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Re:The Troubling Economics of Food Halls by gruez on Monday October 07, 2019 @10:42AM (#21181409)
>Alcohol : iMessage

What? Alcohol is high margin. iMessage has zero revenue and is a loss leader. Also, you can offer/sell any chat apps you want on the App Store, unlike with alcohol in Donaldson's food hall.

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Re:The Troubling Economics of Food Halls by wbradley on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:20PM (#21183414)
Yeah, that's true. I could have chosen a better example there. I was trying to pick a tech that Apple tended to prevent competition in back then. Perhaps Safari/Webkit would have been a better example.
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Re:The Troubling Economics of Food Halls by redisman on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:41PM (#21183709)
iMessage is more like... seats or heating in the food hall.
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