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The industry is evolving. It happens in every industry eventually. When any one OEM corners a sufficient market size (like Bambu), they start taking freedom from the user to lock them into their ecosystem. Then all the other OEMs go "well if they're doing it I guess we can do it too". This is what you see trickle down from Apple all the time: headphone jacks, glued together devices, soldered RAM, and most recently unhinged RAM and storage prices, etc.
It's what you see in the smart home industry as well. A dozen different brands with zero interoperability because none of them want to compete on a level playing field, they all just want to lock you into their ecosystem.
It didn't seem to work for Bambu but they will back down and then try it again in another 12 months or make smaller changes. They just boiled the frog too quickly.
Apple's RAM/storage prices have been unhinged for a long time. I try to avoid any upgrades when I buy their products, it's usually better to get the higher model - I.e. with better processor/better product line (which usually has a better starting RAM/storage), than to upgrade a base model
yeah but it's only relatively recently that other OEMs are adopting these pricing strategies.
Do you mean having a lot higher margins on upgrades? I don't think that's true either, but maybe they've been getting more aggressive on that front over time.
I mean they charge 800%+ the value for additional storage options. There's no "thinking" it's true, it just is.
I was talking about other OEMs that you've mentioned. It's obvious what Apple does
As was I.
Which OEMs are as bad as Apple is, can you show me an example? I had no idea to be honest
I think you mean devolving