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> It's not wrong, nor necessarily economically irresponsible, for "poor" people to have a few nice things. I strongly agree with this, but if someone does choo
by digitalsigil 10y ago
> It's not wrong, nor necessarily economically irresponsible, for "poor" people to have a few nice things.
I strongly agree with this, but if someone does choose to buy an iPhone they should know it's a luxury. It bothers me that Apple doesn't acknowledge this.
- JohnBooty 10y agoI don't want to totally let producers of consumer goods off the hook here: they are certainly not blameless when it comes to the unhealthy consumer culture we have, and Schiller's comment was tone deaf IMHO. But generally I feel it's appropriate for companies to tell us how awesome their products are; it's up to us to recognize which things are necessities and which are luxuries.