I didn't say any of the weird questions/statement you try to pin me for. Maybe it doesn't make sense to you because you are confused?

Then again, you are confused, I never said they were buying mindlessly. They buy it because they are popular and confer status. This is why the vast majority of people buy them, not a well-reasoned and careful choice attained by proper comparison and knowledge after reviewing options.

It's not good for people who view those things as tools, because price increase and focus on the historical target group diminish tremendously.

It's not something that is exclusive to Apple but it's particularly painful because of the quirks of computing (having software linked to a particular hardware platform).

And yes, they didn't buy the Mini phone because they didn't like them. It confers less status and is not as good as a social media machine, so of course.

But by this logic McDonalds must be good because of how many people like them and somehow that's a desirable and valuable outcome.