JamesInFlorida
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So what's it to you if somebody wants to "throw their money away"? What stakes do you have in the outcome? Does it really bother you that many people choose Apple products over that of competitors? Is it capitalism you're against?
Or is the real reason Job's personal political views? (which I think he's never shoved down anyone's throats or preached-not 100% sure on that though).
Saying Apple is a company that mostly liberals support is like saying Best Buy is a store that's supported by mostly conservatives.
PS-Last time I went into a Best Buy they had Apple products all over the place. I guess they're a part of the liberals that make up all the support of Apple right?
First of all, of course I'm not saying they're not allowed to buy Macs, I never implied that once. I said I wouldn't be throwing MY money away. I was however expressing my opinion that Apple hasn't done much to develop technology.
Second, like I said earlier - Apple isn't as popular as some believe or as you believe. Their market share in the US is about 12%, and outside the US it's about half that.
Lastly, I posted a link to a study about how Apple users are more likely to in fact be liberal. As for Best Buy, I wouldn't say they're either as they sell both PC's and MAC's, IPhones and Androids.
1. You're precisely right about Best Buy. And Best Buy has donated almost exclusively to conservative causes in the past. My point was that people don't buy products based on the company's political views (especially if they're not preaching them). The fact that Best Buy carries them is just more proof of this.
2. The market share you're quoting I'm assuming is for computers/laptops. It wouldn't include other industries Apple is in-that virtually none of those competitors among the PC market are in (phones, or music devices for example).
3. Apple's stock is a very big stock, it closed at $400.29. The volume is also very large. It's been on a steady incline, and quite frankly recovered from the 08 crash relatively quickly compared with most other companies. Compare this to any other computer manufacturing company.
HP closed at $25.92, or roughly 6.5% of Apple's stock, those are today's numbers. Not to mention it's stock has NOT recovered anywhere near as well as Apple's post-08 crash (in fact they haven't recovered well at all-period).
Why did I use HP as an example? Because they lead among the PC market in share in 2010. Apple was fourth.
4. Lastly, for your link. It's not an accurate survey. Why? The top says 39% of people use Droid, 28% us Apple. This is in the smart phone operating market share section.
Then in their survey, 32% of the respondents said they use Apple, while just 21% say they use Droid. Now the numbers wont be precisely the same-but that's a big fluctuation (especially among the Droid users).
Also they're only 17% more likely to be liberal-this is from your link. 17% more likely-and that's the best you have for Apple being a company that's supported by liberals? That's sad. Android users are 20% more likely to be conservative.
Are you suggesting that Google is a company that's supported by conservatives?
edit: I would also like to point out that your own source (not mine) said that Apple had a 28% share of the smart phone market. That's more than just "12% of the population" at Starbucks.
Not to mention they hover somewhere around 75% of the mp3 market share.
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