[lbo-talk] Liberals

[Matt]

On 6/3/2011 10:50 AM, // ravi wrote:
> The iPhone/iPad ads show off the various things that you can do with
> these devices: access maps, video chat with friends/family, etc. All
> with some rather unabashed tugging at sentimentality, so on. But
> mostly truthful.
> 
> On the other end, Google and Verizon advertisements are based on
> sci-fi futuristic depictions...

Apple's marketing hype is designed for making the consumer feel cooler
and hipper than the people who don't buy Apple.  The dorktastic ads of
the latter are ridiculous of course, but so is thinking one popular
gadget is objectively better than another.

Matt

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