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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Kimmel Proves: Apple’s Magic Is In The Brainwash [View all]Response to noiretextatique (Reply #18)
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"I'll buy anything that's shiny and has an Apple logo on it". - from The Onion's "iWheel" clip.
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#1
Naomi Klein's excellent book "No Logo" goes into this new type of branding quite well
arcane1
Sep 2012
#2
In other words, it is like, and responded to, like any other brand name product
MadHound
Sep 2012
#22
My desktop is a 9 yr old Dell. Never had a crash or virus. No problem to have to go to a store for.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#69
I know. That's because not enuf people buy them to be worth it to put a virus in it.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#72
In all honesty, the obsessiveness of "Apple haters" far outweighs that of Apple lovers.
Bonobo
Sep 2012
#44
Apple Announces New iPhone With N-Word On Back Knowing Customers Will Buy It Anyway
joeybee12
Sep 2012
#52
This has nothing to do with Apple. It has to do with the fact that people are morons.
onehandle
Sep 2012
#64