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For the price of a Mac Book Air you can literally get a better, more powerful laptop with 16 GB of RAM.
And if you don't need 16 GB of RAM you can get a significantly cheaper laptop.
Apple isn't worth its price. You're literally paying for the name.
My Dad's wife said she wanted the iPhone. Me and brother tried to tell her it's not worth it. She said she wanted the new iPhone because it's trendy and she can show it to all her friends. THAT is why people buy Apple.
I have personally never met anyone who would admit to using something just to show off to their friends. I’m a hillbilly though so maybe it’s a bit different here. That type of talk is almost universally despised in hillbilly honor culture.
I use an iPhone because I like it. Plain and simple. They’re easy enough for me to do basic repairs (screen and battery replacement), and I have no interest in tinkering with it or anything like that.
I transitioned from the iPod to the iPod touch and the phone was a no brainer for me. I have photos going back over a decade and everything transfers easily.
Yeah, the anti-Apple crowd on here has this misguided notion that the only reason everyone buys Apple is “social status” - which while not a 0 factor, is definitely not the primary factor. If you’re going to be spending iPhone money you might as well get the best out there, which imo is currently the iPhone, but is an opinion that varies based on what someone uses their devices for
Indeed, some people are a lot more status oriented than others. Obviously not us because we're on this fringe hippy nerd site.
So one person might buy it for status, like GP's step mom. While others buy it for the camera, and some others for the security, etc. Not to mention combinations of those features!
I hope that here on Lemmy we can mostly avoid the "anti-others" attitudes that plague the other place.