“everyone knows it.” I’m afraid you’re wrong. Even if they were shit, as you seem to think, their sales and growth seems to go counter to the fact that everybody knows they’re shit.

“People get fanboyish and defensive about it because of this modern notion of purchasing ‘cool’ (rather than developing it). People BUY their identities these days, they struggle for individuality without even knowing what sort of individual they truly are. The machine you use for work and play is now quite a large part of modern life so it’s become a target for exactly the kind of advertising that appeals to gormless dull pseudo-intellectuals with no real soul or personality of their own. Apple is like the wizard of oz giving a heart to the tin man, except it’s not a heart, it’s a meaningless overhyped shiny box, and it’s not being given, it’s being sold.” BLABLABLA. Spout some bullshit here. Try to sound clever with your analogies while discrediting people who buy Apple products as “pseudo-intellectuals”. How ironic!

“People think Apple’s products are revelatory works of genius, they’re not.” I assure you, the vast majority are.

“They’re the same aesthetic and marketing shit that car manufacturers have been pulling for decades repackaged for the technology market.” Correlation does not equal causation, poor, deluded fellow. Just because the company with the best marketing in the world by far also happens to be the most-loved and has the most-sought after products, doesn’t mean that’s the cause of their popularity. People buy Apple products because they offer a superior experience. The buying, the opening, the migrating (from Mac or PC (unfortunately, no Linux)), the using, the support (not that you’ll need it much), the ecosystem (which I admit, can be a disadvantage sometimes for us geekier people, but for most people, it’s just right), etc. Apple cares about the consumer and there are many many many stories which support this fact. Apple cannot and will not sell junk as long as Steve’s influence is still within them.
As for aesthetics, that’s just icing on the cake of the brilliance that is most Apple products. Apple has a loyal fanbase for a reason. Show me proof of brainwashing or some other conspiracy theory and I will think twice about whether Apple is as awesome as they claim.

“I hate Apple fanboys… Or any sort of fanboy really…” Okay, then! I think you just need to get over Apple’s popularity and success and just use what works for you, whether it be Apple products or something else. If you haven’t tried Apple for a reasonable amount of time (especially if it isn’t your first platform and you need to toss assumptions and paradigms out of the window), then I seriously doubt your mental health and reasoning/decision-making methods that caused you to write what you just did.

“I’ve read some of your articles and I have this to say.” which ones? And couldn’t you leave a comment there, as this was nothing to do with praising Apple? If comments were disabled for whatever reason, you could have at least linked to the articles you were talking about.

“bourgeois” http://cl.ly/DeBU

I leave you with this: for your own sake, please think about what you say and do in life and if you haven’t already, just give Apple a try and toss all your biases and hate out of the window. No pressure, just a thought!

Good day to you, sir!

Apple is bourgeois shit and everyone knows it. People get fanboyish and defensive about it because of this modern notion of purchasing ‘cool’ (rather than developing it). People BUY their identities these days, they struggle for individuality without even knowing what sort of individual they truly are. The machine you use for work and play is now quite a large part of modern life so it’s become a target for exactly the kind of advertising that appeals to gormless dull pseudo-intellectuals with no real soul or personality of their own. Apple is like the wizard of oz giving a heart to the tin man, except it’s not a heart, it’s a meaningless overhyped shiny box, and it’s not being given, it’s being sold. People think Apple’s products are revelatory works of genius, they’re not. They’re the same aesthetic and marketing shit that car manufacturers have been pulling for decades repackaged for the technology market. Of course apple aren’t the only offender, just the worst by a very long way.

I hate Apple fanboys… Or any sort of fanboy really…

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Sorry for contacting you via the comments-field, I couldn’t find any contact details. My name is Alex Argenti, and I work for ebuzzingUK. We have a code-breaking campaign that we think your blog would be perfect for and would like to sponsor you to take part in it.

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