At the price of the dual charger Samsung introduced last week, the Apple 3-device charger would be an absolute steal at $149.Hey kids!
Once upon a time, Apple made truly clever products that were several steps ahead of anything the rest of the industry could come close to. They also marketed them fantastically well. Even when unboxing said hardware, you could really feel the attention to detail that had gone into production. They felt 'special'.
Then, 10 years later, Apple invented the iPhone, grew into a multi-billion-dollar (touching on trillion) behemoth on the back of it, with such obscene amounts of cash reserves, they lost sight of their vision along with their visionary leader. From that point on, even those loyal customers affluent (and some said stupid) enough to continue buying their products, were treated with contempt, effectively as unpaid beta testers on substandard products. Flaws and gimmicks were the name of the game, anything to bolster those shares. Meanwhile the extortionate price gouging on accessories continued apace.
Arrogance. Hubris. Greed.
The End.
[doublepost=1534193036][/doublepost]p.s. In the inimitable words of my avatar, for a wired 'wireless' charger that costs 150 notes, Apple can go bite my shiny golden metal ass...
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You're being too literal. Extortionate has a definition other than in the legal/criminal sense. It means grossly excessive. He was using the term correctly in the context. Maybe use an online dictionary next time eh.