• squiblet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    In general, the anti-apple cult is much stronger than the supposed pro-apple cult. I haven’t seen people really give that much of a fuck about apple positively in years but if you prefer an iphone, some people insist you’re obsessed with them.

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      1 year ago

      on this site at least - you’re absolutely right, and the fact that you’re getting bombed with downvotes is pretty solid anecdotal evidence of that if nothing else lol

      Don’t get me wrong, I get just as annoyed by those who insist Apple can do no wrong as those who insist they can do no right. I just find it weird how pseudo-religious people can get about Apple. It seems like you’re not allowed to just view them as another tech company. You have to either crusade against them, or else you’re a paid apple shill

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          At the time I made the comment, it was literally just those downvote and not one up vote(except the one by the OP), hence my comment

          Its actually an interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed on reddit and now lemmy - if someone is getting down voted for something dumb like violating the circle jerk, if a child comment points it out, the downvote stop instantly and it starts being up voted 🤷🏼‍♂️

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          Ooo that’s a nice feature lol - how’s kbin these days? I checked it out at the beginning but went with Lemmy - have they added hashtag following to the microblogging portion? And is there a good app?

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            It’s been pretty steady. I’ve alternated between kbin and lemmy for a while. I generally only use the web interfaces… I don’t think the kbin app is ready for release yet. Overall I like the interface more than the default Lemmy, though it has some strange aspects also. It doesn’t seem there’s a way to follow hashtags. Overall I find the microblog interface somewhat confusing (I can’t even tell what the up arrow does).

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        Either that or an elitist whose goal is “to appear rich”. Like, the flagship models of the major Android phones are the same price if not more, but for some reason having an Apple device is just some sort of status symbol.

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          I’m pretty sure the whole “iPhone as a status symbol” thing is a thing of the past - I literally can’t remember anytime in the last 5 years that anyone expressed envy at someone owning a iphone.

          I’d argue that yearly upgrades regardless of phone brand are more of the status symbol now

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            Oh I agree entirely when it comes to people expressing envy or something. But I still see people bring up the status symbol argument when debating whether iOS or Android is superior.

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        My cousin’s and brother love to give me shit about having an android because it screws up group chats on their end. Sorry, but not getting a new phone and getting used to an entirely new system because a couple messages get wonky, and only because you phone’s manufacturer are elitist assholes.

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        If someone is shallow enough to reject a potential relationship based on phone choice, I don’t think it was going to work out.

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      i use a mac for work, so i got an iphone. An ipad replaced most of my laptop work. At that point the ecosystem just made sense for me. Apple are a bad company, but their shit just works for me.