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Neither did Apple, Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft. They already got paid for their iPhones, Xboxes, PS4s and Switches (consoles have stopped being sold with a loss

by izacus 3y ago

Neither did Apple, Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft. They already got paid for their iPhones, Xboxes, PS4s and Switches (consoles have stopped being sold with a loss around PS3 generation). Apple earns fat profits and margins on their hardware especially. Primary value is created by game developers, app developers and other people building things on top of those platforms.

shuckles 3y ago
If you believe this, then clearly you should believe that Spotify should be free after initial payment. After all, the recording artist was already paid, the mp3 exists, and the incremental cost to stream a song approaches $0.
- izacus 3y ago
  No, I don't clearly believe that. Don't strawman.
  - shuckles 3y ago
    It’s not a strawman. It’s an application of your claim that up front payment gives rights to perpetual and arbitrary use of a product. Content DRM is as arbitrary and artificial as any iOS limitation.