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Comment by crazygringo

2 years ago

I don't understand -- these are all literally tied directly to performance.

They're tiers of computing power and memory. More performance costs more money to produce. The "nano" can fit on a phone, while the others can't.

Are you really objecting to the existence of different price/performance tiers...? Do you object to McDonald's selling 3 sizes of soft drink? There's nothing "decoy" about any of this.

> Do you object to McDonald's selling 3 sizes of soft drink?

Yes, actually, for different reasons - McDonald’s charges only a tiny bit more for the largest size of drink than they do for the smallest (which is easy because soft drinks are a few cents’ worth of syrup and water, and the rest is profit). That pushes people toward huge drinks, which means more sugar, more caffeine, and more addiction.

  • But you're not objecting to selling 3 sizes. You're just objecting that the prices aren't far enough apart...