So you just look at the tablet and don't consume any content on it? I buy a tablet not to get a tablet, but to do things with it, just like you buy a console to

So you just look at the tablet and don't consume any content on it? I buy a tablet not to get a tablet, but to do things with it, just like you buy a console to play video games. Of course everyone caters to who's paying the bills, if not you're out of business. I figure this is more or less common knowledge. But you have to realize that deciding who pays the bills is hardly ever only your company. In Apple's case especially, there are often 3rd parties paying their bills. Like I mentioned, cell providers pay a huge chunk of their revenue to get the iphone, app developers pay them to create apps on their devices, etc. They do not pay all the bills without third parties. And even though this is the case, I don't think there's anything wrong with 3rd parties being involved. And if you did (which it seems you do), you should have mentioned this in your post - not just that you generically think there's something wrong with it, but what exactly is wrong with it. Then talk about how consumers would be totally ok with massive price increases on these products and what benefits that would be traded for.