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You are arguing a straw man, and it’s quite obvious the price of hardware doesn’t cover the cost of iOS development because iPhones don’t cost much more than An
by shuckles 6y ago
You are arguing a straw man, and it’s quite obvious the price of hardware doesn’t cover the cost of iOS development because iPhones don’t cost much more than Android flagships, where the smartphone maker gets the OS for nearly free (and with little after-sales support!).
- nolok 6y agoYou are weirdly confused trying to compare two different things. Apple's financial results are public and you should check them because you will see that they make a massive amount of profit on their iphones, and they actively separates those numbers from their "services" (appstore and icloud) numbers. Apple themselves disagree with you in their financial statement.
- shuckles 6y agoIt’s really unclear what your point is or how you are engaging with my question about accounting for the “costs” of running the 2nd most successful application platform in history, after the web. It is undoubtedly much higher than the cost of running a store, but how much? iPhone gross margins are about 35%. Even if it was a loss leader, $350 for five years of iOS is obviously underpriced, so I’m not sure what you mean with your reference to financial statements.
- username90 6y ago> $350 for five years of iOS is obviously underpriced No it isn't, windows is much cheaper than that.
- shuckles 6y agoEvery major release of Windows costs over $100, and iOS has a major release annually. Trying to compare iOS and Windows without any adjustments whatsoever is almost comical.