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Unless they are from Apple, some of the worst made products in the world are the cases available at launch for an iPhone.

Call me naive, but I don't understand how any product is supposed to grow quarter after quarter indefinitely.

jonl said:

rogifan_old said:

I agree that in-app purchasing is super convenient. I'm just not sold on Apple taking 30% of subscription fees. Especially when the subscription price is then raised to cover the 30% like Spotify does. Does it really cost Apple $3 to process a monthly subscription fee for Netflix?

It is completely stupid to believe Apple is getting 30% of Netflix's subscription fees. And how in the world does Apple process subscription fees for Netflix? Netflix bills you directly.

What are you talking about? Netflix does NOT bill you directly if you sign up for your account via the iOS App. Anywhere else, yes.

Apple absolutely gets 30% of all subscriptions started from the Netflix iOS App. Those subscriptions and that traffic is a tremendous chunk of overall Netflix. Go look at their revenue pre and post App Store.

If this were an Apple product it would be CNN headline news for the rest of the week.

This is the kind of thing that prevents me from getting a smart thermostat. I know I would never buy a Nest anyway, but there are others out of there from companies that have been making thermostats for generations. Still, this is the kind of the thing that puts me off the entire concept. Very little gain + much risk.

I stand up and look behind my iMac to plug/unplug. I require no innovation to ease this pain.