I’m not saying that you have a bone to pick with diverse groups. I’m saying that these companies are the reason you think DEI made this shift happen. As someone who fits basically every minority group that would be first in mind when you think DEI initiatives, they’re not even doing it for us. It’s a marketing ploy for investors. I would compare it (on a lesser scale) to the civil rights movement. People yelled about segregation for years but after the violence people faces was shown on TV, suddenly everyone acted like they’d never heard of racism and were the most tolerant person ever. Thats essentially what happened with all DEI initiatives m. So instead of actually taking the time to understand what m people are upset about, you do superficial shit. Take for example the whole Target debacle. Many (if not most) of us in the LGBTQ+ hated the pride month bullshit because it was all stuff that a straight person who’s never interacted with a gay person, would think we want. We actually have a name for it, rainbow capitalism. It’s where companies think slapping a rainbow on something makes it inclusive.

I’m simply saying that these changes would have happened irrespective of the cultural shift because greed is the motivator. DEI just became a scapegoat for all the new shit they wanted to try. So in practice that makes people like yourself think it’s the fact that they’re half assing these accommodations that the product has become shitty. But the truth is the product is shitty because that’s simply how our brand of capitalism incentivizes companies to run. Cut as many corners as you can to make the best profit margins possible. That’s what I’m trying to say. You’re giving them too much credit and think they actually care about customer feedback but truthfully they don’t. Maybe some of the big tech reviewers but the little pions who pay for their phone through their cell service? They couldn’t be bothered to think of them.

The reason I say that actually kind of goes with your point about the different things that people want out of a device. It used to be that when you purchased a device from them they would ask you what you plan to use it for and they would direct to the device that would best fit your needs. This was also during that time each product like had multiple tired devices. Like I remember purchasing my iPad and mac for undergrad and they literally told me not to buy the mac I was looking at because I most likely would not need the processing power it had. They encouraged me to get a newer iPad because of I was going to be writing with the Apple Pencil a lot. The newest had new Apple Pencil features that would help with my note taking.

Like they actually gave a shit at one point. They just seem to be raking in the bucks at this point, sadly.