Layoffs and additional price gouging, then.
There’s literally no such thing as price gouging with luxury products. People have to stop equating a bad perceived value with price gouging. If you don’t think it’s a good value, don’t buy it. There’s nothing about any Apple product that is a necessity that you can’t live without.
You’re absolutely correct. Price gouging is when you significantly raise the price of essential goods during an emergency.
Like selling water for $20 a bottle in the aftermath of an earthquake.
Apple products aren’t essential goods.
smartphones are essential in many places now.
Luckily iPhone is far from the only smartphone anywhere in the world.
Today I was thinking about if I should sell my iPhone and get a basic flip phone. I feel like I’ve had the same iPhone for 15 years or so. Apple been in cruise control. Their app stores are inflated with inaccurate star ratings and fake reviews. Ads everywhere. Nothing works properly anymore because every app needs you for something. Even if it’s just logging in again and 2 factor authenticating.
Give me a phone that has maps, alarms, timers and can call/text. Getting away from technology never sounded so appealing.
Just delete the apps you don’t like?
I feel like having a phone designed to do less will function better. Less to focus on for the developers