Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model
by dietr1ch on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:12PM
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For most people Apple's main selling point is about showing off the cute devices and battery life, but that's not going to play a role when users are free to choose the tool that will call the models.
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model
by swingboy on Sunday May 24, 2026 @06:39PM
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You might be vastly overestimating what a majority of phone owners use their phone for.
Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model
by rootusrootus on Sunday May 24, 2026 @06:59PM
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I’ve never seen anyone show off an iPhone. What a weird take.
Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model
by dietr1ch on Sunday May 24, 2026 @07:26PM
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I was talking more about laptops, but haven't you seen people sms bubble colour-shaming?
Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model
by 1over137 on Sunday May 24, 2026 @10:48PM
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Really? What country are you in?
Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model
by coldtea on Monday May 25, 2026 @04:15AM
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That Apple serves as a "Veblen goods" lifestyle brand is well established. Your amusement is what's weird.
Of course people show off their iPhone. It's a big reason of owing one, it's also a big reason behind slight/major redesigns (people are able to show they have the latest model).
Perhaps you take "show off" literally, like someone going "hey, look, I have an expensive phone"?
It's way more subtle than that, only someone totally crash would do it that way. It's done the same way people buy expensive sneakers and clothes, or how people buy Teslas (or used to) and similar stuff. As a consumer identity that signals you afford a higher cost lifestyle.