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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 5506353" data-attributes="member: 649">I believe the market will be very, very similar to the mp3 player market and utterly unlike the smartphone market for one key reason: no carrier bondage. If the iPhone was available on all carriers and in Best Buy, Target, Walmart, etc. like the iPad is, Android phones wouldn't have done nearly as well, in my opinion. As with all retail sales, the winner is the best marketer, with the "best" product being only peripherally related.That said, every argument based on "sheep" or "drones" or whatever other insult is simply name-calling and completely undermines any point one might make. Just call me a "poopyhead" and move on to the swingset, man, or be done with the schoolyard insults.That I like pepperoni and loathe anchovies doesn't make me stupid, and it doesn't mean I'm an idiot who simply follows the crowd. Talk to me about the delicious saltiness and the beneficial omega-3 fatty acids of your topping and I'll consider your argument, but matters of taste are personal things and odds are I'll go on enjoying my pepperoni no matter how many other people like it, too. It won't mean I'm dumb, and it certainly won't mean you're smarter or better than me, just as the fact that a lot of other people prefer pepperoni doesn't mean your taste for a less popular topping is wrong.</blockquote>