XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Andrew  wrote:   
   > Chris wrote on Wed, 1 May 2024 07:36:54 -0000 (UTC) :   
   >   
   >> Apple is expensive because it doesn't target the low end, high volume but   
   >> targets demanding users who need robust, reliable hardware that works.   
   >> Hence why it's favoured by professionals in creative industries.   
   >   
   > Apple makes over 50% profit on each iPhone last I checked   
      
   Where and how did you check? That's secret information.   
      
   > (admittedly long   
   > ago), whereas Android profits are far lower than that.   
      
   If android is so good why can't they make a decent profit from it? The tech   
   savvy would be happy to pay a premium for the better quality product.   
      
   Oh wait. They already do ;)   
      
   > Why?   
   > Because Apple Marketing is one of the best on earth, perhaps even better   
   > than Big Tobacco and Big Soda marketing (which themselves are excellent).   
   >   
   > Apple has no qualms about telling "The Big Lie" (and, as proof, look at the   
   > plethora of expensive lawsuits Apple lost for spewing all those lies).   
   >   
   > So the real reason Apple products are expensive is Apple Marketing has   
   > convinced the gullible uneducated technically inferior people that it's   
   > better (and those technically clueless people don't know any better).   
      
   Why do you constantly devalue your arguenent by name calling or childish   
   views.   
      
   > I suspect the reason you don't know how technically inferior Apple products   
   > are is that you are clueless yourself about Android. Am I right?   
   >   
   >> macOS is also a unix machine, hence why it's liked by scientists and   
   >> software engineers who have seen the light. All the benefits of linux are   
   >> present.   
   >   
   > I could say the same thing about Android which is just as much a Linux box.   
      
   Android is linux in all but name. Linus Torvalds is the only reason why the   
   android kernel is not mainline linux.   
      
   > Bear in mind I probably have and use more Apple mobile devices than you do.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> The only way Apple devices work is when they're all in the walled garden.   
   >>   
   >> False.   
   >   
   > I probably have right in front of me more iPads & iPhones than you do.   
   >   
   > Your own statements prove you're technically clueless about Android's   
   > capability to work when the Apple devices fail due to the walled garden.   
   >   
   > Before you respond that you think I am clueless about iOS not working   
   > outside the walled garden, take a look at these three representative   
   > screenshots I made for badgolferman's photo-file-naming thread.   
   >   
   > https://i.postimg.cc/RVdVKS8q/Apple-Ipad.jpg   
   > https://i.postimg.cc/PJ4hWyS0/Apple-Iphone.jpg   
   > https://i.postimg.cc/zfgrt8dC/Samsung.jpg   
      
   I'm surprised it's not more pictures of books. Do you have android for   
   dummies?   
      
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