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Nah, Apple was WAY more of a status-symbol when it wasn't the current penny-pinching entity addicted to "services" and IAP. There's nothing "high status" in ha
by whstl 3y ago
Nah, Apple was WAY more of a status-symbol when it wasn't the current penny-pinching entity addicted to "services" and IAP.
There's nothing "high status" in having advertisements in the Settings app.
- toyg 3y agoI don't disagree, Apple's brand was built before the current shenanigans were even possible. "Think different", am I right? I'm just saying that the previous investment in brand-building can now be leveraged into defending the indefensible.
- whstl 3y agoYep, exactly. IAP and advertisements in settings is the opposite of "Think different". Apple Music and Apple TV+, sure. But the 30% from Spotify and Netfix, and other shenanigans... not so much :/