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2021-01-13, 06:20

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Originally Posted by PB PM View Post
So you believe that the cost of the OS isn’t already built into the price of the devices Apple sells? As far as I’m concerned it is.
Of course it is.

Like I said, it's not that Apple needs the money. It's that third parties do. If macOS costs money again (and iOS costs money for the first time other than those weird iPod touch upgrades), it sends a signal that it's OK for software to cost money.

Right now, it's all "but iOS is free! but Facebook is free! but these games are free-to-play!".

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If they went subscription my current Apple devices would be my last, no doubt about it.
I mean, not to rehash the "if you're not paying, you're the product" argument, but…
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