food, shoes, clothing, car, or residence.

Probably just Real Hackers(tm) with a chip on their shoulders.

I think many buy Apple for status, they keep buying Apple because their products generally work better/with less hassle for regular people who just need to accomplish tasks with their computers.

It's true. Nothing says middle class more than toting around the shiny silver status symbol.