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Other companies are just as bad or worse, so consumers have no choice. Apple gets good will because at least the product is good, even though you spend twice as

Other companies are just as bad or worse, so consumers have no choice. Apple gets good will because at least the product is good, even though you spend twice as much. Nothing is worse than buying something and being disappointed. People would rather pay twice the price than suffer buyer's remorse. Love it or hate it, the apple products are still the best.

rustynails77 14y ago
Apple charger - about $26 for an original... About $3 for a knock-off (I just checked eBay). I have never had an unreliable bootleg charger yet. This is a little more than "double" (it's acutally 8x the price) and I can assure you, there's no noticeable quality difference, other than the shininess of the plastic. Please do not justify Apple's behaviour because others do it. Would you justify Pinochet because of Stalin? Unless there's a tangible benefit to society, you may want to reconsider your views.
- martinwiboe 14y ago
  Apparently there is a difference in quality: http://www.arcfn.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html http://www.arcfn.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-q...
- forensic 14y ago
  "Justify"? WTF? On what moral basis are you condemning Apple? Is this Aristotelian ethics? Medieval European ethics? Kantian deontology? I'm a modern consequentialist. I don't give a shit about "justification". Apple gets away with it because the power dynamics work out in such a way that they get away with it. If you want my moral argument, I argue that we should guillotine the super-rich, redistribute their wealth, tap the knowledge and expertise of the social sciences to rehabilitate the Earth, and create a technocratic Star Trek utopia. In that world, Apple will not even care to overcharge for their adapters because capitalism will be at the service of humanity's quality of life rather than vice versa.

rustynails77 14y ago

Apple charger - about $26 for an original... About $3 for a knock-off (I just checked eBay). I have never had an unreliable bootleg charger yet. This is a little more than "double" (it's acutally 8x the price) and I can assure you, there's no noticeable quality difference, other than the shininess of the plastic. Please do not justify Apple's behaviour because others do it. Would you justify Pinochet because of Stalin? Unless there's a tangible benefit to society, you may want to reconsider your views.

martinwiboe 14y ago
Apparently there is a difference in quality: http://www.arcfn.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html http://www.arcfn.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-q...
forensic 14y ago
"Justify"? WTF? On what moral basis are you condemning Apple? Is this Aristotelian ethics? Medieval European ethics? Kantian deontology? I'm a modern consequentialist. I don't give a shit about "justification". Apple gets away with it because the power dynamics work out in such a way that they get away with it. If you want my moral argument, I argue that we should guillotine the super-rich, redistribute their wealth, tap the knowledge and expertise of the social sciences to rehabilitate the Earth, and create a technocratic Star Trek utopia. In that world, Apple will not even care to overcharge for their adapters because capitalism will be at the service of humanity's quality of life rather than vice versa.