Comment by lopkeny12ko
3 years ago
There's a ton of hidden bias in this assessment. Have you considered that you either live in a wealthy area or are surrounded by people who are more prone to seeing having iDevices as a status symbol? Because
> People said the AirPods Max were overpriced, and I see it all the time in co-work spaces and libraries.
Is absolutely not true in my experience.
> People said the M1 Pros were overpriced; they're literally everywhere, used by almost all of the professionals I know.
And how many of those laptops are corporate assets that were provided by their employer? How many of those professionals actually use Macs anywhere outside of work?
What’s the hidden bias? It’s a premium/borderline luxury brand and GP is saying “yes people do pay for premium/luxury goods.”
Another great proof point is their annual revenue approaching $400B, selling devices that apparently no one can afford.
The measure "I see it all the time" depends on both where you're looking, and whether you're paying attention.
1% of people have a PhD - but if you work at a university, you'll see people with a PhD all the time.
Yes, but that also means that a statement like "nobody gets a PhD" is absolutely untrue.
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enough with this bias talk already
AirPods are not a status product for most, the quality and the way it works is why it’s selling like hot cakes. It does show people you know about quality stuff by wearing one. The AirPod Max I would agree it is in the show off territory
>There's a ton of hidden bias in this assessment. Have you considered that you either live in a wealthy area or are surrounded by people who are more prone to seeing having iDevices as a status symbol?
Obviously those people are going to be the ones buying this product, like all Apple products.
Apple makes money by not targeting products to people without money. I’d say it’s worked out pretty well for them.
Right, the few times I see some Airpods Max in the street I can safely assume it's a Chinese fake.