Indeed, from a tech cult (which I liked) it became a money-cult (that I despise)I don't believe you understand what they are trying to do. They are trying to build a cult like following of customers, who will pay higher and higher prices, for more and more different things. This is every marketers dream. Looks to me like they are succeeding.
More than the product, you buy into a Spaceship, into a network of the biggest and most luxurious shopping malls in the world, the greatest and wealthiest Board, management that makes no mistakes, and therefore some of the wealthiest people on the planet, the largest R&D budgets in the world, and a financial infrastructure bigger than some continents.
This all must be supported and maintained by some mere mortals, i.e. us, considered to be the Chosen Ones. Rather than complaining, we should consider it a privilege to participate in that circus - the biggest on the planet. And oooh, so many followers can't be wrong.
Tim, Angela and ... have become role models. Oooohhh, they're so succesfull. Print them out on a large format, so they become your virtual Father en Mother. They really care about you !
(until you stop contributing)
So if they are sooo excited to remove a headphone port, you should be excited too
They never wanted you to early upgrade as your phone became throttled (but you'd be happy to contribute anyway, so no need to reimburse...)
It's become too much of the wrong fragrance
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