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djohnston ◴[] No.21183130[source]
This is why I laugh when Apple tried to paint themselves as champions of anything more than their share price
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1. _bxg1 ◴[] No.21186367[source]
They are, loosely, the champions of their customers at least, unlike most of the tech world. They have to do a good enough job to get you to spend $1k on the next year's device. Google just has to not-suck enough that you won't stop using it for free.

But yes, any true moral posturing they make is baloney.

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2. hesarenu ◴[] No.21188730[source]
The mobile phones are not free. Don't belittle people who pay good amount of money to purchase them. Even though some can purchase iPhone.
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3. _bxg1 ◴[] No.21192226[source]
I'm not belittling, I'm just laying out the economic forces. Google doesn't have to give a care when it comes to services, at least, because its customers are the ones buying ads, not the ones using the products.
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4. hesarenu ◴[] No.21199706{3}[source]
You are still belittling. Customers buy mobile not ads. Just ask any android users. It's like you are saying iPhone users are buying status symbols not mobiles.