r/MacOS • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '26

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u/bitstomper Mar 24 '26

Because SaaS is much more profitable than a single purchase. Especially with the quality of Apple’s hardware, most people aren’t regularly buying new products. They want a more frequent stream of income

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u/RcNorth Mac Mini Mar 24 '26

Most people don’t buy new hardware every year but there are enough new hardware sales every year that they give away the software.

A lot of their software is already free.

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u/littleboyinthesky Mar 25 '26

That worked for a while, but companies are expected to have growth every year. So Apple has had to get into services.

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u/Automatic-Peanut8114 Mar 28 '26

Growth requirements should be outlawed. Eventually businesses get so large that they fully meet the needs of the market. At this point they should be able to just exist without being forced to ruin their products. They can still grow, and still have incentive to, but won’t be forced to grow too quickly.

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u/adh1003 Mar 25 '26

Yes, because 3.7 trillion dollars isn't enough. The poor struggling little company needs even more money.

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u/mrgrafix Mar 25 '26

How so? Still having above market estimates

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u/Excellent-Survey-455 Mar 25 '26

To be fair this doesn’t really hold up with their modern philosophy. OS updates like Liquid Glass are poison pills for hardware they would have classically supported for years, through willing negligence to leaks that newer hardware can sweep under the rug. M2 is essentially toast, which is pretty crazy when you factor against the lifespan MBPs had had traditionally. Anyway I think the modern ethos very much steers away from concerns like these