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Apple does the opposite by giving away their software and design “for free” and making up for it with hardware margins.
by makeramen 6y ago
Apple does the opposite by giving away their software and design “for free” and making up for it with hardware margins.
- pmontra 6y agoThey give away their software but get a 30% on the software made by other companies and do their best not to let those companies get paid by other means than Apple's stores. I think this was the point of GP.
- Reason077 6y ago> "They give away their software but get a 30% on the software made by other companies" Not on Mac they don't. macOS isn't tied to the App Store in the same way that iOS devices are, and it probably accounts for a tiny percentage of third-party Mac software sales by value.