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The Culture of Technology / The Technologies of Culture

Alright, iPhone: Now You Can Fuck Off

Posted by Nav on June 28, 2007

You know, generally speaking, I was alright with the iHype - I knew there was nothing I could do about it, while my quasi-Marxist complaints about commodity fetishism were bound to fall on deaf ears. Hell, I was even cool with the lineups - sure it’s materialistic, but shared experiences and false hardships are often very enjoyable, so let people have their fun. But when Crave decided to post a full story about how there was no iPhone lineup at a given store - not something in the lineup, or something at the store, but a report on the lack of a lineup at one store - that’s when I realised this was just too fucking much.

There’s a lot to write about re this whole iPhone thing - about commodities, geek culture, conspicuous consumerism and even false consciousness of a sort - but it’ll just get lost in the madness. So, for the time being, iPhone: fuck off.

Useless Crave Bit

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