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Apple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensive (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The switch to USB-C is good! Except for all the dongles you’ll need to get there.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mac minis are $600.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A physically smaller Minisforum UM480XT with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD is $249.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Mac Mini is a significantly better value.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No it isn't. Do you need help understanding the numbers you're reading?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Not at all. The Minisforum is overpriced garbage compared to the Mac Mini. They’re not even remotely comparable.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sure it is. So?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mac minis are $600.

I’m sure it is. So?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Maybe go waste someone else’s time? Child.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And yet, people buy iPhones instead of 3 Mac minis.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People buy expensive Android phones too. What’s your point?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

My point is that Apple is price gouging.

Neither one counter example nor whataboutism change the fact that Apple products are overpriced in general (and always have been). Or how do you explain their unparalleled profit margins?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What is 'captive labor' for $800, Alex

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What a ridiculous argument. They make as much money as the market will bear. Anything else would be a disservice to their shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Consumers should buy the cheapest quality product the market will bear. Anything else would be a disservice to their peers.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. Well, the whole point since the top level comment has been that people are willing to pay too much for their hardware...

I give up. Stay happy with your overpriced devices.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m glad you give up. I’ll continue to pay for devices that provide me with an appropriate level of quality for their cost. Feel free to use whatever Android device you can afford.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Feel free to use whatever Android device you can afford.

I say this as an Apple user: Really, dude? Really?