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Comment by JohnJamesRambo | Hacker News Reader

One of the first ways a cult gets everyone on the same page is altered language and speech patterns.

This comment makes me sigh. I know you will defend yourself with "what? I'm just stating a fact!" but saying stuff like this makes me really dislike you. I really like Apple products, does that make me a part of a cult? If yes, why? I wouldn't die for them, I wouldn't go through pain for them.

The fact that my comment on the internet makes you "really dislike me" is probably all the confirmation you need.

This comment sent from my iPhone SE 2016.

One thing apple does very well is marketing. Just ask an average person what company they think does phones/laptops the best and they would say apple. Most people don't care about the specifications tech details but just the ease of use and looks, which apple (arguably) does well to optimize for.

Fortunately I have free-thinking windows installed on my desktop to counteract my Apple cultist indoctrination.

For me it's android. As long as I can replace the default apps like the sms app and the launcher. I will continue to use android.

I mean, apple knows their customer base. It wouldn't be unlikely that their writing is somehow catered to who they know would buy their devices.

It really does seem very cult-like with the way Apple wants everyone to change up English for their product specifically...

If you think this is changing up English, you may not be speaking English as a first language? Referring to products as a proper noun is very common. E.g. Ford will tell you "Mustang offers a powerful engine... blah blah blah" not "The Mustang offers..."

English is my first language, and yes to me that sentence would sound odd. Perhaps that's something common in American advertisement and not elsewhere

Maybe it's just that I'm a car guy, and I watch a lot of presentations about cars. They constantly refer to their models like this. Like it's a person, not an object.

https://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/

> Hear the roar of a Mustang as the ground starts to tremble and your legs start to shake. As always, Mustang draws upon its performance roots with features for enhanced handling, high-powered engine options and a classic Mustang design. For 2022, the soul-stirring Mustang Mach 1 and Mach 1 Premium stand at the pinnacle of 5.0L performance. The personally customizable Mach 1 continues its legacy, engineered specifically for quick turns and spirited drives.

Confusingly, they use Mustang both with an article and without.

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