Do you think stores actually make their own competing products? Not generally. They're made by the same kinds and sometimes even the same exact manufacturers of the products they "compete" with, so independent manufacturers are still getting paid. Kirkland brand diapers are just Huggies. Kirkland isn't opening a diaper factory to compete with Huggies. They're offering the same exact product at a better price and Huggies is still getting paid.
That only works until Google hires a bunch of mercenaries and invades. Then Apple becomes Google.
This is definitely true. And you will see "compare to product X" on the label too. It is still a different brand and often sold at a lower price than what the actual manufacture (sometimes) would sell the same thing for. They are getting paid a lower price though. More of it is going to the store.
Yes, I agree. But, it is a lower priced product that many people don't know "huggies" in this instance is making. So consumers have a choice (albeit somewhat false one) that the store brand is cheaper, and maybe of lesser quality than Huggies name brand. People still prefer to buy one over the other even at the price difference.
No to fiber and satellite. Cellular will be a worse experience than I have now.
And once you step outside the US, the tables turn dramatically. Chalk it up to people's income, and preferences. They have a choice in OS (iOS and Android). They have more choices in physical devices.
Also it could be argued that Apple’s music business just evolved with the times. iTunes was around before Spotify was.
Apple is still a drop in the bucket. Less than 50% depending on what you consider to your market which can be global, continental, state, city or municipality. However we’ll find out if operating system choice really plays a part in all of this.
So really you're not trapped and have another option. You've simply chosen the least bad one. You're not necessarily in love with Spectrum, it's just that on the whole, what they offer is better than a wireless provider. It seems that in your view Spectrum could make some improvements to improve your experience as a customer.
Wholesale vs consignment. Same difference just different purchasing times. Pre or post.
Exactly. But the over reactions is that the developer wants $13 and is losing $4 to Apple's fee.
Wow pot kettle thing? So it’s okay to repeat trope but not discuss it? If you believe a post doesn’t meet the guidelines of MR debate, please report it.
The question wasn't about following guidelines, it was about motivation and purpose. In any case, you weren't discussing a trope. You were simply calling things tropes that aren't actually tropes.
Easiest way for Apple to avoid scrutiny by the DoJ and from other countries is to just spin off the App Store business.
Not sure where you want to be at the end of this conversation. But the last few posts have been off-topic. Youre welcome to post a reply to a post in context with this apparently controversial topic of the ceo of apple meeting with the doj - if you have a comment on that aspect of the discussion.
Do as I say, and not as I do. Got it. At any rate this is about 6 off-topic posts too many at this point.
That is true. And it's also true that a store cannot prevent the maker of a product from selling said product on their own, through their own store, or at another store. This is not the case with Apple.
