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Isn't it obvious? They already offer financing on new machines with the Apple Card. You can put your iPhone or new Mac on an installment program. It's been arou

Isn't it obvious? They already offer financing on new machines with the Apple Card. You can put your iPhone or new Mac on an installment program. It's been around since at least 2020.

nomel 5mo ago
Financing is evidence that a company wants to get money from people who don't immediately have money, more than anything. Sears had it in 1953. Amazon has had financing for everything since 2015 [2]. Dell [1] had direct-to-consumer financing since 2020. [1] https://investors.delltechnologies.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dell-technologies-brings-added-convenience-and-flexibility https://investors.delltechnologies.com/news-releases/news-re... [2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202095050 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...
- capnchaos 5mo ago
  I must be missing something here. I don't disagree with anything you've said. My top comment is heavily downvoted. I am not saying I like this development.
  - subjectsigma 5mo ago
    Your topmost comment is being downvoted because you’re a green account just making up bullshit with zero supporting evidence
    - capnchaos 5mo ago
      Interesting. I still don't understand why it's being counted as making things up when it seems pretty obvious what Apple's strategy is here. In terms of being a new account, that's neither here nor there for me. I make new accounts pretty often.
      - tomnipotent 5mo ago
        > it seems pretty obvious Based on what evidence? This is the "making things up" the reply alluded to. It's not even remotely obvious to me, and I disagree with your concussion. Hardware is 75% of Apple's revenue
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      - nomel 5mo ago
        > when it seems pretty obvious what Apple's strategy is here. The concept of financing an expensive thing is overwhelmingly mundane and widespread. The word "obvious" means "self evident". Unless that logic also applies to all the other companies through time that provided financing, it is not self evident, since they're all contradictory evidence to your view of Apple's strategy (since it was not those other companies goal)! You're claiming that the motivations of financing applies differently to Apple than all other companies that use it, but not giving evidence why you think that, making it all an opinion/guess, not something obvious to anyone else.
      - subjectsigma 5mo ago
        This reply is so astoundingly oblivious that I’m convinced you’re a troll, and a shitty one at that. No human can genuinely be this dumb.
kalleboo 5mo ago
They were offering financing on new machines with the Apple Card as far back as the 1980's. Take home your new Apple IIe system the same day! https://www.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AppleCreditCard002.jpg https://www.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AppleCr...

Isn't it obvious? They already offer financing on new machines with the Apple Card. You can put your iPhone or new Mac on an installment program. It's been around since at least 2020.

nomel 5mo ago

Financing is evidence that a company wants to get money from people who don't immediately have money, more than anything. Sears had it in 1953. Amazon has had financing for everything since 2015 [2]. Dell [1] had direct-to-consumer financing since 2020. [1] https://investors.delltechnologies.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dell-technologies-brings-added-convenience-and-flexibility https://investors.delltechnologies.com/news-releases/news-re... [2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202095050 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...

capnchaos 5mo ago
I must be missing something here. I don't disagree with anything you've said. My top comment is heavily downvoted. I am not saying I like this development.
- subjectsigma 5mo ago
  Your topmost comment is being downvoted because you’re a green account just making up bullshit with zero supporting evidence
  - capnchaos 5mo ago
    Interesting. I still don't understand why it's being counted as making things up when it seems pretty obvious what Apple's strategy is here. In terms of being a new account, that's neither here nor there for me. I make new accounts pretty often.
    - tomnipotent 5mo ago
      > it seems pretty obvious Based on what evidence? This is the "making things up" the reply alluded to. It's not even remotely obvious to me, and I disagree with your concussion. Hardware is 75% of Apple's revenue
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    - nomel 5mo ago
      > when it seems pretty obvious what Apple's strategy is here. The concept of financing an expensive thing is overwhelmingly mundane and widespread. The word "obvious" means "self evident". Unless that logic also applies to all the other companies through time that provided financing, it is not self evident, since they're all contradictory evidence to your view of Apple's strategy (since it was not those other companies goal)! You're claiming that the motivations of financing applies differently to Apple than all other companies that use it, but not giving evidence why you think that, making it all an opinion/guess, not something obvious to anyone else.
    - subjectsigma 5mo ago
      This reply is so astoundingly oblivious that I’m convinced you’re a troll, and a shitty one at that. No human can genuinely be this dumb.

kalleboo 5mo ago

They were offering financing on new machines with the Apple Card as far back as the 1980's. Take home your new Apple IIe system the same day! https://www.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AppleCreditCard002.jpg https://www.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AppleCr...