They may decide to do that, but I don't believe that the cost of an iphone is actually a direct relationship to the cost of production.
Unless the price is directly fixed to the cost of production, reduced losses in replaced units aren't going to be passed on to the consumer.
Apple can always decide to reduce their price, but I don't think this decision by any means guarantees one.
That's the idea. Governments are (theoretically) accountable to all of their citizens. Apple is doing what's in it's nature, which is to make money any way it can.
You can take your dollar to a competitor, but they're operating on the same model as Apple, and there's no guarantee you'll have a better experience.
Apple doesn't need to have a monopoly for your flexing consumer power to be ineffectual.;)
Corporate bodies do whatever they can get away with to make money, they're not bound by some kind of moral calling.
It's hardly their fault that there are fairly few efforts being made to regulate them.
Apple has been having a hissy fit over jailbreaking for a while now. This is the natural evolution of the failure of their fearmongering about random text messaging and malfunctioning cell towers.
How do you sell overpriced software? Force people to pay for it. Outlaw the alternative.
"Voting with your dollar" only works if there are competitors offering a viable alternative. I don't think relying on the good grace of the competition not to pull the same dirty tricks is a particularly safe bet.
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They may decide to do that, but I don't believe that the cost of an iphone is actually a direct relationship to the cost of production. Unless the price is directly fixed to the cost of production, reduced losses in replaced units aren't going to be passed on to the consumer. Apple can always decide to reduce their price, but I don't think this decision by any means guarantees one.
That's the idea. Governments are (theoretically) accountable to all of their citizens. Apple is doing what's in it's nature, which is to make money any way it can. You can take your dollar to a competitor, but they're operating on the same model as Apple, and there's no guarantee you'll have a better experience. Apple doesn't need to have a monopoly for your flexing consumer power to be ineffectual. ;)
Why would they reduce the price?
Corporate bodies do whatever they can get away with to make money, they're not bound by some kind of moral calling. It's hardly their fault that there are fairly few efforts being made to regulate them.
Apple has been having a hissy fit over jailbreaking for a while now. This is the natural evolution of the failure of their fearmongering about random text messaging and malfunctioning cell towers. How do you sell overpriced software? Force people to pay for it. Outlaw the alternative.
"Voting with your dollar" only works if there are competitors offering a viable alternative. I don't think relying on the good grace of the competition not to pull the same dirty tricks is a particularly safe bet.