Re: bouncing phone

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 23:45:26 -0700, sms wrote :

Value is certainly a purchasing factor as well, but brand loyalty often
trumps that for many. It�s not only mobile phones either, it could be any
consumer product such as automobiles, clothes, food, etc.

Brand loyalty can also have unintended consequences.
 
I don't think that anyone could have foreseen that some of the
capabilities of Android devices, that iPhones lack, would be helpful in
getting both U.S. citizens, and visitors to the U.S. through the current
political situation.

The problem with "brand loyalty", as I see it, is Apple abuses the consumer
(mostly by taking away valuable functionality and lying about why).

For example, Alan Browne insisted that the aux jack had to be
"courageously" removed by Apple simply because it has been working well.

Can you believe that?
The Apple trolls say it was removed because it worked for a long time.

That's what Apple told them to believe.
So that's what they believe.

They believe *everything* that Apple tells them to believe.
They're like religious fanatics.

They're herd animals devoid of any independent thought processes.

Of course, the reason Apple removed it was to take away the users' choice.
So that the user had to feel the pain enough to buy it back somehow.

Which is all part of Apple's strategy of limiting choice for its users.
And the users, like Alan Browne, believed every word that Apple said.

That's brand loyalty for you.

My point is that brand loyalty is something that can be abused by Apple.
And is.