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Re:New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syn... by techdiff on Sunday October 18, 2026 @07:05PM (#50146397)
No, I understand what you're saying. But they absolutely aren't doing that and there's no way they were eating the hardware cost as a loss-leader on future recurring revenue. The buyers paid for the hardware and then needed to pay for software to enable it.
Re:New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syn... by Schiendelman on Thursday October 22, 2026 @07:16PM (#50202419)
Vehicle pricing is entirely a market decision, and targets a certain profit margin. You will absolutely have less profit margin on something where you believe you can make up that revenue on a subscription.