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0 pointscommentzorro10y ago0 comments

> 75% of iOS users are on Apple's latest major release.

That's because wealthier people tend to keep up with the latest technology. And Apple has always made a conscious decision to target the wealthier customers.

Walk into any Best Buy and compare prices for Apple machines against the likes of Dell, Asus, Acer, and such.

Poor people buy cheap because of need and upgrade only when things stop working. Rich people are more likely to buy to optimize the and share the latest and greatest experience.

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minionslave10y ago· 1 in thread

I see more poor people with the latest iPhones and Macbooks than wealthier individuals

commentzorroOP10y ago

Where do you live? Maybe that has something to do with it?

I help support an app with just a few thousand users (US and Canada). It's about 9 years old but still actively updated. Coincidentally, it's user base is decidedly poorer people. In the years I've been involved there have only been a handful of people running macs and about the same number running Linux. Easily 99 percent run Windows. XP was most common until last year when Windows 7 finally took over. The first Win 10 users are just starting to show up.

My (admittedly limited) experience is just the opposite of yours.

tcfunk10y ago

I'm not totally sure about your statement here, but it only really serves to reinforce what was just stated.

People who are picky about their tech (like those of us here on HN) are going to complain about the lack of control and forced updates. However, the population you're describing can only really stand to benefit from it all, since they do a poor job of updating on their own.

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