The elito-hipster crowd is one of the key audiences for all Apple products (not to mention those who aren't already elito-hipster tend to become one the longer they use Apple products), so this isn't that surprising. This was just a good situation for that elito-hipsterism to manifest itself in a public arena.
I know it's just anecdotal, but out of the people that I know with iOS devices, there are a significant number (closer to 50% than 10%) that adopt an elitist attitude towards alternatives to Apple devices that is purely emotional and has nothing to do with the concrete differences between the devices.
Thats an effect that can be found on almost any closed platform. Case in point: Gamers threaten to boycott Capcom because decided to go Multiplatform for Devil May Cry 4.
I've used apple products for about 7 years now. My take on this is good on android users. I don't see much point in taking sides on hardware/software platforms though so I'm probably an outlier.
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The elito-hipster crowd is one of the key audiences for all Apple products (not to mention those who aren't already elito-hipster tend to become one the longer they use Apple products), so this isn't that surprising. This was just a good situation for that elito-hipsterism to manifest itself in a public arena.
They've sold over 250,000,000 iOS devices. Are you really saying there are (at the low end of "key", let's go with 10%) 25 million of them?
I think that might be a little exaggerated. Not saying they don't exist, but a "key" part of the user base?
I know it's just anecdotal, but out of the people that I know with iOS devices, there are a significant number (closer to 50% than 10%) that adopt an elitist attitude towards alternatives to Apple devices that is purely emotional and has nothing to do with the concrete differences between the devices.
Thats an effect that can be found on almost any closed platform. Case in point: Gamers threaten to boycott Capcom because decided to go Multiplatform for Devil May Cry 4.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/gaming/ps3/news/article_12...
XBox-Fanboyism is also not unheard of.
I've used apple products for about 7 years now. My take on this is good on android users. I don't see much point in taking sides on hardware/software platforms though so I'm probably an outlier.