this is a valid point, but it's a different analogy.
the model in question involves making little to no profit - eg, low margins - on the "handle" so that high margins - and the majority of the profit - can be made from the "blades". that's what you are saying when you reference the razer/blade model in business.
i already wrote about 5 comments explaining my criticisms in detail. but to anyone who understands anything about business strategy very little explanation is even needed here. the razer/blade model is one of the classic business strategies and it's clearly not what apple has ever been doing.
let me just say that if the point of this article were to say that having lots of high quality apps is the primary *value proposition* of using iOS vs Android, etc...that would be correct.
it's actually not true at all. except maybe the general sentiment that apple has a strong lead and makes good products. which is true...but the basis for the article is all wrong.
sorry, this is irrelevant to the point about the gillette analogy being completely wrong
read this: [gizmodo.com]
read this: [gizmodo.com]
yes, but that isn't the point being discussed. at all.
the point is not whether or not they make money from apps. sure they do. it's that the entire substance of the gillette analogy is completely incongruous with the way apple does business. yes, apps are a feature and a good reason to buy an ipad. but it has nothing to do with using a loss-leader to secure and…
that's not how the business model works. it isn't like a tennis racket, where there's a relatively small residual profit from selling tennis balls but most of the profit comes from the rackets - i mean, who would buy a racket if there were no tennis balls to use it with? the razer/blade model involves selling the…
um, the razor/blade model is much better fit for amazon's kindle fire model. apple's profits come mainly from the hardware, not the "blades".
eh
hope they lose their ICANN membership
i like how there's basically a taser stuck on the person's arm. i guess it's ideal if the mountain lion tries to bite your arm. but to cover more ground he should invent taser-equipped shoes and a cod piece. then no mountain lion would ever rip his genitals off.
they probably lease bandwidth from one of the major cell carriers. probably t-mobile...unless the phones are CDMA, then probably verizon.
i will never suffer the indignity of unevenly cream-cheesing my bagels again
i think before we go bandying about with billions of years of banana-fueled talk time, we need to set some standards goddammit! standards! it can't be any banana, or a plantain for that matter...or those little red bananas. [www.youtube.com]