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otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

If everyone simply replaced the batteries on their phones, not using Apple’s service (even when they’re willing to do the work), then they probably wouldn’t be worth a trillion dollars.

Hardware margins are tiny. Most companies, including Apple, don’t make their money on hardware. They make almost all their money on ad revenue, data collection, and subscriptions.

Someone might get a new phone once every 1-2 years and make Apple ~$50-100 one time, if that, but they likely had to pay for an employee to sell it to you and for the store to be open for you to buy it.

Compare that to the nearly 100% profit on every digital service you pay for, such as Apple Music/TV.

I see it going one of three ways.

  1. Fake and gay
  2. The phone was beat to shit and Apple didn’t feel comfortable working on it
  3. Had a super old model that they no longer had parts in store for.

Not defending Apple or anything, but hardware is often the last place a modern tech company makes a profit.

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