The Opiate of the masses: Apple

I’ve decided that Marx had it wrong.

Religion is not the opiate of the masses, Apple is.

iPhone Still Leads the Superphone Derby

Three days after launching the iPhone 3G S, the company sold more than a million units, Cupertino said today, on par with the number of iPhone 3Gs sold within the first three days of that device being launched. In comparison, it took some 74 days to sell a million of the original iPhones. Overall, Apple is expected to sell about 5 million phones in this quarter.

They still draw love and adoration despite a KGB like control on their communications.
Apple’s Management Obsessed With Secrecy – NYTimes.com

Give people a well designed product that works and apparently nothing else matters.