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Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (14 children)

One of the biggest drawbacks of buying iOS devices is you can't leave. I swap everything out on my laptop and phones as needed, but on iOS you're stuck with Apple's app store, Apple's operating system, oftentimes Apple hardware, and there's nothing you can do about it. It simply ends up being so expensive.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    I've swapped between iOS and Android several times. There's literally nothing stopping you from switching other than minor inconveniences.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You have a high opinion of the average idiot being able to navigate any of this. These are people that are confused by a two button mouse...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And you generally have a shitty opinion of people and their ability to navigate technology.

    As with most things, it's generally a cost benefit of convenience versus effort. Anyone can learn anything or transition to something else if they're willing to put the effort into it. It's just that most people aren't willing to put the effort into most technologies and that's their prerogative.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    Unless there are apps you use regularly that cost a lot of money and you don't want to pay for them again.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Do you regularly buy apps that cost hundreds of dollars? A vast majority of apps are within the $1-$5 range. We're talking about buying phones that are well into the high hundreds to thousands of dollars. That's a drop in the purchase and operating cost of the device.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Same said for other ecosystems like windows, android, playstation, Xbox and so on.. Not apples fault.

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