such a bizarre world Apple lives in
> such a bizarre world Apple lives in A world so bizarre that people keep trying so very hard to access it on their own terms.
right, same way evolution includes bright colored animals that are signifiers of poisonous virtue and bright colored animals that have the virtue of the meme.
Apple is basically the debeers of the technology. they create both artificial scarcity and inflated prices. no one argued diamonds aren't tough, just their inflated social status.