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> Where's Instacart without a high-quality barcode scanner^W^Wcamera in the pocket of every shopper? Fairly certain that I, the iPhone owner, paid for that in
by FireBeyond 5y ago
> Where's Instacart without a high-quality barcode scanner^W^Wcamera in the pocket of every shopper?
Fairly certain that I, the iPhone owner, paid for that in full. Plus a healthy margin.
- Spivak 5y agoI guess but that's not really how services like that work. And iOS is 100% a service with customer owned hardware. The real cost of your iPhone is paid by every publisher that wants to sell you stuff on your phone. Amazon operates this way, DoorDash operates this way. You aren't paying the cost of your deliveries, sure you get charged a fee but the bulk is paid by the seller forking over 30% of their revenue for the privilege of selling to you. Just because you're paying doesn't mean you aren't the product.