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lokar ◴[] No.42200889[source]

I see apple as like LVMH, but for phones. It has a minority of overall sales, but a majority of the “luxury” part of the market. This gives them influence over the whole market, but not a real monopoly.

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dismalaf ◴[] No.42201067[source]

It's strange how they've convinced people that, considering there's nothing at all luxurious about their products, not even the price...

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bobbylarrybobby ◴[] No.42201442[source]

What's luxurious about Apple products is that they tend to respect your time

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bitsandboots ◴[] No.42202452[source]

Relative to when Microsoft intentionally sabotages user experience, sure, but that's a low bar. I'll agree with you more whenever macOS allows me to open more than 1 calculator window at a time, cut files, stop hijacking bluetooth when the lid is closed, and other productivity killing nuisances that make me question if they ever do user studies.

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1. philistine ◴[] No.42204624[source]

- Our user studies for our trillion dollar company is out Mr. Cook.We can finally discover why we're not really seen as a luxury brand sir!

- Please tell me, what's stopping us from being seen as a true luxury brand?

- More than one calculator window.