It’s amazing how quickly Apple has reached Microsoft’s bullshit level; selling us second grade products making us their test subjects for their products. But Apple went even further by telling people that a simple case for the iPhone can resolve the signal issue. A case that cost $30.00. What, you screwed up the phone and expect people to fork up $30.00 more bucks to fix you mistake?

So how much longer will consumers continue to purchase second grade products sold as quality merchandise? Or are consumers really as stupid as these companies think they are? What do you think?

It's about the brand so says FSJ:

 

So, no. We’ll keep shipping the fucked-up phones, and we’ll continue to insist that they are the best phones in the world with the best antenna that has ever been invented for any mobile device. We’ll keep running syrupy ads showing deaf mutes waving at each other over FaceTime.

If that’s not enough, maybe we’ll do a partial fall-back and agree to give out free bumpers to people who want them, and we’ll act like this is some huge deal and a big blow to our bottom line and blah blah blah so that will buy us a month maybe.

Then we’ll rush out iPhone 5 with a new design by Christmas season. It’s basically an iPhone 4 with a rubber wrapper around the outside. We’ve got the kids in China building them already.

And, yes:  apple thinks consumers are stupid.  And yes:  consumers are stupid.  Why should they think any different? I mean come on...whadja really think?  That a minor issue like reception on a cell phone would be a deal breaker?

Exactly, we all are. This need to have what we want regardless of the quality is truly sad, but i guess it's in our nature to be this way. And businesses love it.

They are for the most part correct.  For 2 reasons.  One is that they have a slavish following that would buy donkey dung if sold with an apple logo on it.  The second is that Jobs, being a liberal, thinks they are so treats all people like they are.