"Apple is reportedly working on selling iPhones and iPads themselves as part of a hardware subscription service, according to a new report from Bloomberg, whose author Mark Gurman writes the service could arrive next year.
The move would fit into Apple’s ongoing push towards subscription services as a whole. Over the past several years, Apple has increasingly been emphasizing recurring subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple News Plus, Apple Fitness Plus, and Apple Arcade as key new revenue streams for the company. Many of those services have already been bundled together into the company’s Apple One bundles, too."
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I think iPhone been like that for years even without subscriptions. I don’t think you can activate iPhones without connection to Apple servers. It sadly make sense that Apple would eventually try this.
From my understanding the use of the phone is a "licensure" agreement - which means you don't own the rights to use the phone, you have a license to use it. This distiction means they can effectively terminate your license at any time and you don't have legal recourse. Hooray.
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can't wait for a direct dopamine subscription to come out
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