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Would the iPhone be as successful if it wasn't reasonable?
by cesarvarela 3y ago
Would the iPhone be as successful if it wasn't reasonable?
- danbruc 3y agoThere are always two limits, what producing something costs and how much people value the thing and are therefore willing to pay for it. The actual prize must be somewhere in that range. A thing is a success because the prize is less than what people are willing to pay but they might still be overpaying if a lack of competition does not drive the prize down towards the costs of production.
- novagameco 3y agoWell the iPhone is a worse device than a flagship android already, so I think it would still remain popular because of the fashion aspect of being an apple user
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- incrudible 3y agoWorse by some arbitrary metric that supports your point of view.
- novagameco 3y agoYou can easily sideload apps on android with only one setting change. This alone makes Android better than iPhone
- incrudible 3y agoI'm aware of that and yet I find iPhone to be the better platform. Now what?
- Bud 3y ago[dead]
- plagiarist 3y agoThat seems like a false dichotomy. Anyway, it's unprovable either true or false, because no evidence exists. Let's just assert that it's false, then. Let's say 30% is unreasonable, and that iPhones would be as successful even with yet more unreasonable developer fees.
- incrudible 3y agoWould the iPhone be as successful if it took a 99% cut and nobody would bother developing paid apps for it? Probably not. Whether 30% is the sweet spot is unclear, but given that there is plenty of paid apps on the platform, why would it be unreasonable?
- plagiarist 3y agoMinimum wage is unreasonable IMO and plenty of people will work for that amount.