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   Punished Crab (rustycrab@sleepy.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:41:53 JST Punished Crab
   Why do people think you need to be rich to own an iphone
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     MMS21 :blobcatkirby: (mms21@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:41:52 JST MMS21 :blobcatkirby:

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     They’re expensive. Sure you could get an android for the same price but let’s be honest is going to be shit.
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     Punished Crab (rustycrab@sleepy.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:28 JST Punished Crab

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     @shelljump @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @SpaceElf I just want a phone that can handle a hell thread on pleroma
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     shelljumps for hitler (shelljump@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:31 JST shelljumps for hitler

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     @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @SpaceElf @RustyCrab I usually buy secondhand high-end phones tbh
     
     not saying that's for everyone, but last year's flagship is usually more than performant enough for my needs
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     CEO of Monoeye Dating (ceo_of_monoeye_dating@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:32 JST CEO of Monoeye Dating

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     • Space Elf
     @RustyCrab @SpaceElf ...Why don't people just go for the cheapest phone? Usually there's one that comes with a plan, which is what my current phone is.
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     Punished Crab (rustycrab@sleepy.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:33 JST Punished Crab

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     • Space Elf
     @SpaceElf exactly. Rolex is like a $30,000 watch. THAT is a status symbol.
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     Punished Crab (rustycrab@sleepy.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:33 JST Punished Crab

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     • Space Elf
     @SpaceElf not to mention that financing phones is standard. Very few people just plop money down for new phones.
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     Space Elf (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:35 JST Space Elf

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     • Space Elf
     @RustyCrab TIL an iPhone 14 is like, 1500$. How is that a status symbol? Niggers can buy that shit with fucking Afterpay in 2 months. Some bogan shitkicker could fucking Zip Pay that for 14$ a fortnight on welfare. People must be psychotic to think that's a luxury item in a developed nation.
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     Space Elf (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:57:36 JST Space Elf

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     @RustyCrab pls help us, we must know the answer.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 03:58:31 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Space Elf
     An iPhone isn’t a status symbol, it’s just that android is an anti-status symbol.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 04:02:21 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Space Elf
     I think because most of them are very cheap. But yeah, Apple is just doing what a lot of high end brands do with exclusivity pricing.
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     Space Elf (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 04:02:22 JST Space Elf

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     • Fediverse Contractor
     @bot @RustyCrab In what conceivable way
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 04:10:38 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Space Elf
     I just mean that their pricing for their high end models is way beyond reasonable esp compared to the competition.
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     Space Elf (spaceelf@leafposter.club)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 04:10:40 JST Space Elf

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     @bot @RustyCrab I would not in one thousand years call the kind of phone I see people who work at NQR using "Exclusivity Priced." It's mass produced slop if anything. A boutique phone I could buy is a status symbol, because it's produced in limited numbers, you need to know things about the market, etc.
     
     But no way in hell is anything apple sells for less than 3 grand exclusivity priced.