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Originally Posted by anrkitec
Originally Posted by
Kgmm77
So, to summarize, you buy products that solve problems, but most Apple consumers only think their purchases are solving problems, but actually they aren't....
Those are your words not mine, don't put your words in my mouth.
I have nothing against Apple other than their quasi totalitarian business practices [see handicapped woman who was not allowed to purchase an iPad because she only had cash, no credit card] just as I have nothing against Sony save their rotten customer service, etc.
I currently have and have had several Apple products over the years.
My observations here concern the iPad specifically and what I see as humorous rhetorical gymnastics to try and defend, for many, not all, the purchase of a product that was for the most part designed and created to [a] look cool and create consumerist desire for an object [which is fine, nothing new here] and [b] spur increased sales from the iTunes store.
As I have said, all of that is cool, I just get a chuckle out of those [not restricted only to or targeted specifically to anyone here] who try and suggest that, in the broad strokes, the iPad uniquely solves any sort of real problem or just generally makes life more worth living...
[shrug][/shrug]
Is that opinion or fact?
Can you quote a source to demonstrate that the iPad was created for the purpose of form over substance (to "look cool" as you put it)?
Do you really think you know better than the people who bought the product why they bought it and what utility they are getting out of it?
(just to be clear that is what your post says, no need to put words in anyones mouth).