On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 03:47:55PM -0300, Thane Sherrington wrote:
> At 03:15 PM 04/04/2012, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
> >Nonsense. it is giving "people", as in those how buy stuff from
> >Apple, exactly what they want. Were it not, people would not
> >buy. You can't force people to buy stuff just by marketing...they
> >have to want what you have to sell. And the closed walled garden
> >must not be so bad, since people are willing to go there. Just
> >because you don't like it, doesn't make all those people
> >idiots. Those who want a piece of the pie are free to market and
> >offer whatever products they wish. But why aren't they doing so?
>
> I'm not sure if you completely misunderstand marketing or are just
> being argumentative. You don't "need" anything that Apple sells. No
> one does. You just "need" food, shelter and clothing. Marketing
> creates "want" which is then fulfilled by the company doing the
> marketing. Apple has a lot more money than most of it's competitors
> and has a charmed connection with the media which gives it a huge
> advantage when marketing. I'll bet people don't want to be in a
> walled garden. They just don't realize there is an option.
>
> Anyway, the fact that most of the rest of the human race are idiots
> is pretty obvious. Present company excepted of course. :)
+1 :)
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Bryan G. Seitz
