> Nobody's going to choose Apple over Netflix or Steam or the like on the theory that Netflix/Steam is "scammy."
No.
In the same way people won't be choosing Netflix over HBO because HBO is scammy.
The whole article doesn't make any sense.
When you buy a computer or a phone, you buy just one and that's it, having more than a computer or phone doesn't make much sense as it's worse than having only one. So Apple needs to make a decidedly (for the costumer) better product.
While in art/entertainment, there's no "better", people consume the content they want, and can have more than one subscription.
You can have Netflix and Apple and HBO and many others, or none at all.
The only thing Apple needs is to produce content good enough that people are willing to spend the mensality.
Apple has Apple Music, has more music than Spotify and even if there is a track on Spotify and not in Apple Music, you can upload your own MP3s and stream them. I have a gigantic collection of Soundtracks and indie music there.
If Spotify wasn't on iOS I would move back to Android in an instant. I don't like Apple services because I don't want vendor lock in.
I use Spotify because they're independent and support a large number of devices. This is just like how I use Sonos because they're independent and support a large number of services.
Apple benefits greatly from having high quality, third party applications on iOS. Wasn't the lack of third party apps/support one of the big issues with Windows Phone?
Lots of people said that when a popular local carrier changed from free Spotify to free Apple Music on one of its plans. Everybody switched to Apple Music.
Windows Phone failed primarily because it didn't offer anything that Android or iOS couldn't offer.
Open Source, pay for Apple's WebKit and Apple's contributions to FreeBSD and other open source projects.
Every Linux box that is connected to a printer (specially networked printers) runs CUPS in part by Apple.
Also, FreeBSD is a small part of macOS, contrary to what some people want other people to believe, and FreeBSD is not in that camp of GPLv3, so no, FreeBSD is not on that disgusting echo chamber leaded by Stallmann
She called out Apple when she was at her high, now she bends to Spotify and launches exclusive content on the platform. The platform that doesn't want to pay the artists even when they have all the right.
"This study has been done entirely independently, and Cellular Insights takes full responsibility for the analysis and opinions in this report. We have self-funded the procurement of iPhone 7 Plus units through commercial retail channels."
Sure thing, he bought equipament that costs millions of dollars and did that just so he could post on his site that only opened when Apple started not using Qualcomm modems, right?
No.
In the same way people won't be choosing Netflix over HBO because HBO is scammy.
The whole article doesn't make any sense.
When you buy a computer or a phone, you buy just one and that's it, having more than a computer or phone doesn't make much sense as it's worse than having only one. So Apple needs to make a decidedly (for the costumer) better product.
While in art/entertainment, there's no "better", people consume the content they want, and can have more than one subscription.
You can have Netflix and Apple and HBO and many others, or none at all.
The only thing Apple needs is to produce content good enough that people are willing to spend the mensality.