> never once has Apple justified raising the price because they're 'privacy friendly'. No, but they have made privacy a key selling point of their platform and

> never once has Apple justified raising the price because they're 'privacy friendly'. No, but they have made privacy a key selling point of their platform and communicated that clearly to customers. Just because they never have formally stated “oh and by the way this increases the price of our products by X/unit”, doesn’t mean that feature isn’t included in the cost.