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Drop apple tv to $69 but price gouge us on the watches
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There's a plethora of ways Watch prices can be argued, either Pro or Con. At the end of the day price is relatively meaningless.
Apple doesn't _need_ to sell a certain number of watches. They have so much money at this point Apple is nearly untouchable. With high volume success Apple will brag and gush.
Conversely if it only sells a limited amount Apple will apply it's best spin and sell people a different story. It no longer matters when you're as big and well liked as Apple.
Apple doesn't _need_ to sell a certain number of watches. They have so much money at this point Apple is nearly untouchable. With high volume success Apple will brag and gush.
Conversely if it only sells a limited amount Apple will apply it's best spin and sell people a different story. It no longer matters when you're as big and well liked as Apple.
Apple TV's original price was like what $300 ? It hasn't been updated in years and the components are getting cheaper and cheaper to make so it makes sense they dropped the price. So logically that's why it got cheaper.
They probably dont even make that much off the Apple TV anyway and why not drop the price to sell more and add to the popularity and the exposure of the device and use it as trojan horse (like the Ipod was for the Iphone and Iphone was to the Ipad and how all three were for the Mac) to sell more Apple products for the use of Airplay and to sell more Itunes content. Business wise that's why it makes sense.
They probably dont even make that much off the Apple TV anyway and why not drop the price to sell more and add to the popularity and the exposure of the device and use it as trojan horse (like the Ipod was for the Iphone and Iphone was to the Ipad and how all three were for the Mac) to sell more Apple products for the use of Airplay and to sell more Itunes content. Business wise that's why it makes sense.
Comparing a product that you don't have to buy to rape is not only highly offensive and uncalled for, but it's really ridiculous.
I think you can choose better words to describe what you're feeling.
Price gouging only relates to necessities, mostly in times of need. It makes no sense to use it with the Apple Watch.
It's a huge pet peeve of mine when people use gouging in this way.
It's a huge pet peeve of mine when people use gouging in this way.
But it does its a public company and much of its financial power is in its market cap and the CEO who led that company to that golden pot is deceased and there are doubts about whether the current CEO can successfully bring a all new product category to market. Then sales and revenues #s for that 1st new high profile all new product category product matter. They don't have to eye-popping, but they must be respectable. There is no spinning poor sales with this level of publicity.
Personally, I think the $349 starting price is fair and reasonable. I also really doubt anyone at Apple or on Wall St. thinks a whole lot of $17K watches will be sold, or even $10K, or even $1K. The goal post is planted around $650. It is amusing though to see some people here get all up in arms about it.
I'll prepare the fainting couch for you while the grown-ups over here take the asking price into account when deciding whether or not to buy a luxury item, instead of just demanding it be cheaper because we want it to be.
You want a cheap watch? Go to Dollar General or the drug store.
I've got an Apple TV and a Roku 3, I'd hardly say the Apple TV is laughably bad, in fact I prefer it. As far as limited I only wish it supported one feature that it does not: Amazon VOD. That's the only reason I keep the Roku 3 around.
Did you know you can AirPlay from the Amazon app on your phone or iPad to Apple TV? It's kind of a pointless restriction if you ask me, but it works quite well.
I have both as well. In addition to the much larger channel store, Roku 3 loads channels significantly faster, and has cool features like the headphone jack in the remote. Laughable is harsh, I agree, but it certainly lags behind the Roku in every way. So much to the point that I never turn on the Apple TV anymore. In fact, even people like Andy Ihnatko of MacBreak Weekly say the same thing, the Apple TV just collects dust while the Roku gets all the use.