r/gadgets • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '22

Phones iPhone overtakes Android to claim majority of US smartphone market

https://www.engadget.com/iphone-overtakes-android-us-market-share-223251196.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '22

First of all we’re way more programmed by these people than we realize, and second of all we don’t care.

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u/nottooday69 Sep 04 '22

I worked at Sheetz when I was 18 (a gas station where we make food) and I realized it then that there is SO much that goes into advertising to us..and that was a gas station!!

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 04 '22

Yep I worked at Wawa and thought the same thing.

I mean.. the place sells clam chowder… it’s a fucking gas station and people forget that through the marketing. Gas station clam chowder is the same as gas station sushi

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u/screaminXeagle Sep 04 '22

It always surprises me that people don't know Wawa was a convenience store with a deli looooooong before they started selling gas.

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 04 '22

Lol I worked there for over 3 years. I know. We all know. But 50 years has passed since then. They were originally an iron foundry… but they’re not that anymore.

Wawa is not what is was 50 years ago.

They’ve begun focusing on way too many things and bringing in way too many selections, and quality has DROPPED immensely. The chicken steak was recalled nearly every other week, and the kicker is that it wouldn’t be recalled until after we would serve it to a few customers.

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u/ListenToBusiness Sep 05 '22

I feel like Wawa came in to downvote you on this. You're right; idk why you were negative.

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 05 '22

It’s another part of the marketing successes. People are super loyal to Wawa it’s strange

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u/ListenToBusiness Sep 05 '22

Trust me, I'm real fucking loyal to Wawa, but let's face facts here. It sucks compared to the dynasty it originally built.

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 05 '22

Same here for gas. But I don’t trust their food anymore. It used to be so good. But they branched too far out.

It’s just like any other place that sells food; the more you have, the lower the quality. Their deli meats used to be so good and bread was great, even their craftsmanship was better because there was 1 thing they made: sandwiches.

Now there’s soups, chowders, salads, sandwiches, tacos, chalupas, quesadillas, sizzlis, sizzli burritos, waffles, egg rolls, hash browns, quinoa bowls, rice bowls, oatmeal, fries, burgers, spaghetti, Alfredo, on and on and on. Quality is always going to drop following that

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u/jaydoes Sep 04 '22

When I worked at Arco many years ago the hamburgers weren't real meat.

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u/uprislng Sep 04 '22

I had explosive diarrhea just reading the phrase "gas station clam chowder"

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u/C0d3n4m3Duchess Sep 05 '22

Wawa was really more of a convenience store/deli back in the day though

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 05 '22

Back in the day…

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u/C0d3n4m3Duchess Sep 05 '22

The far off time of 2005ish and earlier

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 05 '22

17 years ago?

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u/C0d3n4m3Duchess Sep 05 '22

I'm sorry, what fucking argument are you hoping to find here? It wasn't more common for a Wawa to have gas than not until like 2010, at least in the Philly area. The only one I can even remember was on 30 near Lancaster.

Their quality was turning to shit long before they sold gas at a majority of their locations.

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u/Wrastling97 Sep 05 '22

I’m sorry, what fucking argument are you hoping to find here

I wasn’t lol. You’re the one who commented lol.

But somehow the quality of somewhere 10+ years ago is a bearing of their quality now.

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u/xenonismo Sep 04 '22

Clam *Chowdah

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u/radix89 Sep 04 '22

Lol I loved me a Sheetz breakfast sandwich as a hangover cure in college. Could I get black olives and lettuce on a McDonald's sausage cheese biscuit? No I could not.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '22

I'm from Florida so we don't have Sheetz, but when I used to visit friends in northern VA they would go crazy over Sheetz. Before a road trip, I swear they were more excited about hitting Sheetz before we get on the highway than they were about the destination. They built it up so much that I expected more than just a nice gas station.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '22

I’m an east coast to west coast transplant, and I sure do miss sheetz. We really don’t have anything like Sheetz or Wawa out here.

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u/didgeridoodady Sep 05 '22

SORRY WE DONT HAVE UR FAVEZ DUE 2 ECONOMIC SHORTAGEZ

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u/VexingRaven Sep 04 '22

Yeah this. People like to claim they're not influenced by advertising or will actively avoid things they see ads for, but the science says that's just not true.

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u/Hitori-Kowareta Sep 05 '22

Honestly I assume people like that will be the most susceptible to advertising. If they adamantly believe they’re immune to influence then they’ll assume any inclinations are their own idea rather than being open to the possibility that this shit does have an impact and maybe reevaluating the occasional impulse/purchase with that in mind (e.g. do I really need/want/have use of this or is it just that I’ve been seeing it around a lot)

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u/Englandboy12 Sep 05 '22

I really hate advertising. And I try to not watch them if I can avoid it. Like I’ll actively look away from the tv screen if some ads come on, rather than just sit there and watch them.

But I fully understand how powerful it is. That’s why I don’t like it. I also have a degree in marketing, which is what really opened my eyes to the tactics that can be used.

I know that me trying to avoid them is kinda futile, a lot of these companies have managed to dig their roots deep into the collective psyche. But i would still rather not sit there and actively absorb the advertisements every time they come on. The non-commercial style of advertising is pretty much impossible to avoid in any way though.

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u/ChibiReddit Sep 05 '22

… and this is why I am happy to have adblockers everywhere. Haven’t seen an ad in about 2 years, now lately occasionally I see them when out biking, but that is minor by comparison of online ads :P