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Originally Posted by TheNewGirl
Andriod isn't really the same because it's spread out over so many different hardware developers which both severs the brand loyalty tie and whole software culture that Apple has.
Apple is set up so that once you're on the apple ship you're looking at shelling out about $500-600 every year and a half, injecting a constant stream of funds into Apple, furthermore, the content controls on their devices force you to give more cash to Apple any time you want anything else - a song, a movie, an app. Jail broken phones/pads represent a fairly small percentage of apple products, and the culture of Apple has further enforced the mentality that returns the user to the app store and Apple products/upgrades.
From a psych stand point, the more financially and emotionally you're invested in a brand, the harder it is to break your tie with it. At this juncture as we have several people onto their 2nd phone, 3rd touch, 1st pad, 2nd macbook, Apple could release a block of dried shit and there would people people who would praise it for it's innovative nature and going back to the basics, because they're conditioned to do so.
Marketing genius.
As further releases come I expect you'll see more and more bugs at release time (much as the iphone 4 was) but bad press for that will be off set with a limit in supply which creates a demand despite it (again as we saw with the iphone 4).
I would suggest getting off the Apple ship now if you're on it, I think they've already done their best work and unless they make a great alteration to their OS, most upgrades from this point on will be largely cosmetic.
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What a load of crap.
1. All tech companies release new products regularly hoping to get new users or upgrade current ones. It's not just Apple.
2. Jump ship? Already done their best work? So you can predict the future now? Please tell me what the next big thing is, as I've got some money I want to invest and I need someone to tell me where I should put it. Maybe I should buy stock in one of the companies making Android tablets perhaps?
3. Forces people to go to the App Store? I don't go there because I'm
forced to - I go there because they have apps/products
I want at the prices I (and millions of others) are more than willing to pay. The App Store is an excellent product, which is why people use it.
4. Conditioned to do so? I'm not conditioned. Neither are my friends that have iPhones. What's the matter, you all butt-hurt when people buy Apple products? You have to call them "sheep" or "conditioned" because they buy Apple? I hate to break it to you, but most buyers of Apple are
not sheep or fanboys, and are, in fact, intelligent and well educated people who bought something they wanted after looking at all the options.