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I’ve never seen Apple have its customers pay tens of thousands extra for a feature, release it to them years after it was promised, and then wrap it up in an ND

I’ve never seen Apple have its customers pay tens of thousands extra for a feature, release it to them years after it was promised, and then wrap it up in an NDA.

sieabah 5y ago
The entire iPhone lineup not on your radar? It describes Apples' approach to taking features from others and giving them as "breathtaking" innovations 2-4 years later for a lump sum of now $1500/phone. Don't like the car or the price then don't buy it.
rsynnott 5y ago
Notoriously, Apple did the opposite, ostensibly for SOX compliance reasons. I’m pretty sure I paid 12 euro or so at some point to enable 802.11n (or g?) at some point; the claim was that they couldn’t recognise revenue for something that didn’t exist yet, so had to charge separately after the standard was completed. (Apparently it was n, and also cheaper than I remember : https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apples-802-11n-accounting-conundrum/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apples-802-11n-accountin...