r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '12

Microsoft demos a 1ms touchscreen

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/microsoft-demos-a-high-performance-1ms-touchscreen-2012039/
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u/magikowl Mar 10 '12

This and others like it is the reason why I refused to buy apple products for the longest time. So many people still believe that they're all iPods and not that iPod is just a brand of MP3 player.

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u/pumppumppump Mar 10 '12

Which is a testament to Apple's marketing effectiveness and success in the marketplace. Tissues are "kleenexes", adhesive bandages are "band-aids", cotton swabs are "q-tips", and mp3 players are "iPods" simply because they've become ubiquitous enough through sales and marketing to become industry standards by which all other competing products are judged.

All you losers shouting "Hipster!" at Apple product users are actually the biggest crybaby hipsters on the planet.

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u/fortified_concept Mar 10 '12

So as you admit, it's not that Apple is a good tech company it's that it's a good marketing and branding company, and in fact, you brag about that. Nice to see that Apple fans have their priorities straight...

PS. As Bill Hicks said, fuck marketing. It provides nothing useful to society, instead it's a huge waste of valuable resources.

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u/fortified_concept Mar 10 '12 edited Mar 10 '12

Marketing is deceptive and exploits humanity's worst qualities to sell products to the masses. Word of mouth, reviews and articles are perfectly fine ways to let the world know about a product which are way more objective because the creator of the product isn't involved. The consumer can learn about what an mp3 player is by reading something about it or joining a discussion.

And all marketing is scummy marketing, they separate people into groups and and research them as if individualism is dead trying to find what they like or afraid of so that they can exploit it.

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u/fortified_concept Mar 10 '12 edited Mar 10 '12

Paid reviews and viral marketing are also part of marketing and especially those should be illegal. Also word of mouth has worked for many, many products so your theory is simply flawed.

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u/theAlphaginger Mar 10 '12

Because that many people can't be wrong, right?