The cultural disconnect between Apple and Samsung is about collectivism vs. individualism

Apple fans view Samsung as unethical and unoriginal plagiarists. Samsung fans view Apple as entitled, elitist, prissy, etc. It often feels like these groups are talking past each other. Some large part of the difference may arise from the fact that Apple is an archetypal enterprise of individualistic culture, whereas Samsung is that of collectivist culture.


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Conversation with David Holz, 2019-10-29

Last updated 2023-07-13.