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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by simbolit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @03:48PM (#38211041)
Why is everyone so sure Apple Car will be a thing?
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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by lrvick on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:56PM (#38212577)
Because Apple likes money, and cars have high profit margins.
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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by simbolit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:25PM (#38212847)
That is a good reason, but in and of itself, not a sufficient reason.

Chocolate has fantastic profit margins. No Apple chocolate. ... mhhhmm, apple chocolate, that sounds yummy.

A bit closer to home, fabbing microchips has great profit margins. Apple pays good money to TSMC.

Just because it's good money isn't enough reason, I am sorry.

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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by BryanBigs on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:33PM (#38213373)
Cars have very low profit margins. Last time I checked a few years ago, the gross margin on an average American car was 10-15%. This doesn't count finacing.
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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by simbolit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:40PM (#38213434)
If that is true, an Apple car is very unlikely.
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