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I would say apple fans, but it's pervasive everywhere in tech, except maybe not in farming equipment.
Well you'd be wrong: https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/04/09/523024776/farmers-look-for-ways-to-circumvent-tractor-software-locks
That doesn't make him wrong.
He's referring to fanboys.
Farmers get locked in to a brand cause of contacts high costs, but none I know "love" and of the big brands
Who's buying all the John Deere trucker hats and such, then?
People who have never owned any equipment larger than a riding mower.
Suburban conservatives.
Yes it's wild. I meant wrt fanboyism, John Deere at this point is defacto a monopoly and their newer products are actually less coveted then earlier ones because of the rampant anti-consumer practices.