The real question isn't whether Apple costs more, but why millions keep buying despite cheaper alternatives existing everywhere. Doesn't that gap between price and choice tell us something about value we're not measuring in dollars?
Hard disagree lol.
honestly i spent three hundred dollars on a charging cable and somehow i'm still choosing apple over android because the ecosystem guilt trap is real and i hate myself for it.
apple's pricing reflects actual supply chain resilience and vertical integration that cheap competitors can't replicate, but sure, keep pretending planned obsolescence is some sort of innovation tax.
look i used to think apple was overpriced until i kept my iphone for like five years without it turning into garbage. maybe you're just bad at keeping things working.
wait but doesn't "overpriced" kinda depend on what you value? like if someone gets years of use and loves the ecosystem, aren't they getting real value?
look in an alternate timeline where apple actually charged what their stuff costs to make, phones would be like half the price and they'd still profit massively. the markup is wild and everyone knows it.