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re: Apple Or Android? May The Battle Continue.
Posted on 3/29/24 at 12:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 3/29/24 at 12:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Where does that cite affordability?
YOUR Quote (so you can't edit):
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then we can come in and say certain "demographics" can't afford it, so we are going to take action against you
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Many non-iPhone
users also experience social stigma, exclusion, and blame for “breaking” chats where other
participants own iPhones. This effect is particularly powerful for certain demographics, like
teenagers—where the iPhone’s share is 85 percent, according to one survey. This social pressure
reinforces switching costs
What else do they mean by "switching costs" and social stigma? What does social stigma have to do with monopolistic practices? 
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Posted on 3/29/24 at 12:56 pm to TigerGman
I don't have a dog in this fight, but you stopped the quote at "switching costs" when there is a whole lot more context to that paragraph
As someone not involved in this conversation, I don't really read that as an affordability argument. But it is weirdly worded for sure.
The very next part of the sentence you left out even says it's driving up sales. If it was an affordability issue I wouldn't think that would drive sales up
As someone not involved in this conversation, I don't really read that as an affordability argument. But it is weirdly worded for sure.
The very next part of the sentence you left out even says it's driving up sales. If it was an affordability issue I wouldn't think that would drive sales up
Posted on 3/29/24 at 1:04 pm to TigerGman
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What else do they mean by "switching costs" and social stigma?
their reference to "switching cost" is about keeping existing iphone users on iphone. not about poors not being able to afford iphones.
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This social pressure reinforces switching costs and drives users to continue buying iPhones
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What does social stigma have to do with monopolistic practices?
that driving people to purchase your product via engineered social stigma and not through creating a better widget is anti-competitive.
Posted on 3/29/24 at 6:47 pm to TigerGman
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What else do they mean by "switching costs"
That is the cost to switch formats, which isn't an affordability issue.
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and social stigma?
That has nothing to do with affordability and everything to do with the intentional malfunctionality Apple creates intersystem
You are bringing up intrasystem functionality, which isn't the issue.
Apple downgrading the experience for its own users when they deal with other systems is the issue.
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