Apple's March 25 Event

[Hellion]

15 hours ago, 79wjd said:

That's not locked into a walker garden ecosystem. That's plain and simply a service rather than a physical good. Most services (not just in tech), by their very nature, are ephemeral.

 

But I guess you must have built your own ISP, gas/electric plant, delivery service, etc... So the many benefits and very obvious walled garden pitfalls of services don't apply to you.

You know that in a lot of states it's actually illigal to live off the land since the government does not benefit from taxes by doing so right?

 

Also, your one example is not all encompassing. Many of Apples products are exclusive to that platform.

[79wjd]

1 hour ago, Hellion said:

You know that in a lot of states it's actually illigal to live off the land since the government does not benefit from taxes by doing so right?

 

Also, your one example is not all encompassing. Many of Apples products are exclusive to that platform.

Many Apple products are, sure. However, the topic focuses on streaming services like Apple Music, making it the best comparator. Given that the goal of Apple's services is to increase profits in a world where a minority of devices are Apple devices and where upgrade rates are slowing, it makes perfect sense to assume that any additional streaming services would follow a similar model to their existing streaming service.

[Stormseeker9]

On 3/13/2019 at 11:35 PM, Blademaster91 said:

I think its a smart decision for them, as Apple keeps increasing prices of their phones despite lower sales,and macs don't account for much of their overall profits.

‘Smart decision’ - more like forced too... they shouldn’t have these ridiculous prices in their products - cause once you peel the beautiful skin away.. some shit lacks hard compared to what you could get for that money