mindwaves

That is one of the many reasons why I don't want to have my own company, especially a large and successful one. Lawsuits, litigations, annoying customers, all will eat into your profits and hard work.

coolfactor said:

mindwaves said:

Not buying Apple's argument. When the cost of a Mac mini goes up 60%, Apple Pencil 30%, Apple TV 50% or so, something else is wrong. It's not inflation, it's greed. Imagine the cost of your Toyota Camry up 30% the next year for an all-new design and more HP. It's the same thing and now imagine that if the spare tire was extra. ... Apple is insanely greedy these days. 

Does Apple not report on their gross "margins" each quarter? Have you analyzed those margins and concluded that they are unrealistically inflated?

If you look closely, you'll see that Apple has been _spending_ far more on research and development. Those costs needs to be covered. I am confident their margins have not increased anywhere near the levels that you claim in your comment.

They do report such margins and they are generally going up. That is, however, not my point. The point is that Apple products are overpriced, some much more so than the competition, and that overprice-ness is increasing. That is my point --  the increasing disparity in price which no other competitor does, and this is what the COO acknowledges above and has to address.

Not buying Apple's argument. When the cost of a Mac mini goes up 60%, Apple Pencil 30%, Apple TV 50% or so, something else is wrong. It's not inflation, it's greed. Imagine the cost of your Toyota Camry up 30% the next year for an all-new design and more HP. It's the same thing and now imagine that if the spare tire was extra.

Apple is insanely greedy these days. I remember the days when Steve Jobs stood up and say "And it's still $ xx," where xx was the same price was last year. Not anymore. Add a 30% premium and that is the new price these days.

I make a lot more money now than what I did a few years ago, but cannot stomach seeing a $129 wireless keyboard when I can buy the same thing for $40 at some other place. Sure there may be minor issues between the two, but the issues are minor and not worth the 3x premium I have to pay.

I avoid all software or services subscriptions whenever possible especially for Word. Paying a subscription for this is utterly stupid (at least for my needs). Definitely will not be buying into a game subscription, Apple or otherwise.

Would have causes significant disruption to both Google and FB. That is what I hate about ad companies, invasion of privacy. No longer content to sending people to the street to collect polls, internet companies mine your data over and over again. Happy I sold my FB stock today (nothing related to this). Finally.