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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by blackoil on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:13AM (#40777000)
That would be very bad for customers and Apple will love it. Instead of buying iPhone you'll subscribe to it and pay $99/m for iphone+one+Apple telecom
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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by mrtksn on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:32AM (#40777266)
What’s stopping them from doing it now then?
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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by luyu_wu on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:50AM (#40777525)
They do (or did for some time).
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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by p_l on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:28PM (#40782298)
That's literally the original iPhone sales model.

Early iPhones were sold only on special "iPhone plans", not because "special unlimited internet" (at least once iPhone 3G landed for sale outside USA and its shitty telecom market), but because there was a percentage paid from the plan to Apple.

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