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Wrong tool for the job ends up working poorly to nobody’s surprise



Can you blame the OP? Apple's marketing is best in class.

We are animals who can't control most of the brain, only the frontal lobe(and determinists would debate that is just genetics + environment).


> Apple's marketing is best in class.

They don’t promote iPads as primary programming productivity device to my knowledge?


I rarely see Apple promoting computing in general.

I havn't watched TV since football season, but it appears they mostly focus on celebrities, the shape/color of the device spinning, and the words "Security" and "Privacy" with black backgrounds and white text.

(Which I take strong offense to, I know "Security" has no meaning, but to have worst in class security from Pegasus/0 clicks, it irks me that their marketing team did this.)

According to my 25 year marketer buddy, Apple sells a feeling or part of being in an 'in-group'. I wonder if OP is a victim of this.




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