Forced Upgrades

Posted by satis
Jun 14, 2019 at 04:22 PM

Simon wrote:

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>satis wrote:
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>>Simon wrote:
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>>>Stats on prices are too simplistic.
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>>... said the guy who started this by saying, ” Apps are more expensive
>>now than ever before” lol :)
>>
>>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for computer
>>software and accessories were 64.37% lower in 2019 versus 2000.
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>>In the USA, from December 1997 to August 2015, the Consumer Price Index
>>for personal computers and peripheral equipment declined 96 percent.
>For
>>computer software specifically the decline was 63%.
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>>I’ve provided information about pricing, and others have pointed out
>how
>>they believes prices have dropped as well. If you have any tangible
>data
>>to support your belief I’d be happy to see it, but suddenly introducing
>>“intrusive ads” as a “cost” doesn’t help buttress any argument, IMO.
>>
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> >This is why general stats are a waste of time. You cannot generalise on
>computer prices.

So far I’ve just seen you make an unsupported claim, then ignore any evidence supplied (including other differing opinions in the thread) by saying one cannot generalise. Especially odd since you started this part of the thread by generalizing. Nevertheless, if you have any evidence to support your claim that “apps are more expensive than ever before” I personally would love to see it. But so far you have only repeated your claim and waved away data that disagrees with your belief.