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This reminds me acutely of Jobs' criticism of Apple during the the Sculley/Spindler years: that the company got incredibly greedy and extracted as much value fr

• rgovostes 8y ago
  On the services side of things, I pay Apple $8.50/mo for storage (split between family members, so really much less than that) for all of my photos and documents, and $7/mo for unlimited music (taking advantage of available discounts). For hardware, an iPhone XR is only $30 more than a Galaxy S9, and though it's not quite an even comparison hardware-wise, that $30 difference buys you about 5 years of software updates, a suite of great creativity and productivity apps, servers that sync and back up, etc. (You can probably get some of that list from Google or Samsung, in exchange for your privacy.) They could shrink their margins and have plenty, sure, but I'm not convinced that it's really such a bad deal for customers.
  • bob_theslob646 8y ago
    >that $30 difference buys you about 5 years of software updates, a suite of great creativity and productivity apps, 5 years of software updates? Can you post a source on that?
    • H4CK3RM4N 8y ago
      iOS 12 supports the 5s, which was released in 2013.
      • rgovostes 8y ago
        Right. Moreover, they announced at this September's iPhone announcement that they would be supporting devices for longer, as part of their environmental impact reduction efforts.
  • spronkey 8y ago
    The S9 is also very expensive. Only a few years ago the ~$300 phones were awful. These days they're far better, and the flagships are well into the realm of diminishing returns.