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You call it price discrimination, I call it artificial scarcity. When the price difference is a single feature, more memory, I think most people do not perceive
by curiousdannii 14y ago
You call it price discrimination, I call it artificial scarcity. When the price difference is a single feature, more memory, I think most people do not perceive a value difference that is in proportion to the price difference. (It would arguably be different if there were differences other than memory as you might be buying a more holistic upgrade, even if the overall profit was the same.) But as Apple will not add SD card expansion slots, what can you do? Value extracted indeed.
- bunderbunder 14y agoThey don't need most people to perceive a value difference in proportion to a price difference. Just enough members of their customer base to increase their profits overall. If you don't like it, you're perfectly free to stomp away and go buy an Android tablet with an SD card slot. Don't worry, Apple won't mind. They'll be too busy counting their enormous stacks of cash to take notice.