By people that don't understand why people would actually prefer an Apple device over the competition, certainly. It's one of the anti-Apple crowd's favorite narratives. We're all just sheep that buy into Apple's marketing.
I completely believe that among a technical audience that those here who chose Apple products did so because they evaluated the their options and chose the one that best fit their requirements, But if that was really their primary audience their marketing would look very different.
Part of marketing is guessing what kind of products will sell for the margins they like. Somehow, I fit into that audience.