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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Nemesis" data-source="post: 2082087" data-attributes="member: 632"><p>The truth always hurts some people. I cannot do anything about that. I can only state the facts as they are. So go ahead and cry your heart out if that is what you want to do. I don't even understand why some people are so butt hurt over it.</p><p></p><p>As I said there there 3 kinds of buyers for iPhone's (assuming the developers also fit into the third kind) and their primary target is the first two types that I mentioned. I also did not deny that there are a small number of people who do realize the capabilities and limitations of their devices and still buy into them for various reasons, but they are a minority they are not the main target. And its also up to you which group you want to put yourself into. But the bottom line is that they want people who would buy stuff they don't need year after year. This strategy was not even iPhone related. It started way before that.</p><p></p><p>In 90's, after near bankruptcy of Apple and Steve Jobs taking over again, he changed the focus of the company. The pro user community was definitely supportive of Apple, but they also didn't back way from criticizing them vehemently when they do something wrong and also by not buying bad products. Steve Jobs didn't want the fate of his company to be in the hands of such a user community that thinks and acts on their own. They used the brand name that they already had and targeted non tech savy (novice) users and used marketing campaigns to draw on their attention. The general pattern and gist of such marketing to sum it up is "You are an idiot if you are not using our products". Over time, the focus on the pro community was gradually reduced. </p><p></p><p>The iPhone was a major opportunity to build a user base that fit his intent that is what they did. They wanted people who would buy into marketing and repeatedly buy products (even products that they have no use for) year after year. By 2007/2008, the focus on Mac OS X and functionality required by pro users were severely diminished. During OS X Leopard development, most of their OS team was deputed for iOS. OS X was least priority on their list. By Snow leopard, the pro user communities didn't even matter to them any more. Most of the OS X team was deputed to iOS again and OS X was low priority. Snow Leopard was buggy as hell. During pre-release testing, I myself reported several bugs that affected the publishing industry. None of them were fixed. Publishing industry enterprises in particular cannot stand for such nonsense. News paper/magazine enterprises for instance have precise workflows in place to get their out each day on time and they cannot stand for bugs that affect them and soon companies which could migrate started migrating to Windows.</p><p></p><p>By this time, the transition was almost complete. The general iPhone marketing was designed to appeal to the vanity their audience. Year after year, this is the greatest product ever made and you are either an idiot if you do not buy it or too poor to afford it and they taunted them into buying. It is the perfect psychological attack. Remember the iPad marketing. The marketing guy goes "Its magical", the a potential buyer from their user base who go "It's just magical" and he would not be able to say a single line about what's really magical about it or at least how he is going to put it to use.</p><p></p><p>Further, these kind of buyers serve as Apple's own private army. Once they buy, they have to defend their purchase at all costs. They go around giving negative ratings to any competing product that threatens the sanity of their own choice. When SP4 launched, majority of the poor ratings were not from genuine buyers who faced issues, but Apple fans whose ego was threatened. Ever seen how somebody who has a genuine problem with an Apple product is treated if he criticizes the product or the company? He is demeaned and discarded. They would not even accept that has said product let alone that he has a problem. It has to be a perfect flawless product because they happened to believe the marketing and purchased it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Nemesis, post: 2082087, member: 632"] The truth always hurts some people. I cannot do anything about that. I can only state the facts as they are. So go ahead and cry your heart out if that is what you want to do. I don't even understand why some people are so butt hurt over it. As I said there there 3 kinds of buyers for iPhone's (assuming the developers also fit into the third kind) and their primary target is the first two types that I mentioned. I also did not deny that there are a small number of people who do realize the capabilities and limitations of their devices and still buy into them for various reasons, but they are a minority they are not the main target. And its also up to you which group you want to put yourself into. But the bottom line is that they want people who would buy stuff they don't need year after year. This strategy was not even iPhone related. It started way before that. In 90's, after near bankruptcy of Apple and Steve Jobs taking over again, he changed the focus of the company. The pro user community was definitely supportive of Apple, but they also didn't back way from criticizing them vehemently when they do something wrong and also by not buying bad products. Steve Jobs didn't want the fate of his company to be in the hands of such a user community that thinks and acts on their own. They used the brand name that they already had and targeted non tech savy (novice) users and used marketing campaigns to draw on their attention. The general pattern and gist of such marketing to sum it up is "You are an idiot if you are not using our products". Over time, the focus on the pro community was gradually reduced. The iPhone was a major opportunity to build a user base that fit his intent that is what they did. They wanted people who would buy into marketing and repeatedly buy products (even products that they have no use for) year after year. By 2007/2008, the focus on Mac OS X and functionality required by pro users were severely diminished. During OS X Leopard development, most of their OS team was deputed for iOS. OS X was least priority on their list. By Snow leopard, the pro user communities didn't even matter to them any more. Most of the OS X team was deputed to iOS again and OS X was low priority. Snow Leopard was buggy as hell. During pre-release testing, I myself reported several bugs that affected the publishing industry. None of them were fixed. Publishing industry enterprises in particular cannot stand for such nonsense. News paper/magazine enterprises for instance have precise workflows in place to get their out each day on time and they cannot stand for bugs that affect them and soon companies which could migrate started migrating to Windows. By this time, the transition was almost complete. The general iPhone marketing was designed to appeal to the vanity their audience. Year after year, this is the greatest product ever made and you are either an idiot if you do not buy it or too poor to afford it and they taunted them into buying. It is the perfect psychological attack. Remember the iPad marketing. The marketing guy goes "Its magical", the a potential buyer from their user base who go "It's just magical" and he would not be able to say a single line about what's really magical about it or at least how he is going to put it to use. Further, these kind of buyers serve as Apple's own private army. Once they buy, they have to defend their purchase at all costs. They go around giving negative ratings to any competing product that threatens the sanity of their own choice. When SP4 launched, majority of the poor ratings were not from genuine buyers who faced issues, but Apple fans whose ego was threatened. Ever seen how somebody who has a genuine problem with an Apple product is treated if he criticizes the product or the company? He is demeaned and discarded. They would not even accept that has said product let alone that he has a problem. It has to be a perfect flawless product because they happened to believe the marketing and purchased it. [/QUOTE]
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