Isn't that price gouging?
>>518819843A fool and his money are soon parted
>>518819843>How can Apple charge $1600 for a new version of this same $30 phone?because>I'm not tech literate.
>>518819843iToddlers are eternally retarded sheep
>>518819843Apple is a "lifestyle" brand. They probably have an entire department of Phd actuaries to determine exactly how much a normie can/will pay to be part of the "ingroup".
>>518819843You are not literate in economic strongarming. They make old software and its hardware obsolete, and people pay for a less stressful phone they need to compete against other people.
As soon as someone pulls out an iphone infront of me I know I am dealing with a cretin.
>>518819843Because Apple delivers a much better product complete with an entire ecosystem. Poorfags will continue to seethe.
>>518819843You will understand once you open a macbook in public and pretend to be studying something.
>poorfag seething thread
>>518819843Goyim were born to be fleeced
>>518820411The>women won't fuck you if you don't have an iphoneThing is probably also part of it.
>>518820534Typical Anglo retard
>>518819843That phone is tied to their service. You can get deals on locked iphones too.They're still overpriced though.I just bought a refurbished fully unlocked iphone 12 for $215 bucks
>>518820550>Put in my Airpod Pro 2(tm)>Use them on my iPhone 16 Pro(tm)>Decide I want to use my Macbook Air(tm)>Open it up and it seamlessly switches devicesMongs will continue to seethe about superior integration and "just as good"!
>>518819843I love Apple, but they are losing their way. IOS 26 is a fucking piece of shit, and it's becoming so fucking bloated. My pixel 4 is so much nicer to use, and I fucking hate android and google.
>>518820968they saw you coming
>>518820550Google is actively trying to force ads and remove your ability to ad block. Fuck Android, that shit is over.
>>518819843Market economy works this way: they tell you the price, and you decide if you buy it or not. No problem here.
>>518820411saw this first hand with my sister in law needing a laptop to apply for jobs.i said here's my old hp laptop, it will work great for that.And she refused because there's not an apple with a bite missing on the top of it.Women really do not like to be seen with non apple technology.
>>518819843just wait until you hear about the diamond industry, kek
>>518819843How? Because people will pay it. That's the only reason. If people weren't willing to pay so much, then they wouldn't be able to charge so much. Basically, people, especially women, are retarded and ruin everything. Giving women equal rights was a huge mistake from which society will never recover. Thank God there are pockets of humanity who have rejected the false idol of equality. They will outlast us and humanity will eventually return to normal.
>>518819843>Isn't that price gouging?Aside from the points about in-groups and people justifying the price with the ecosystem, a fundamental mechanic that emerges with everyday items is the establishment of a hierarchy. Everything that people use a lot has higher-tier versions that go beyond function to let you signal status, from cars to kitchen utensils to, ofc, phones. If Apple wouldn't fill that niché especially for women, something else would.
