>> that is quite a large “cult!,” don’t you think?
Thanks for proving my point with that long-winded, and completely unnecessary, sermon on the wonderfulness of your lord and savior, Apple.
Remember that I HAD an iPhone. I use an iPod and an iPad every day. I am a satisfied customer, but I am not a cultist. There is a difference and you demonstrated it quite nicely. Thanks.
My point was that those who cry "cult" have to account for all that growth in membership of that "cult," as the argument is usually couched that Apple's success is based on Apple users buying more product. . . that argument fails on those kind of numbers. . . Totally. A "cult" cannot sustain that kind of growth. . . so you, and those like you who keep bringing up that old canard are wrong. I'm writing this and posted that evidence from the viewpoint of an economist. When almost 1/7th of the population of the world is using the products of a single company, it is not a niche product, nor can its customers be considered a "cult." Sorry, but that borders on delusion.