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There's a not-insignificant number of people that want to do more with their Mac than run software from a single marketplace.

• zarkov99 6y ago
  Yes, I am one, but is Apple really better off selling more machines but having fewer people inside their eco-system?
  • tadfisher 6y ago
    Presumably those people would just not buy Apple hardware if buying into the ecosystem was a requirement. So if that number is non-zero, and Apple sells hardware above cost, then yes, Apple is better off selling only its hardware and not its services to this small subset of the market.
    • zarkov99 6y ago
      Thats the thing though. The hardware is so good that there are people who would run Linux on the Mac if they could, but since they can't they cave in and just run MacOS. I have an M1 and its so much better than my Linux XPS 15 that I just end up using the M1 (and getting sucked into their eco-system). And this is just their first release!
      • ravi-delia 6y ago
        But it's not like they get a whole lot more money from someone being 'in the ecosystem'. The main thing would be an iphone, but even counting that I think that they'd make more selling the hardware with a little flexibility than hoping to lure people in. The fact of the matter is that the M1 isn't just a good laptop, it is the best, and the next round will be better. That's enough of a sales pitch that honestly the software might be holding them back.
      • pjmlp 6y ago
        Or they could, I don't know, help Linux OEMs reach that level.
  • nyolfen 6y ago
    they may be better off in future antitrust proceedings
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