• hyperhopper@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Very untrue. Consumers have the power to buy far cheaper Android phones where they have far more freedoms, but not only do the majority of American consumers refuse to do this, they voluntarily and systematically shame those who do.

    Statistically, Most American consumers are pretty dumb and act against their own interests

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      1 year ago

      Apple iPhones are awesome if you like being three years behind in tech and paying double the price for that privilege

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      1 year ago

      Consumers literally do not have a choice to buy the services the article was discussing – apple’s media streamers – from someone else. Apple monopolizes that content.

      RTFA. It is not about phones.

      And even for phones, to get a functionally-acceptable product, your choice is one of maybe 5 manufacturers who all tacitly collude to keep prices up and keep unprofitable consumer choices far, far away.