it's like buying a benz luxury sedan. it's an overpriced fashion accessory where function and value proposition are subservient to brand and form. it says, "i don't know what i'm doing, but i'm paid so i am doing it correctly." the idea that, when the warranty expires, it will be wildly expensive if not artificially impossible to service for basic issues does not enter into the equation. KBB estimates the cost for an oil change on a Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 to be over $200 and to change the oil and do basic checks of fluid levels and replace air filters they charge $450. unique/specialized tools and equipiment, absurd design requiring lots of labor time, ultra expensive material costs. it's a design philosophy of perceived prestige and price signaling.

apparently on AppleTV+ the native advertising rules for scripts require baddies to not be shown using apple products. they have to use android stuff, PCs and flip-phones. that's how you know the sham is as fragile as it's ludicrous defenders.