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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
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Whisky-dave wrote: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61443795 Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy"strikes again
On 14/08/2018 09:57, nospam wrote:
In article , Whisky-dave wrote: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61443795 Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? -- Cheers, Rob |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
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Whisky-dave wrote: Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. You'rer talking ****. nope. that would be you, as usual. Apple doesn;t charge for updates or upgrades to new OS's so the cost must be included in the price of the device. nor does microsoft or google. updates to windows 10 and android are free. in fact, today is patch tuesday and another free update will be available. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, That can;t be compared that easily. Software doesn't get written for free. nobody said it did. plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. how about free upgrades how free was windows 7 windows 8 and now windows 10 how free was macos 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7? iphone os even had a paid upgrade. check on amazon and then see how much the last few Apple OS's are. Why can't I have a free copy of windows for my mac ? whoosh. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
In article , RJH wrote:
Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
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Whisky-dave wrote: MS doesn't opertate like this as it charges for a new OS and office depending how you want to pay for it. windows 10 updates are free. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy"strikes again
On 14/08/2018 17:08, nospam wrote:
In article , RJH wrote: Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. -- Cheers, Rob |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
In article , RJH wrote:
Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. they are free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. you thought wrong. macs and iphones are competitively priced, often cheaper than the alternatives. also, pcs didn't go up in price with windows 10 updates being free. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy"strikes again
On 14/08/2018 18:35, nospam wrote:
In article , RJH wrote: Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. they are free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. you thought wrong. I thought differently :-) I think it's a culture thing. I have a group of friends who constantly celebrate 'freebies'. We go to pubs where they claim they get a 'free pint' if they buy 4. It's not free. They had to buy 4 to get it. And then add insult because they didn't want 5 in the first place. But somehow manage to cram it in ;-) Same as the BOGOF syndrome - with a similar (if more benign) waste dimension. I wonder how many people actually use Mac WP etc software? Somebody, somewhere, pays. It is not free. If you want to think the software's free, be my guest. But you'd be wrong :-) -- Cheers, Rob |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
In article , RJH wrote:
Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. they are free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. you thought wrong. I thought differently :-) no, you thought wrong. apple's product prices did not increase to cover the cost of pages, garageband, keynote and the operating system when they all became free. put another way, if apple were to start charging for that, the prices of the computers and phones would not decrease. I think it's a culture thing. I have a group of friends who constantly celebrate 'freebies'. We go to pubs where they claim they get a 'free pint' if they buy 4. It's not free. They had to buy 4 to get it. And then add insult because they didn't want 5 in the first place. But somehow manage to cram it in ;-) did the price of 4 pints go up to cover the cost of the free 5th from when it wasn't ree? or is it just a promo, to get more customers? hint: the latter. many stores offer free samples of food and even wine. you don't need to buy anything to partake. someone could be a mooch and go store to store munching on the free samples and even getting a bit of a buzz. the idea is that you buy whatever it is they're sampling, but you don't have to. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
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RichA wrote: MS doesn't opertate like this as it charges for a new OS and office depending how you want to pay for it. windows 10 updates are free. And annoying. true. They aren't an option unless you go through a convoluted process to stop them bad idea and they balk at installing if you have any kind of safety program running, which most do. use the built in windows security. |
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