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Ad free won’t be enough. I predict there will be some kind of monthly bundle that includes a lot of different services. News, music, video and premium features

Ad free won’t be enough. I predict there will be some kind of monthly bundle that includes a lot of different services. News, music, video and premium features on top of things like maps. Getting people to pay small amounts for a bunch of individual services is harder than charging them one lump sum per month for everything.

throw_away 8y ago
Heh, following the apple branding, they could call it google+
snaky 8y ago
We can imagine something like 'an iPhone experience' pack for Android, and it's technically feasible - and may attract some attention from the customers. But the question is - if you could get 'a pretty much iPhone' in your $200 Android for a couple of bucks a month, why would you ever buy an actual iPhone for $1000?
- JohnFen 8y ago
  iPhones don't appeal to me regardless of price point. I would guess that people for whom an iPhone-like experience is appealing would buy an iPhone. You can pick up older used models in the $200 price range right now.
- pdimitar 8y ago
  - Better battery life (if you disable background app refresh). - Unified and consistent UI (subjective but I like it). - No ads or privacy threats in general unless you try really hard to make them work on your iDevice. - Guaranteed OS updates for 5+ years. I'm probably forgetting some more. An "iPhone experience" on an Android won't be even close to an iPhone. It could be used as a tease to prompt people to switch to an iPhone, though.
- evilduck 8y ago
  Google squandered all of their goodwill is why. People no longer believe they can maintain new initiatives long term.
JohnFen 8y ago
> News, music, video and premium features on top of things like maps. I wonder how well such an approach would do. I know that it wouldn't interest me, as I don't want the "premium features" you mention, I'd just want maps. Others might only want the news and not the other stuff, etc. But I don't know how many people are like me.

throw_away 8y ago

Heh, following the apple branding, they could call it google+

snaky 8y ago

We can imagine something like 'an iPhone experience' pack for Android, and it's technically feasible - and may attract some attention from the customers. But the question is - if you could get 'a pretty much iPhone' in your $200 Android for a couple of bucks a month, why would you ever buy an actual iPhone for $1000?

JohnFen 8y ago
iPhones don't appeal to me regardless of price point. I would guess that people for whom an iPhone-like experience is appealing would buy an iPhone. You can pick up older used models in the $200 price range right now.
pdimitar 8y ago
- Better battery life (if you disable background app refresh). - Unified and consistent UI (subjective but I like it). - No ads or privacy threats in general unless you try really hard to make them work on your iDevice. - Guaranteed OS updates for 5+ years. I'm probably forgetting some more. An "iPhone experience" on an Android won't be even close to an iPhone. It could be used as a tease to prompt people to switch to an iPhone, though.
evilduck 8y ago
Google squandered all of their goodwill is why. People no longer believe they can maintain new initiatives long term.

JohnFen 8y ago

> News, music, video and premium features on top of things like maps. I wonder how well such an approach would do. I know that it wouldn't interest me, as I don't want the "premium features" you mention, I'd just want maps. Others might only want the news and not the other stuff, etc. But I don't know how many people are like me.