Un4 comments on Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough

[–] Un4@lemm.ee 76 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I do not understand all the rage, Apple does not provide any vital services or products. They can charge anything they want. If you don't like it then don't buy it.

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[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

but you still lock yourself in their offer space when you also bought devices that kind of depend on those services: music streaming for the homepod, fitness+ for watch, cloud storage for iphone photos...

every time you switch from apple to a third party, it's ever so slightly less convenient, and they probably conceive their products around that notion.

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[–] offbyone@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago

Yes you have to decide if the cost of the convenience is worth the lock in and price of Apple products. At the end of the day you still have a choice.

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[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That is their business model, no? The convenience and integration of their products is what makes Apple unique. Seems weird hold it against them.

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[–] TheSaus@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 point 2 years ago

Yea i buy apple because it just kinda works and it’s what i’ve used since my first mobile device, being an ipod 5. The switch to android just isn’t worth losing all my paid apps and whatever else

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[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 4 points 2 years ago

None of the products that had the price increased are locked in. Apple TV plus doesn’t even need an Apple device and has many competitors, Apple News has plenty of competitors, there are games you can buy without Apple Arcade though most do stupid in app purchases.

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