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All that Apple is launching, honestly, seems like a desperate move for stockholders by upping more recurring price services. But honestly, I pay less than 10€ /
by NicoJuicy 8y ago
All that Apple is launching, honestly, seems like a desperate move for stockholders by upping more recurring price services. But honestly, I pay less than 10€ / 5 months through humble bundle and my game library contains 100's of games.
Apple is trying so hard to make up for the decline of iPhone sales on the back of other people. Only the big names will get a Payday at the beginning.
Sure, it can work on the beginning. But after a while, your gonna realize that you spent 120€/year on games. And it's the games you wanted to play on the PC where you would give > 50€/piece for.
Not some arcade gaming/TV you don't own.
You want to read the NY Times or something else, that hasn't partnered with apple.
For the TV, it's a good idea, but as the big names ( Netflix, Disney) didn't partner up. What are you going to pick? Netflix works everywhere ( Chromecast is nr 1, Android, Xbox, ...). I just think that it won't help them gain enough subscribers.
And in the end, if they want to keep their 15-30%, their partners will back out. Because they don't earn enough or you'll cancel your subscription because there is not enough content.
What they announced the last days, is all about upping a % here or there for revenue of "services". While I haven't seen anything spectacular about hardware in the last 5 years. Just look at the specs of the MacBook "pro". They forgot who made Apple big.
The top post of Apple today on HN is that they released a credit card in cooperation with Goldman Sachs... Seriously? What about your privacy there. It reminds me of iAd. We all know how that went.
Edit: ofc here come the downvotes. Please mention why you don't agree