The foundational tenet of "the Cult of Mac" is that buying products from a $3t company makes you a member of an oppressed ethnic minority and therefore every criticism of that corporation is an ethnic slur:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/12/youre-holding-it-wrong/#if-dishwashers-were-iphones
This actually says something about cultural continuity because back in 2004, when Apple was a roughly $3Bn (not $Tn) company it really *was* a minority pursuit in a sea of Windows, universally oppressed by corporate IT departments! It only shifted after iPhone ...
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2024-03-22 15:12:31
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