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> This is Apple exploiting a very lucrative market position, one that they did invest quite a lot of money in – and took quite a gamble – to create.

What's wrong with that?



Consumers get perma-shafted.


Counterargument: consumers are free to switch their entire phone to enjoy the rent-seeking behavior of another party on another platform.


Definitely no counter-arguments from me. Because of Apple's pricing insanity, I've made sure I own zero of their devices, and I think every person capable of independent thought should do the same.




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