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This is them doing that but also trying to do what Android did, capture the bulk of the market and leave the ultra-ridiculously-high-end to Apple.
by burnte 3y ago
This is them doing that but also trying to do what Android did, capture the bulk of the market and leave the ultra-ridiculously-high-end to Apple.
- criddell 3y agoSo create a big market where nobody makes much money to compete with Apple's smaller market that captures absurd margins?
- b112 3y agoDo devs really capture absurd margins? Or does Apple, leaving the dev with a pittance?
- criddell 3y agoI thought ultra-ridiculously-high-end was referring mostly to Apple hardware and bundled software.
- burnte 3y agoI mostly meant when Apple goes crazy like Vision Pro being $3500, Mac Studio and Mac Pro prices, etc. Those are low-volume items and I think Vision Pro will be relegated to that niche too. If they cut a lot of useless fluff like the eyeball cams/screens, and focus on fit/price they can have a good V2. But the "spatial computing" thing was dead on arrival, it'll never take off as it hasn't taken off in 40 years. People don't want to wave their arms in the air all day.
- awad 3y agoWhile we can debate plenty on what the right amount of App Store fees might be, it is objectively true that developers absolutely care about the market of available consumers on the high end platform.