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I can get an Amazon Basic's brand USB-C cable for $4.17 per meter. Apple sells theirs for $19 per meter. Is Apple selling these cables at cost, or are they m
by darkpuma 8y ago
I can get an Amazon Basic's brand USB-C cable for $4.17 per meter. Apple sells theirs for $19 per meter.
Is Apple selling these cables at cost, or are they making a profit from them? Amazon isn't a brand I trust either, but from the magnitude of that difference I'm pretty sure Apple is making a tidy profit on these cables. I don't think Apple is a trillion dollar company because of cable sales, but from where I sit it sure seems like Apple is a company that loves nickel and diming people even though they don't need to.
- dodobirdlord 8y agoThe USB-C standard is arcane and cables can have wildly different functionality and quality and still comply with the standard. Occam's razor suggests that there is not some cable markup conspiracy going on here. Higher quality cables + luxury brand tax is a far more reasonable solution.
- NickNameNick 8y agoApples cables don't have to implement the entire USB-C spec. Only the parts that apple want to use.
- darkpuma 8y ago> "+ luxury brand tax" Well that's the contention isn't it? Whether that tax is present, and whether the mechanical build quality justifies it.