apple religion
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- chrisRG0
Apple fans are pretty much the same as Nirvana and Iron Maiden fans.
You like the brand/band but the fanboys make it look "silly".
- fugged0
I'm a huge fan, and I love to criticize their products and practices. I just don't sound like a dick when I do it.
- Dodecahedron0
There is substance to apple just like there is substance to real religions of the world. Problem is branding and marketing is an empty art form just like idol worship. Idol worship is to some interpretations against the ten commandments.
- deathboy0
many books have parables of all such type of shit. no single book i think tells it all because its very dynamic. just read a lot. if it was so easy as connect the dots everyone would be doing it. really its all about false contexts/concepts, getting one not to think logically but through emotions. if you get a person to think logically you have lost. you need priest like techniques. you want people to be thinking about what some else is thinking. be able to twist and bend reason. be vague mysterious. All kinds of shit. And always adapt angles until you find gold. And a big media budget, a lie told often enough becomes truth. oh yea also improtant change peopels value systems and setup conditioning barricades to support those that chose the values you wanted vs peopel who can explain why. power in numbers. anyone will likely believe what they want especially if its supported. but i guess read up on philosophy and politcial philosophy/religion/propaganda lenin/hitler/mao those types of deals and you can find some pretty good results.
- Miguex0
New York, June 19, 2001 -- New research published in the summer issue of the Gallup Management Journal (GMJ) shows that customers develop emotional, even passionate, ties to an extremely broad range of the products and services they use. The new findings, which contradict conventional marketing wisdom, suggest that companies in almost any industry can attract life-long customers.
- Miguex0
Design 101 teaches us that emotional connection is the ultimate goal for a brand, it takes years to develop, maybe decades but it's proven that consumers shop based on emotions the majority of the time (not necessity) specially in the US.
Apple does it, Nike does it, Levis does it, Starbucks does it, Coca Cola does it, man we could go on forever..
I think this could turn into a nice design thread..
- mikotondria30
At least Jobs exists, that's something.
- ukit0
Fapple®
- raf0