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> (This is an unobvious way that iPhones are even more expensive than the sticker price) That's like saying hiring locksmiths is pricier than buying a crowbar
by bena 8y ago
> (This is an unobvious way that iPhones are even more expensive than the sticker price)
That's like saying hiring locksmiths is pricier than buying a crowbar.
Yeah, both will get you in doors, but one is a bit not legal.
- izacus 8y agoA user opting for a free / cheaper / ad-supported app is not doing anything illegal or wrong. It's how free market works and benefits the consumer. Implying that not buying into a more expensive platform with more expensive software is illegal is just wrong.
- bena 8y agoI'm not implying that. I'm implying that a country where software piracy is rampant and 60% of all software is pirated that a platform in which pirating apps is easier would be more popular than one in which it is more difficult. This drives the price down for other apps because not only do you have to compete with free versions that may be worse, but free, you also have to compete with a free version of your own app because someone distributed it for free.
- izacus 8y agoAndroid is also a platform with significantly higher amount of free and opensource apps (with which you ALSO need to compete!) and TCO of such a phone is significantly lower. And yet you immediately jump to conclusion that everyone is doing something illegal.
- bena 8y agoCall it an informal poll of people I know who have an Android. And a function of statistics.
- scarface74 8y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/02/03/android-piracy-vs-apple-app-store/#7ad88f6d139a https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/02/03/android-p...