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Steve Jobs or Not, Apple Has the Reality Distortion Dept. Covered
New York, 5:37 PM
Thu Dec 10
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06/09/09
And every other one that causes my Steve Jobs = Cthulhu post to outrank my "Britney Spears Sex Tape?" one.
06/08/09
06/08/09
i have to say i don't understand the violent emotions apple seems to stir in the press. they make solid products with decent updates, and sell them at a premium. so?
06/09/09
However, to explain the phenomenon that rightly puzzles you, I ask you first to consider the absolute foot-shooting idiocy of the majority of their competitors -- firms for whom "solid products" and "decent updates" are but unattainable mirages in a distant land of aspiration. Then consider the large portions of the press which have vested interests in not exposing the idiocy of those competitors -- or let's call them advertisers -- on a near-daily basis.
I agree that Apple does a decent job most of the time. But in their business, "a decent job" is a gold medal performance so dominating that the other competitors never even finish running their heats and instead just accuse each other of cheating all the time.
That is my theory on the violent emotions engendered by Apple and its product line.
06/08/09