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"Next time somebody asks you why you prefer Apple products to competitors, show them this invite. Explains everything." I suppose in your metaphor it would be: "Next time somebody asks you why you prefer Jim to his colleagues, show them how he dresses. Explains everything." I think your formulation is reasonable and measured. I totally agree that Apple's marketing reflects something about the company. But the GGP com…
To be fair, there is a difference between saying that X demonstrates Y and saying that X proves Y. It is sometimes useful to say things like “Apple’s approach to ___ demonstrates how they approach product development.” It simply shows an example of something you believe carries over to their products. The example that comes to my mind is how the original Macintosh was packaged. Someone at Apple had taken great care t…
Apple demonstrably shows their overall attention to detail with this invite:
Just as you could also argue:
Bill shows his overall attention to detail by the way he dresses.
Both are right, and yes if Joe doesn't keep a very fit and prim appearance, most people will unconsciously assume that trickles down to other things he does. It isn't a correct assumption as it's judging a persons actions based on appearance. But in the case of the Apple invite it does show that the company overall has an attention to detail that other companies do not. But that obviously doesn't mean that it truly extends to their products. But I think we have enough information on their engineering practices to infer the overall attention to detail in Apple is most definitely a cultural thing.
But I'm inferring here based on limited information so take this comment with a piece of salt or 3.