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Why is the AirPod product line a near-Fortune 500 company sized hit on its own? Why did no other company do this?

Why is the Apple Watch dominating it's segment?

Why have Android tablet sales fallen flat compared to Apple's?

Why did the iPhone destroy the prospects of Windows Phone and Blackberry and force Android to completely revamp it's UI prior to release?

Why is the long in the tooth Macintosh line having a sales renaissance?

Apple TV is about the only recent vertical I can think of where Apple hasn't outpaced its competitors in recent years, and even there it's UI is appreciably better than the competition, pricing and incredibly stupid remote being its downfall.

I think you can answer your own question by answering mine.



You mean why are people, of a specific demographic, buying luxury items from Apple Inc?

People are buying the luxury brand, like peopke who buy a Mercedes or Ferrari, not the functional qualities of a product. Airpods are good, my Bose headphones are phenominal. At work I use an iMac which is great but my own PC is a beast.

Appleism is the cult of brand.




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