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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by Fnoord on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:20PM (#20570211)
> whereas the hate on Amazon is really about one thing.. that ol "makes no profit" canard.

Ahem [1], and while we're at it, [2]

My criticism to Apple isn't that they're being expensive; it is related to right to repair and their constant efforts to hamper that. Amazon just undercuts everyone, and Turk globalizes cheap workforce. For ridiculous low payment. These are just 2 examples you did not mention. You can read more in the sources below.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amazon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by privateSFacct on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:09PM (#20570843)
People have historically been willing to pay apple more because in part of how seamlessly integrated their products are. I bought a “repairable” android and it was junk / not updated. My old iPhones have kept value far better than friends androids after 3 years. Apple is doing something that preserves phones value (ie, they may actually maintain them for longer with updates etc vs their “repairable” competitors.

And I’ve never had a problem getting my phone repaired

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by jvagner on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:48PM (#20570407)
I don’t disagree with that, but I don’t think the market cares about that.. w/r/t Apple.

I wish they weren’t targeting the masses so completely. iPhones shouldn’t have the absolute worst charging tech in the box.

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