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Re:Leaving the Mac App Store by djloche on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @01:44PM (#10657725)
Apple's core customers are iPhone and iPad customers now. They realized that catering to consumer electronics customers is far more profitable than catering to pc power users, and adjusted everything to fit the profit model that makes them the most money. At times, I wish they had spun off Apple Computer as a separate entity with OS X so that the computer division wouldn't have to sit and play fourth seat to the rest of the business.
Re:Leaving the Mac App Store by SneakerXZ on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @01:57PM (#10657813)
They sell a lot of Macs http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/27/apple-earnings-fy15-q3-2/ Killing that segment would be silly from them.
Re:Leaving the Mac App Store by djloche on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @03:48PM (#10658625)
It is silly, yet Apple continues to do things that are hostile to power users.