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Too expensive? Give me a break. It's a strategic decision to maximize profit. They could afford it, given their margins and cash they are piling up. They just don't want to [take the slightest hit in profitability].

Any quite frankly, as long as people [including me] keep buying their either outdated or great but overpriced technology - why would they? 

Apple is great in portraying itself as the „good guy“ or „victim“. Excellent press department.

I’m not saying they are the bad guy in this context. However, given the ludicrous amounts of cash they are accumulating (with margins most other businesses can only dream of), I do wonder if 30% are necessary or greedy.

It would be interesting to see calculations of what it actually costs Apple to render these services to app makers - but of course we‘ll never ever get that...

From my humble perspective the point is: Apple does not have a significant lead (anymore) when it comes to photography. They can claim that they have the best and most innovativ camera system, but from a practical perspective this is no longer a purchasing argument. It's too close a call. In the end, they're all confined within the laws of small sensors and lenses (and thinness of the device). I'm generally amazed what they can get out of these tiny shooters.

mike54 said:

16in is pointless, might as well do the 17in. I hope Apple doesn't do a half-arsed larger screen by using 16in.

Not in the loop... 16” or 16.5” could indicate the current 15” chassis size without bezel.

Say “hi” to a notch on the MBP  🤣

We're all beating dead horses here, probably.

But whoever I talk to, Apple fanatics or people who converted from Windows or Anroid over the last few years, agree that Apple's pricing has gone out of hand. Everyone agrees that quality costs money. Yet they unanimously say that the have to re-evaluate whether they can justify buying another Apple device or not.

Sure, Apple can start lowering prices. But it seems that the damage to Apple's reputation has already been done. In a lot of people's minds they are a company that is selling highly overpriced devices. This makes me sad. It seems like such a foolish mistake to make. I don't understand it. 

Time Cook keeps talking about how expensive it is to develop these devices. But with the amount of cash the company is garnering every quarter, this seems like a desperate attempt to justify. People are not stupid. Developing the first iPhone, a truly revolutionary device, not evolutionary, with a much smaller marked, must have been very expensive. Yet it cost half as much as today's offerings. In a lot of people's minds - including mine - something just doesn't add up.