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0 pointsscarface746y ago0 comments

How is something a status symbol when 40%+ of the population in many 1st world countries own it?

In the US, the number of people who can’t buy an iPhone on a carrier payment plan is small.

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Maybe not iPhones, but there's probably some of that with their computers.

Apple has been selling computers that cost more than their competitors for over 40 years. Do you think they have been that successful just based on a “status symbol”?

The average person doesn’t even care about computers that much anymore.

Besides, computer sales are only 11% of their revenue.

https://sixcolors.com/images/content/2019/financials-2019-7-...

jcranberry6y ago

You've overreacted--I didn't say it was solely due to being a status symbol.

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0 pointsscarface746y ago0 comments

How is something a status symbol when 40%+ of the population in many 1st world countries own it?

In the US, the number of people who can’t buy an iPhone on a carrier payment plan is small.

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jcranberry6y ago

Maybe not iPhones, but there's probably some of that with their computers.

scarface74OP6y ago

Apple has been selling computers that cost more than their competitors for over 40 years. Do you think they have been that successful just based on a “status symbol”?

The average person doesn’t even care about computers that much anymore.

Besides, computer sales are only 11% of their revenue.

https://sixcolors.com/images/content/2019/financials-2019-7-...

jcranberry6y ago

You've overreacted--I didn't say it was solely due to being a status symbol.

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