Re:Apple sues Canadian recycling firm for reselling 100k dev...
by x0x0 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @06:19PM
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> Why do you assume a consumer buying a low-cost used Apple device would prefer a new device over a low-cost competitor's device? Obviously they already chose based on price.
Apple has relatively high repurchase rates, crossing market segments.
> Why are you making judgements
Their focus on preventing third-party repairs to their devices, preferring to sell expensive repairs or force customers to purchase new devices.
Secondarily, their focus on dollar extraction. Upselling chargers or cables; using their app-store to collect a 30% tax on all transactions, even to the point of attempting to blackmail wordpress for a revenue share. (The fact they walked it back after negative publicity doesn't change that they tried.)
Apple has relatively high repurchase rates, crossing market segments.
> Why are you making judgements
Their focus on preventing third-party repairs to their devices, preferring to sell expensive repairs or force customers to purchase new devices.
Secondarily, their focus on dollar extraction. Upselling chargers or cables; using their app-store to collect a 30% tax on all transactions, even to the point of attempting to blackmail wordpress for a revenue share. (The fact they walked it back after negative publicity doesn't change that they tried.)