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Short a major customer outcry, Apple is largely incentivized to not fix this— (1) They substantial profits from memory upsells on their product lines (2) Large
by noahmbarr 9y ago
Short a major customer outcry, Apple is largely incentivized to not fix this—
(1) They substantial profits from memory upsells on their product lines
(2) Larger apps take more horsepower to run— so older models become less effective sooner!
- cprecioso 9y agoBut it also adds to their bandwidth and storage bills
- amelius 9y agoBut if Android apps are smaller and faster, people will switch over to Android.
- s73ver 9y agoI highly doubt that. Few people actually know how big any given app is. Plus, there are more compelling things keeping people on their platform of choice, like iMessage or the sunken cost of apps that they've already purchased.
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- real-hacker 9y ago+1 for this. I think 16G iPhone6 exists to promote sales of models with larger memory. Now I have to uninstall an app to install a new one on my iPhone(16G), EVERY TIME, it's painful. Next time, I will definitely go for 64G.
- tjl 9y agoThe base for iPhones now is 32G not 16G.