Yes, it was pejorative. Note there was an "or" there. My contention was that people own iOS devices because they like them better, OR because iOS devices are more expensive and they think that paying more somehow makes them a better person. Of course, no-one on this forum is in that latter group! The town I live in has lots of them, however, so maybe I'm over-sensitive to that dynamic.
Anyway, I'm finding fewer and fewer iOS-only apps. And the one or two left that I was once interested in now have multiple Android alternatives which are better than the original anyway. This is a significant change from a few years ago.