why does samsung hate apple?

[UncleScrooge]

mornelithe said:

UncleScrooge said:

mornelithe said:

Ka-pi96 said:
I think the better question is, why don't more people hate Apple?

Because Apple's marketing is about as effective as Activision ala CoD.

Or maybe, just maybe, because they make good products? Just because someone buys a different product than you do that doesn't make them stupid or brainwashed. The real question is: Why do leagues of people feel the need to attack products (!) of a certain company all the time? DId those products harm you in any way? 

This is a videogaming forum! People here post backlogs of dozens of games which they bought at full price and never opened! Discuss their dream release schedule for 2015 and beyond and talk endlessly about why console X ist better than console Y! Are we really in a position to judge the buying decisions of other people? 

Never said they were stupid or brainwashed, you did.  But, we can go with that, if you prefer.  I mean, is all effective advertising brainwashing of the stupid?  Or is it just....great advertising?

You're right, I'm sorry. Let me rephrase it: Do you think people only buy Apple products because of the marketing? Don't you think people buy them because they are good products? People always bring Apple's marketing up but that implies customers have no idea what they want, they just watch a commercial and go for that product. I think this is wrong. I think customers are intelligent and know what they want. And I think they buy Apple products because these products are well designed and worth their money.

And just to make this clear: I like Samsung's phones and I like HTC phones. I think there's a number of premium smartphones which are very close to each other in quality. I just think the iPhone is part of that.