XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 18:06:12 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :

What you describe is true for political affiliation as well.
We are all herd animals to some extent, but the polarization has become extreme today. Even for mobile phones.

Yes. And no.

The yes is that marketing works. Propaganda works. Political bias works.
The no is that some people are intelligent enough to rise above all that.

An example is I buy Apple products - but I don't fall for the marketing. Another example is I listen to Democrats & Republicans but I am neither.

Both are inconsistent - which logically intelligence people can see.

An inconsistent example of Apple marketing, for example is:
a. Apple "says" it's safe & secure & private
b. But yet, it's the most exploited phone out there, less secure & private.
c. Hence, Apple lied. So their marketing doesn't work on me. Right?

An inconsistent example of Democrat political propaganda, for example is:
a. Democrats "say" they're for choice on abortion & no choice on guns
b. But yet, the choice is to kill a child & they take away choice on guns
c. Hence, Democrats lied. So their propaganda doesn't work on me. Right?

An inconsistent example of Republican political propaganda, for example is:
a. Republicans "say" they're for religion & guns
b. But yet, the choice is to save a child & yet allow guns to kill.
c. Hence, Republicans lied. So their propaganda doesn't work on me. Right?

These are vastly oversimplified of course.
So don't take them as complete arguments.

They're simply examples of where people who 'parrot' the Apple marketing,
just as people who 'parrot' the political propaganda, are herd animals.

They don't think for themselves.
They are herd animals because it's a protective mechanism.

Animals with no claws become herd animals as protective compensation.

Apple trolls have no ability of independent thought - so they became herd animals as a protective mechanism against all threats to the Apple herd.

People like you and I, who own independent thought processes, are a dire
threat to the Apple trolls - which is why they lash out at us all the time.

They're afraid of people who can think for themselves.

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XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 23:45:26 -0700, sms wrote :

Value is certainly a purchasing factor as well, but brand loyalty often
trumps that for many. Itós not only mobile phones either, it could be any
consumer product such as automobiles, clothes, food, etc.

Brand loyalty can also have unintended consequences.

I don't think that anyone could have foreseen that some of the
capabilities of Android devices, that iPhones lack, would be helpful in getting both U.S. citizens, and visitors to the U.S. through the current political situation.

The problem with "brand loyalty", as I see it, is Apple abuses the consumer (mostly by taking away valuable functionality and lying about why).

For example, Alan Browne insisted that the aux jack had to be
"courageously" removed by Apple simply because it has been working well.

Can you believe that?
The Apple trolls say it was removed because it worked for a long time.

That's what Apple told them to believe.
So that's what they believe.

They believe *everything* that Apple tells them to believe.
They're like religious fanatics.

They're herd animals devoid of any independent thought processes.

Of course, the reason Apple removed it was to take away the users' choice.
So that the user had to feel the pain enough to buy it back somehow.

Which is all part of Apple's strategy of limiting choice for its users.
And the users, like Alan Browne, believed every word that Apple said.

That's brand loyalty for you.

My point is that brand loyalty is something that can be abused by Apple.
And is.

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