Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon?

Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by Dylan16807 on Monday November 30, 2020 @05:35AM (#25252430)

> whole package margin

> If the services aren’t generating that margin, the hardware is making it up.

I really don't like that way of looking at profits.

Going by that standard, if you sell a thousand dollar device with $260 in margin and no software, everything is great.

But then if you add on $600 in software to increase your margin to $330, that's bad somehow?

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by eyelidlessness on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:48AM (#25254957)

Huh? I wasn’t making a value judgment at all, just observing Apple’s historical behavior. That is how they look at profit. And they move all sorts of revenue around to make certain price points more appealing. Mac mini gets cheaper at entry level, macOS is free. To the extent those are lower margin, they make it up in services or other hardware lines.

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by Dylan16807 on Monday November 30, 2020 @01:53PM (#25257418)

Huh? I wasn't judging you at all, just insulting Apple's historical behavior, how they look at profit.

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