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Originally Posted by fjtorres
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To judge by all the eye-rolling and tut-tutting that went on when I noticed this, you'd think people don't know how to read.
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Apple provides pricing cover for Google, just as the BPH's high ebook prices provide cover for their competitors. As long as consumers pay the higher prices willingly there is no incentive for either of them to change.
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Google is not targeting the demographic that has already accepted Apple's pricing, 90% of whom are planning to continue buying Apple products. Just the opposite: they're going after people at the top of the demand curve who think that tablets and their upgrades are too expensive. Apple doesn't provide cover for those customers because they've already rejected Apple's pricing scheme.
Otherwise stated, Apple provides a massive price umbrella that its competitors are free to exploit. The extent to which they choose to do so, or not, is ultimately their responsibility.
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Consumers, even more. Hence the quote. What people accept meekly becomes the definition of what is acceptable.
As long as people are willing to overpay for storage, whether for Apple or Google, *everybody* will feel able to do the same.
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Google is free to undermine and redefine market expectations as part of their business strategy. It's what Amazon did to the book industry, which they now utterly dominate. That they choose not to is no one's fault but their own.
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Originally Posted by darksaber35
Be very careful what you say around this fellow as he's very touchy about anything remotely Apple.He already made a personnel attack against me as i mentioned Apple products in my NEXUS 4 thread.
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Please believe me when I say I would never make a personnel attack against you.