If you want to read an article featuring a bunch of
Apple (
AAPL) fans who sound like “hipsters” whining that their favorite band has “sold out” by becoming popular, look no further than
Lydia DePillis’s piece in the New Republic this week. In an overview of the angst that many long-time Apple lovers feel about their favorite company’s massive success over the past several years, DePillis finds that many Apple fans think the company is focussing less on the quality of user experience that helped build its brand and is instead simply trying to cash in by churning out inferior products aimed at the mass market.
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