But that's justified. You see, they aren't making money from their store fronts (which has even more onerous terms and conditions than Apple/Google/Microsoft/Playstation store fronts), and if Sweeney wants a bigger bonus, he needs to screw over someone for that extra $$. And the lawsuits are taking too long to pan out... What's a psychopathic CEO to do???

https://www.forbes.com/sites/j...

Before the Apple App Store, the cellphone companies and others used to charge up to 70%-90% of the sale. Apple came in with 30% and everyone said what a good price it was.

And it stayed 30% from then until now.

Can you explain how is a price of a thing staying at 30% the cause of inflation, because typically, the price needs to go *up* for inflation.

Yowza!!!

ABSOLUTELY NOBODY WAS COMPARING GPUS OTHER THAN YOU.

Do you talk this way in real life too? No wonder you are live in your mom's basement.

You spew a bunch of unrelated facts as if it matters to the original discussion (screen size) or the idiotic tangent (using max price as default price). Ag0ny posted a bunch of prices of maxed out laptops WITHOUT GPU. And your FIRST SENTENCE?? "The Apple models don't include a discrete GPU either". What the fuck is wrong with your brain?!

Damn. You drunk deep from that well. In our end stage capitalism, the companies do not give profits to workers. They give it to the share holders. $1.2 *TRILLION* in 2022.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news...

Stop masturbating over how companies "save money" for a rainy day. They mostly don't.

Read again. Carefully. The 16" MacBook Pro is (roughly) the same size as the older 15" Intel MacBook Pros. The laptops are physically the same size (roughly). The 15" and 16" are a measurement of the screen size. In other words, new laptop with 16" screen is the same physical size as the old laptop with 15" screen.

There are even more examples of capitalism fucking over everyone else. Privatizing profits and socializing costs. Walmart making billions and yet pushing a large segment of their workforce onto food stamps. Companies setting up subsidiaries to hold all the liabilities and declare bankruptcy when issues happen, while the main company keeps all the profits. So, not only are you blind, you are not capable of recognizing you are blinded by your own cultism, and instead, starts throwing labels at others. Pathetic loser.

What has that got to do with what OP and I were discussing? Do you randomly jump into other conversations and tell them whatever they are buying are too expensive too? Are you really that socially inept and psychologically needy?

You do understand that the 16" is physically the same size as the old Intel 15" MacBook pros, right? Just checking.

There are many examples of cities providing services cheaper than private companies. You just have to pull your head out of your ass and go look for it. There's no reason why an organization set up not for profit cannot do a better than than an organization set up for profit to do the same thing. If you believe otherwise, you are in a cult.

Ghost In The Shell...

No. You seem hyper focused on one thing and can't see the bigger picture. You are constantly being tracked by apps, by your phone, by cellular companies, but noooo, you draw the line at an iPhone. That's so sophomoric.

rate going down doesn't mean it has disappeared.

Not sure how I can help you to better understand that simple concept...

I think your comment deserves some thought - this could really be a sly attempt to push DRM - oh, you want to be sure to only pay for per install PER USER? Well, you will have to prove it, and here's our DRM engine you can use to prove it...