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isn't this by design coz apple's business practice includes storage upsell? if you are an avg mac consumer running out of space constantly and hitting that iss

isn't this by design coz apple's business practice includes storage upsell? if you are an avg mac consumer running out of space constantly and hitting that issue- you ask support/genius and they tell you to buy a bigger capacity more expensive mac or icloud storage as one of their "solutions".

coldtea 3y ago
Obviously no, because that's a very dubious way of getting sales. (a) An issue that the vast majority of the users wont ever see. (b) Those that would see it, would only see it after they already bought a Mac (with no storage upgrade option available to them to buy from Apple for their current Mac). (c) So Apple's is hoping that a handful of those would do what? Buy a new Mac immediately? Totally unlikely. Get their next Macs 2-5 years down the line with more disk space? (d) And all that combined with Apple already doing several things for the macOS to need less disk space, like the "sent online, storage restored, downloadable on demand" files feature introduced in the last OS, or a couple of rounds of prunning of the OS install size. In general this is the kind of conspiracy theory that totally misunderstands business tactics, their feasibility, and their margin for profit.
- duxup 3y ago
  Thank you. I grow weary of the internet meme that everything is some trick or scam, often including things that aren’t. https://youtu.be/zvRXp35rqjk https://youtu.be/zvRXp35rqjk
- kkarakk 3y ago
  any advice for buying a mac includes the tagline "get the max storage device that you can afford", i think mac's engineering is highly responsible for that mindset. people like you can claim it's not profitable but it does lead to situations where ppl buy storage sizes they don't need for "peace of mind". it's not as innocent as you imply it is. edit: don't forget apple solders their storage in nowadays, so buying anxiety multiplies as you can't just fix it later.

coldtea 3y ago

Obviously no, because that's a very dubious way of getting sales. (a) An issue that the vast majority of the users wont ever see. (b) Those that would see it, would only see it after they already bought a Mac (with no storage upgrade option available to them to buy from Apple for their current Mac). (c) So Apple's is hoping that a handful of those would do what? Buy a new Mac immediately? Totally unlikely. Get their next Macs 2-5 years down the line with more disk space? (d) And all that combined with Apple already doing several things for the macOS to need less disk space, like the "sent online, storage restored, downloadable on demand" files feature introduced in the last OS, or a couple of rounds of prunning of the OS install size. In general this is the kind of conspiracy theory that totally misunderstands business tactics, their feasibility, and their margin for profit.

duxup 3y ago
Thank you. I grow weary of the internet meme that everything is some trick or scam, often including things that aren’t. https://youtu.be/zvRXp35rqjk https://youtu.be/zvRXp35rqjk
kkarakk 3y ago
any advice for buying a mac includes the tagline "get the max storage device that you can afford", i think mac's engineering is highly responsible for that mindset. people like you can claim it's not profitable but it does lead to situations where ppl buy storage sizes they don't need for "peace of mind". it's not as innocent as you imply it is. edit: don't forget apple solders their storage in nowadays, so buying anxiety multiplies as you can't just fix it later.