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[–] realitista@piefed.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

people who think owning apple is a status symbol. that's who.

and it's the majority of consumers. apple has a very high attachment rate/image for the US consumer. especially among the upper middle class where not having an apple product/iphone is considered a mark of poverty.

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 week ago

This, unfortunately is universally true. It’s pure superficial nonsense, but such is a large % of humanity.