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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by nine_k on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:38PM (#33501220)
US salaries are much higher. What looks like a reasonable spending on quality and privacy (especially with an operator offering a loan) when you make $180k, may look senseless display of wealth when you make $90k.

Replace iPhone with something like Vertu.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by mdmglr on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:46PM (#33501276)
I'm glad you know every European iPhone owners' financial situation. Good for you.

Also I happen to live part of the year in Europe. And found the price of Apple products to be within 10% of Apple US.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by arvindamirtaa on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:59PM (#33501379)
I'm glad you do
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by nine_k on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:24AM (#33501894)
The thing is that I have a ton of friends all over EU, UK, and Switzerland, and have an idea of the salaries, mostly in the IT. I'm not speaking from some theoretical assumptions.

I don't need to know the financial situation of the iPhone owners. I need to know the financial situation of the 50% of population, to compare to the 50% penetration rate in the US.

As much as I understand, phone carriers / operators subsidize phones in Europe to a much smaller extent than in the US, too.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by scarface74 on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:33AM (#33501950)
So your friends in IT are representative?
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by nine_k on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:09AM (#33502700)
They are hold comparable positions in several countries, in Europe and in US.
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by scarface74 on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:10AM (#33504370)
And that makes them representative of the broader population of all users?
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by bombolo on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:12AM (#33501463)
privacy? Don't you mean "money spent in advertising more privacy while at the same time not having it?"
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