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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
Apple's most valuable intangible asset isn't its patents or copyrights - it's an army of people who believe that using products from a $2.89 trillion multinational makes them members of an oppressed religious minority whose identity is coterminal with the interests of Apple's shareholders.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/12/youre-holding-it-wrong/#if-dishwashers-were-iphones
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- A 19th century posed photo of a campus secret society at the University of Illinois. A collection of middle-aged men and women in formal dress stand in two ranks, holding tall spears and wearing elaborate fezzes emblazoned with five-pointed stars. They are framed by a proscenium. The photo has been modified to put an Apple 'Think Different' wordmark behind them. (remote)
