Oh no… It is quite warranted. I’m a card holding member of the Mac Cult. Since the Quadra days when 20mghz and 8 meg of ram was considered a powerhouse. Can’t count the number of Macs I’ve owned, not including the E-Mate and half a dozen Newtons.
Currently the proud Cultish Owner of at least ten newish MacMonsters.
Alas, I have rebelled, refusing at all costs to join the iPhone Cult. I like my Android.
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And here’s how they breed new cult members. I was recently listening to a philosophy podcast from a major university. At the end, the instructor told the students that the lecture was available on podcast as MP3. A student asked “Do I need an iPod for that”?
The answer was “Yes”. Both the instructor and the student join the cult by default of ignorance.
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Remember when AOL wanted everyone to believe that they were the internet, rather than a portal into the internet?
Mac does the same thing with their iTunes, iPhone, iMacs. They don’t want us to believe that these items are tools and gateways into entertainment and connectivity. They want us to believe that they ACTUALLY ARE entertainment and connectivity.
Evil wags its dogmatic tale when man confuses the medium with the message.
It’s an Apple… Have a bite. Surely you won’t die. You will see as God sees.
Awh Jeez… Don’t get me started on Lucent Technologies.