True... but apple has the highest BRAND LOYALTY in the business and is the largest company in the world... recovering from near bankruptcy in just 15 years.
Ok let me get this straight, I'll use this analogy to illustrate how this discussion is sounding to me.
There is this big rockstar, let's call him Mr. Unfresh Banana. He's had a great career with a big slump, but against all odds still able to make a great comeback and he's doing well financially. But he seems to be on the end of his career and he hasn't made any new hits lately and chances of him doing a David Bowie are looking less likely with each passing day.
Now here comes our little rockstar wannabee and he's a big fan of Mr. Unfresh Banana and he has quite the songwriting ability himself, BUT his showmanship and onstage presence sucks and he's been consistently failing in all these public performances. Not because his music was bad, but just because he's a terrible showman. Now he's betting the farm on his performance on American Idols.
Please tell me bitshares is not betting the farm on it's performance on American Idols and thinking that they can just copy what this big rockstar Mr. Secondhand Fruit has done and become a rockstar just like that. Has anyone ever watched the show, do you know what happens to most people who think they can dance?
If brand loyalty or fanboism is the deciding factor, then doesn't that mean we are screwed already? We are not Apple, actually to put it in perspective we are the little upstarts trying to lure fans away from the Apples in this world despite their massive religious-cult-like status. So we just need to make sure our music rocks a helluva lot more than the drab uninspired stuff the old farts are repeating who've lost their motivation decades ago. Let's get people dancing to the music and not count on our showmanship, because lets face it, there are quite a few others in this battle of the bands who do a hell of a lot better in the show department.