{"id":989,"date":"2008-06-01T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2008-06-01T17:14:04","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T00:14:04","slug":"newsletter-444-preview-will-apple-lose-its-cult-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2008\/06\/newsletter-444-preview-will-apple-lose-its-cult-following\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #444 Preview: Will Apple Lose its Cult Following?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One common definition of a cult is, &#8220;a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.&#8221; Some might feel that Apple&#8217;s customers, particularly the ones that have been around for a decade or two, can be considered a cult.<\/p>\n<p>Now I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;m a cult member, although I have used Macs since the 1980s. 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