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$999 Monitor stand. I dont want to argue or nitpick each and every product (just like good discussion and it's their company they can charge what they want and

by ProAm 4y ago

$999 Monitor stand. I dont want to argue or nitpick each and every product (just like good discussion and it's their company they can charge what they want and people can spend their money as they deem fit). But look at their profit margin, look at their lock-in for accessories, look at their repair prices (they are slowly being clawed away from them legally), they've only recently created good laptops after about 12 years of not good laptops (see keyboards, touchbars, lack of upgrading for years and still charging the same price for tech that was 5 yrs old). But there is a reason they have so much money on hand, for much of the 2000-2010 they were the wealthiest company (public that we know about ignoring nation state oil companies, etc...) in the world.

rootusrootus 4y ago
> $999 Monitor stand. I'm not an Apple fanboy, even if I'm probably starting to sound like one. I thought the stand price was only scandalous because so many of us were unfamiliar with what competing hardware in that market niche normally costs? Wasn't it competitive compared to what the competition was selling? It's been a while, but I vaguely remember that being the outcome of that. I have less opinion on their repair prices in general, though I have to say that what they charge for display replacement is not much more than the cheapest third party. It might be argued that this means the hardware is overpriced, but I don't have a basis for that claim so I won't make it. I do wish they had ditched the unreliable keyboards faster. I actually like the touchbar when I'm using the laptop as a laptop, but I'd prefer it was in addition to the function keys rather than replacing them. Although on my M1 the ESC key and power button are real, so I'm 95% good with it as is. I wish they'd have found a way to keep it, but maybe the PR damage had already been done. For certain use cases it sure is handy.

by ProAm 4y ago

rootusrootus 4y ago

> $999 Monitor stand. I'm not an Apple fanboy, even if I'm probably starting to sound like one. I thought the stand price was only scandalous because so many of us were unfamiliar with what competing hardware in that market niche normally costs? Wasn't it competitive compared to what the competition was selling? It's been a while, but I vaguely remember that being the outcome of that. I have less opinion on their repair prices in general, though I have to say that what they charge for display replacement is not much more than the cheapest third party. It might be argued that this means the hardware is overpriced, but I don't have a basis for that claim so I won't make it. I do wish they had ditched the unreliable keyboards faster. I actually like the touchbar when I'm using the laptop as a laptop, but I'd prefer it was in addition to the function keys rather than replacing them. Although on my M1 the ESC key and power button are real, so I'm 95% good with it as is. I wish they'd have found a way to keep it, but maybe the PR damage had already been done. For certain use cases it sure is handy.