stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years agoApple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensivewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkApple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensivewww.theverge.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGigglyBobble@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoAnd yet, people buy iPhones instead of 3 Mac minis.
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minus-squareGigglyBobble@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoMy point is that Apple is price gouging. Neither one counter example nor whataboutism change the fact that Apple products are overpriced in general (and always have been). Or how do you explain their unparalleled profit margins?
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWhat is ‘captive labor’ for $800, Alex
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minus-squaretrachemys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoConsumers should buy the cheapest quality product the market will bear. Anything else would be a disservice to their peers.
minus-squareGigglyBobble@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah. Well, the whole point since the top level comment has been that people are willing to pay too much for their hardware… I give up. Stay happy with your overpriced devices.
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minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years ago Feel free to use whatever Android device you can afford. I say this as an Apple user: Really, dude? Really?
And yet, people buy iPhones instead of 3 Mac minis.
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My point is that Apple is price gouging.
Neither one counter example nor whataboutism change the fact that Apple products are overpriced in general (and always have been). Or how do you explain their unparalleled profit margins?
What is ‘captive labor’ for $800, Alex
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Consumers should buy the cheapest quality product the market will bear. Anything else would be a disservice to their peers.
Yeah. Well, the whole point since the top level comment has been that people are willing to pay too much for their hardware…
I give up. Stay happy with your overpriced devices.
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I say this as an Apple user: Really, dude? Really?