AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices

Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by ThePhysicist on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:49AM (#27569928)

Are you serious about this? They charge 400 USD for a plastic keyboard. I have a hard time believing these are subsidized prices, Apple has some of the highest profit margins in tech, some say only the drug cartels generate more profit per dollar of revenue.

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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by judge2020 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:58AM (#27570008)

You could say the same for the Maserati Ghibi which is inferior to BMW 5 series cars in nearly every way but costs tens of thousands more. If you think the profit margins are too large you can just not buy that product.

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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by austhrow743 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:06AM (#27570104)

>You could say the same for the Maserati Ghibi which is inferior to BMW 5 series cars in nearly every way but costs tens of thousands more.

Yeah so it would be ridiculous to say that Maserati would have to increase car prices if they couldn't profit as much off of after sale services.

>If you think the profit margins are too large you can just not buy that product.

Sure. Entirely irrelevant though.

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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by judge2020 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:24AM (#27570311)

Well, if they had to provide the same service guarantees without charging people for it, then you can bet it’d be factored into the initial price - I’m sure warranties heavily increase the price of cars since they have to do more engineering validation and testing.

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