> Nobody's going to choose Apple over Netflix or Steam or the like on the theory that Netflix/Steam is "scammy."
No.
In the same way people won't be choosing Netflix over HBO because HBO is scammy.
The whole article doesn't make any sense.
When you buy a computer or a phone, you buy just one and that's it, having more than a computer or phone doesn't make much sense as it's worse than having only one. So Apple needs to make a decidedly (for the costumer) better product.
While in art/entertainment, there's no "better", people consume the content they want, and can have more than one subscription.
You can have Netflix and Apple and HBO and many others, or none at all.
The only thing Apple needs is to produce content good enough that people are willing to spend the mensality.
No.
In the same way people won't be choosing Netflix over HBO because HBO is scammy.
The whole article doesn't make any sense.
When you buy a computer or a phone, you buy just one and that's it, having more than a computer or phone doesn't make much sense as it's worse than having only one. So Apple needs to make a decidedly (for the costumer) better product.
While in art/entertainment, there's no "better", people consume the content they want, and can have more than one subscription.
You can have Netflix and Apple and HBO and many others, or none at all.
The only thing Apple needs is to produce content good enough that people are willing to spend the mensality.