This is too funny… I just can’t make this stuff up! According to an editorial article by Chris Matyszczyk on Cnet news, the market analyst minds from independent mobile consulting firm Strand Consult are under the opinion that most iPhone users are, well, quite nuts.
You’ll always find people who love/hate their various gadgets, but I personally have always been under the impression that Apple products illicit an emotional response from users- that people love them and will defend them to the ends of the earth. Especially when their shortcomings are mentioned. I will admit that some of the arguments in Apple’s defense are rather silly, however in this article, Chris takes it to a whole new level, and compares it to brainwashing-cult status:
“When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome–a term invented by psychologists after a hostage drama in Stockholm. Here, hostages reacted to the psychological pressure they were experiencing by defending the people that had held them hostage for six days,” Strand declared.
The implication is surely that Apple has mugged millions of people with its beauty, dragged them off to a very dark cellar in some barren land, turned them into slightly bonkers Barbarellas, and then recruited them as soldiers for the cause.
This is the sort of thing of which the Church of Scientology is normally accused. But for some strange reason, it’s a rather chilling but pleasant shower to read something that isn’t mere worship.
Them’s fightin’ words, if you ask me. I’m not sure how much of what he says I agree with, but he and Strand’s consultants make some pretty valid points.
I very highly recommend everyone hop on over and read the post here: CNET news.
