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Re:Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost by christophilus on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:50PM (#30278301)
What? I buy iPhones because they work, are simple, are supported for a long, long time, and aren't riddled with trackers, trojans, and whatever the heck Android generally has baked in. I have very few apps on my iPhone other than the ones that come pre-installed (by Apple, not by my cell provider).

I'm sure I'm atypical, but I do wonder how much an app-developer rebellion would really affect folks. I can't imagine my wife or parents switching to Android even if all of the non-Apple apps were to disappear tomorrow.

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Re:Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost by kelnos on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:15PM (#30278584)
> I can't imagine my wife or parents switching to Android even if all of the non-Apple apps were to disappear tomorrow.

That seems surprising. Do your wife and parents not use Uber/Lyft/etc.? Do they not use any banking apps? Do they not use any social media apps? Yelp? Food delivery apps? Messaging apps aside from iMessage? Video streaming apps? And that's just from looking at one of my home screens!

Do you really believe they'd be happy with a phone that suddenly couldn't do all that anymore? I very much doubt that.

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Re:Apple’s profit is always the priority–no matter the cost by bhelkey on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:20PM (#30278638)
The App Store supported over half a trillion dollars in billings and sales in 2019[1]. According to Satista, that is more than the global coffee market[2].

[1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apples-app-store-ecos...

[2] https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/hot-drinks/coffee/world....

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