The problem with this kind of reasoning is that one does not need to champion a product to use it. Almost anything has issues, on the other hand not many brands have such a strong following claiming it's the best thing since sliced bread.
My point is while Apple won millions of users (I very much doubt it's billions) it's a result of a much more elaborate strategy than just making and selling superior product, which is a claim I hear often. I question the implications of that.
>But you're perfectly fine with the kind of reasoning that pooh poohs the preferences of billions of people as "Stockholm syndrome", oh please.
I never said all the users have it, I said the level is high. This comes from observations and experience, of course, not research, so I can't generalise to all users and I didn't.
> iOS alone has a billion users, and Apple has been around since 1976.
Billion of devices ≠ billion of users. C'mon, do you really think each 8th person in the world has some Apple device? Also, you said billionS, that's laughable.
Maybe that's you who ought to show any numbers? You said billionS first. The only number I know is "1.5B active installations" which is not even an independent estimate but Tim Cook's boasting in Apple's quarter results. Even if each US and Canada citizen including toddlers had one Apple device (0.365B) I claim it still wouldn't drive the total number to 2B.
More numbers: Apple's market share for smartphones in China is estimated at 9%, so again, even if the market was all the population, it's still just 125m.
Judging from your submissions and posts you're heavily invested in Apple's ecosystem. It's easy to be biased in this situation and I don't blame you for that. Hope you're happy with their products and they truly make your life easier.
You can easily look for independent estimates (or cold hard visitor/usage statistics) for the total iOS userbase.
Billions, billion, millions, million, thousands, thousand, hundreds or even just a hundred:
You came in snarling with the accusation that many people whom you don't even know, have Stockholm Syndrome, which really just hints at more of a problem on your side.
So, no hard data to support your claims, as expected.
>You came in snarling with the accusation
I just shared an observation. I may be wrong, and you have all the rights to disagree. You can't accuse a person with things done unknowingly and/or unwillingly, so no accusations here.
My point is while Apple won millions of users (I very much doubt it's billions) it's a result of a much more elaborate strategy than just making and selling superior product, which is a claim I hear often. I question the implications of that.