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Apple Is Forcing Ubiquity And Conformity On Consumers
Forbes ^
| July 4, 2015
| by Theo Priestley
Posted on 07/05/2015 12:13:45 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Being locked into a single ecosystem isnt necessarily a good thing
I stepped off a train in London one morning and it struck me how many genuine and knock-off Barbour quilted jackets were among the commuter throng. And it made me think about just how commonplace theyve become to the point that theyve diluted their own brand image. By Appointment to Her Majesty has now become By Appointment to Everyone.
Its the same with the Hipster trend. Humans naturally struggle with their own identity so seek to adopt one from a group to feel included. Individuality is lost to conformity.
And thats not necessarily a good thing. Conformity and ubiquity are a dangerous combination.
The same is happening in technology circles. Apple AAPL -0.12% and iOS has become synonymous with smartphones and tablets but has only one product per line of business. Therefore its the same hardware you see people with and its becoming ubiquitous. They are gorgeous products, they work seamlessly (apparently Apple Music), but theyre everywhere. And for me its destroying the perception of brand value and consumer choice.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: apple
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To: Swordmaker
Wifey no longer asks me to help her with her apple products.
Wanna see my blood pressure rise? Don’t ask. ;-)
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:15:42 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; altair; ...
A Forbes columnist is decrying that Apple device Ubiquity is forcing consumers into Conformity. What do you think? PING!
Are Apple Devices too much of a good thing?
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:16:47 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: NormsRevenge
Wifey no longer asks me to help her with her apple products. That's one of the benefits of Apple. . . most people can trouble shoot their Apple devices themselves. I know that as a cross platform consultant, when i have switched a client to Apple, i stop making money from them. They have quite a bit less need of my services.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:20:10 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
I noticed the author image shows him talking with a headset on in front of a giant screen. You know like all those others in the tech world displaying their product : )
To: Swordmaker
Some percentage of the population should be forced to use an inferior product to keep the superior product from taking over.
To do anything else would be UNFAIR!
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:21:35 PM PDT
by
null and void
(She who uses rope to contain reporters during her candidacy will use rope to hang them when in power)
To: Swordmaker
The photo somehow reminds me of Apple’s 1984 ad.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:24:08 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: Swordmaker
Hipster credo taken from the Emos...
“I want to be an individual just like all my friends.”
To: null and void
I have a windows phone (nokia) and a Dell computer, not one single Apple product. Good to see Your Most Honorable Nullness has visited a small void at FR.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:26:25 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: minnesota_bound
A class in the Missouri school of journalism.
Already these 'journalists' are conforming.
To: minnesota_bound
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:32:06 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: minnesota_bound
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:37:42 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
Sort of like what copyright-in-perpetuity does.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:47:46 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
To: Swordmaker
Apparently people like ubiquity and conformity.
Peer pressure is a powerful thing.
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:47:51 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: NormsRevenge
Mmmm! Apples!
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:50:18 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Swordmaker
stepped off a train in London one morning and it struck me how many genuine and knock-off Barbour quilted jackets were among the commuter throng. Am I the only one who had to do a search to figure out what a "Barbour quilted jacket" was?
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posted on
07/05/2015 12:54:45 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: Fred Hayek
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posted on
07/05/2015 1:06:59 PM PDT
by
donna
(Polls are mob rule . . . faked.)
To: Swordmaker
Oh yeah, having most of the market for something is a huge burden. /s
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posted on
07/05/2015 1:12:11 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: Zeppo
Mao Jackets.
When Nixon went to China men and women wore Mao Jackets on bicycles. America, having never seen live inside China, was stunned. Now we are them!
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07/05/2015 1:12:45 PM PDT
by
donna
(Polls are mob rule . . . faked.)
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