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That should be included in device cost. It is unacceptable that they prevent users who paid for the device from installing programs outside of apples walled gar
by jdnenej 7y ago
That should be included in device cost. It is unacceptable that they prevent users who paid for the device from installing programs outside of apples walled garden
- mratsim 7y agoConsole developers would like to have a word with you.
- braythwayt 7y agoIf we find Apple extracting rent from apps unacceptable, we look no further than a mirror for the cause. We the public don’t want to pay full freight for hardware. Microsoft used to boast that they made more money from Apple systems than Apple did. Google does that to Android device makers today. If platform makers don’t extract rent, or compete with the developers they court, they will look for other sources of revenue to stay profitable. I would be aghast if Apple hardware came loaded with the kind of Junkware I recall from the years I bought Windows hardware.
- x0x0 7y agoAre you arguing Apple needs to juice their hardware profit margins? Because my understanding is they're very healthy and the envy of the computing and mobile phone industries. The neglect of the mac app store feels of a piece with their utter neglect of the mac platform. They seem to be treating it as a runout.