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| TimFox:
I gave the years for this changeover from rental to ownership of telephones in the US way up above in reply #7. |
| amyk:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on March 28, 2022, 01:58:47 pm --- --- Quote from: BeBuLamar on March 27, 2022, 11:43:33 am ---Eventually you will have to do it unless you don't want a cell phone. Apple will do it first but then other manufacturers will follow. --- End quote --- Or just buy an unlocked one from Aliexpress or whatever online store that specializes in that type of stuff by then. --- End quote --- Do you think they won't be ready to pounce on the opportunity of milking their own userssubscribers too? I still remember when the majority of unbranded/clone Chinese phones came with removable batteries, expandable storage, dual SIM, headphone jack(!), and a full complement of sensors --- at all a very reasonable price. Now you can barely find any that satisfy even two of those requirements. The new model is often the same as the old, with stuff removed. |
| NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: amyk on March 29, 2022, 01:25:59 am ---Do you think they won't be ready to pounce on the opportunity of milking their own userssubscribers too? --- End quote --- Good reason to develop long range P2P wireless mesh networks based on open source hardware and software to keep the telecoms honest. |
| floobydust:
Bloomberg's "tech reporter" Mark Gurman "widely regarded as one of the greatest Apple leakers of all-time" 86.4% accurate lol. Fanboys aside, it'll set a precedent for consumer electronics along with tons of corporate overreach and greed. I am surprised the driver behind it all is whiny baby investors that can't handle uncertainty in their stocks, aggravated by the pandemic. They want solid numbers for revenue, stability which subscriptions theoretically provide. Looking forward to my scopes and spectrum analyzers having a subscription model :palm: we all know a corporation or two that would love to roll that out. |
| tooki:
The chances that Apple would stop selling hardware outright is somewhere between zero, nil, and zilch. With that out of the way, the “precedent” it would set is of a company offering leased hardware. Yeah, just like companies have been doing for ages. So again, what’s the novelty here?? |
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