Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote app store competition

Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by judge2020 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:28AM (#28152327)

> I love this idea - I paid a grand for this thing, I should be able to run whatever I like on it.

The price shouldn't matter. If Apple sold it for $1, losing hundreds of dollars in raw materials per purchase, would you still say that? In both price scenarios, Apple expects pay on the back-end in the form of the 30% cut they take from app purchases and in-app purchases. It's the same with consoles - they're basically sold at a loss or very near-cost (eg. the $500 PS5 might have a per-unit COGS of $450) which, with R&D costs, isn't profitable on its own without backend revenue to recoup that loss, ie. from game sales or PSN/Xbox Live.

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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by musicale on Saturday August 14, 2021 @10:50PM (#28185879)

Sony recently confirmed that the $500 PS5 is no longer selling at a loss, thought the $400 PS5 Digital Edition still is.

I assume they are measuring it by component and manufacturing cost, and not counting amortized costs such as hardware and software R&D, digital infrastructure, marketing, etc., which are probably substantial.

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