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Posted by satis
Jun 15, 2019 at 02:01 PM
Simon wrote:
> Personal experience is far more reliable than a generalised CPI.
The plural of anecdote is not data.
Posted by NickG
Jun 15, 2019 at 04:52 PM
I’m really struggling with this. The WashPo article is about Apple hardware. Apple software has got a lot cheaper:
- Mac OS is now free (was £129)
- Pages, Numbers, Keynote now free (were about £129 each at the outset)
- Final Cut Pro is £299 - was £999 before it became FCPX
and so on.
If you want to argue that Apple applications costs have to include the hardware, you might have a case, but that’s moving the goalposts, since your OP referred to applications.
As to the point on personal experience, mine, as my posts indicate, is that apps are much cheaper than they used to be. If personal experience is the important data point, then we have Schrodinger’s app costs - they are both higher and lower than they used to be *at the same time*. Maybe one of our more academic contributors can write this up as a paper.
Seriously - I really don’t think you’ve sustained your argument.
Simon wrote:
>
>Perhaps you need to re-read my previous post. Personal experience is far
>more reliable than a generalised CPI. If you do a little research on the
>internet you will find that my experience is not alone. My only
>correction is that I’m referring to Apple products. In this I’m in good
>company as even the Washington Post agrees with me
>(https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/06/your-apple-products-are-getting-more-expensive-heres-how-they-get-away-with-it/?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.eae69d0e48cf).