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Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work by detaro on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:27PM (#23579946)
Do you price your subscriptions purely by the marginal expense of serving the content/service to another customer? Or do you price them according to what the market will pay for your product?
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Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work by sukilot on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:46PM (#23580090)
Totally different. The goal here is to maximize my profit and minimize my expenses.
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Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work by detaro on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:52PM (#23580136)
Then don't be surprised that Apple works to maximize their profits too. Which neatly answers the question why Apple does pricing like that.
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Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work by thrwyoilarticle on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:06PM (#23580604)
It's not different, both are price discrimination. If they cut the price for the expensive products' apps, they'll have to raise it for the inexpensive products' apps. If the inexpensive products can't afford it, they won't have an app.
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Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work by TulliusCicero on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:37PM (#23580424)
Do you think that isn't the goal for Apple?
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