Lemonparty

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

You are not a smart person.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Almost every new iPhone. The product line is the iPhone. The product in the like is the specific phone. Saying apple abandoned the iPhone is like saying chevy abandoned the Silverado, the longest running truck model in America, by releasing a new one every year. It's literally the exact opposite of the point you're trying (very very very badly) to argue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same with Macbooks too. The first few iterations were kinda ass but around 2005-2007 they exploded in popularity. By the time I got to grad school nearly 50% of laptops in any given class were those white or black Macbooks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

I'm not sure if using the longest running and best smelling smart phone line in existence as an example of a product apple gave up on top quickly is a good strategy there champ.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The limited production numbers indicate that too. They're essentially banking on using fanboys (no negative connotation here) to beta test and see what they gravitate towards, and where it shines. Then like the health stuff for the watch, they'll capitalize on whatever the standout becomes and sort of cater development around it for mass appeal.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (13 children)

The apple watch also failed to sell well initially. Now just about everyone has one. I don't own a single apple product, but the one thing Apple has going for it with new tech is that they invest in their ecosystem and don't give up on products too quickly.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (14 children)

They're choosing not to drive for the same reason they're choosing to be more thrifty, choosing not to go to college, choosing to live with their parents longer, and choosing not to buy homes. See if you can find the common denominator.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you can see it at all you're positive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh I think mine is too old. Mine just had like a plus quadrant, power button and then there pre-programmed buttons that I've literally never used.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We’re hitting the point where people are finding out just how shitty their stuff is because they’ve owned it a couple years.

I think this is the big thing. My (now) wife and I moved in together in summer 2019. We bought just about everything we needed on Wayfair. Coffee tables, book shelves, lamps, tons more.

We owned literally none of it by end of 2022.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How do you map the custom buttons? I've literally never used mine

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

They've already been adding them to mine. My home screen inputs got smashed into one (because I don't use any of the home screen apps, I only use the two HDMI inputs) so they could jam a bigger ad on the right, and then make suggested things some of the options. Like the last month or so it's been wanting me to watch super girl or Wonder woman or some dumb shit.

My other personal favorite thing they do is that they load slowly so sometimes I'll go to select an input and the cursor will jump to the wrong place because an ad loaded. Fun!

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