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> cost of maintaining the iOS platform should be covered by the cost of selling the hardware Let's get right to the crux of the issue here. Who are you to deci

> cost of maintaining the iOS platform should be covered by the cost of selling the hardware Let's get right to the crux of the issue here. Who are you to decide how apple should run their business and how they should recoup their R&D investments? A business is free to charge what it wants for what it makes. You are free to buy or not. Should razors also be priced higher to be self-funding so that blades can be cheaper? Should airlines change their pricing structure? Who gave you a right to dictate how a business you do not own is run?

horseradish7k 1y ago
i can cut myself with the razor blades after i purchase them and nobody can stop me. who gave apple the right to dictate how i use their product after they sold it to me (and is not something they own anymore)?
justinrubek 1y ago
I'm having trouble viewing this as a serious continuation of discussion. If the razor company wanted me to only use their razor blades and went to the effort of installing an electronic verification system to ensure that I don't slot other razors in (despite them fitting) then it would be a much more apt comparison. Who gave us the right? We're the humans here, not the corporations. We don't need to be given the right. Who gave them the right to "sell" us a device that they control to this level? We did. We can take it away, too, particularly when it causes more harm than benefit.
- 1659447091 1y ago
  The comparison is more like, if you buy Gillette Fusion handle you need to buy Fusion blades not Mach3 blades and certainly not generic/universal blades unless you plan on not using the handle or jailbreaking it by duct taping it on to the handle somehow. If you don't like that setup, then you are probably better off getting a safety razor that uses what ever generic standard blade you wish to throw at it -- but you won't be getting reliability of buying into the proprietary Gillette system.
  - wpm 1y ago
    Ok but not do one where there are only two razor manufacturers you can use.
    - 1659447091 1y ago
      The comparison was with 2 razors. Proprietary Razor System and generic other razor systems that you are free to install questionable blades into as you see fit. As far as phones, there are more than 2 manufacturers, and more than 2 operation systems and ecosystems.

horseradish7k 1y ago

i can cut myself with the razor blades after i purchase them and nobody can stop me. who gave apple the right to dictate how i use their product after they sold it to me (and is not something they own anymore)?

justinrubek 1y ago

I'm having trouble viewing this as a serious continuation of discussion. If the razor company wanted me to only use their razor blades and went to the effort of installing an electronic verification system to ensure that I don't slot other razors in (despite them fitting) then it would be a much more apt comparison. Who gave us the right? We're the humans here, not the corporations. We don't need to be given the right. Who gave them the right to "sell" us a device that they control to this level? We did. We can take it away, too, particularly when it causes more harm than benefit.

1659447091 1y ago
The comparison is more like, if you buy Gillette Fusion handle you need to buy Fusion blades not Mach3 blades and certainly not generic/universal blades unless you plan on not using the handle or jailbreaking it by duct taping it on to the handle somehow. If you don't like that setup, then you are probably better off getting a safety razor that uses what ever generic standard blade you wish to throw at it -- but you won't be getting reliability of buying into the proprietary Gillette system.
- wpm 1y ago
  Ok but not do one where there are only two razor manufacturers you can use.
  - 1659447091 1y ago
    The comparison was with 2 razors. Proprietary Razor System and generic other razor systems that you are free to install questionable blades into as you see fit. As far as phones, there are more than 2 manufacturers, and more than 2 operation systems and ecosystems.