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It is just so satisfying watching Apple's bullshit fall away to the horror of their core demographic.

They're been the brand of choice for liberals and hippies since forever, and as it turns out, they're the exact company that those groups hate.
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Scooped. Kind of. Billy Gates was hating on them earlier this week.



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I knew we had something on here about it, but I didn't know to what level.
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The Woz chimes in.
...I am always for the individual being much more important than their training; same reason I created the Apple computer at the start, it was to empower the little guy.
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I find their recent commercials irritating, that end with the text "Apple: Designed in California."

I get irritated because I bet their core demographic feels warm and fuzzy about that, and I don't like their core demographic feeling good about anything.

edit - I guess I am not the only person irritated by it.

http://www.latimes.com/busines....0.story



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Designed in California, built in Chinese sweat shops.
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Exactly my point. They are trying to sell themselves now as some sort of all-american company. Fuck them, I hate liars.
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"Apple: it's like Scientology, but more socially acceptable."
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