The religiosity of the superbrands

Posted by lyceum under Global
From http://jackyan.com 3728 days ago

Another friend asked the Windows laptop v. Macbook question on her Facebook today. You can predict what happens next. The cult came by.As with the last time a friend asked the same question.

The cult always comes and proclaims the superiority of the Apple Macintosh. And it is a blinding proclamation, of messianic proportions, where one must behold the perfection and divinity of said technology. There is always one person who posts multiple times in an effort to convert you—bit like how one religion’s missionaries do those ten visits in an effort to get you to join. I think they might operate on a similar counting system.

As someone who uses Mac, Windows and Linux regularly (Mac and Windows daily, Ubuntu twice weekly) and usually enters into the conversation with ‘At the end of the day, it’s just a computer,’ I find it unsettling.

How unsettling?