On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:22:21 -0500
Brendan Kidwell bren...@glump.net wrote:
Do we know they're really being subsidized? Or are they just cheap?
We don't know in the sense that Google hasn't stated as such. Just
cheap, however, isn't the determining factor. Compare. Nexus 4, made
by LG, costs
On 03/08/2013 08:47 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:22:21 -0500
Brendan Kidwell bren...@glump.net wrote:
Do we know they're really being subsidized? Or are they just cheap?
We don't know in the sense that Google hasn't stated as such. Just
cheap, however, isn't the determining
The Nexus phones are probably subsidized; it's difficult to compete in
the US market otherwise. I haven't seen any evidence of subsidy for
the Google tablets or Chromebooks, though the company seems to be
taking minimal profits on them with the expectation of making money in
other ways
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:37:44 -0500
Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
Price is a function of the market, not cost. (Econ 101). LG and
Which is why I picked two effectively identical pieces of hardware.
Identical hardware, identical manufacturing and materials cost. That
leaves market as the
The best direct evidence I've seen yet of the size of the Windows tax.
Acer sent me email today about a special offer on a netbook for $279,
which appears to be exactly the same hardware as the $199 Chromebook
but running Windows 8. I don't think I'd actually buy that Chromebook
myself; if I were
That's evidence of Google subsidising the hardware in expectation of
a return through the Google Play store.
Compare Samsung's Galaxy-branded products with the Samsung-manufactured
Nexus products. You'll see similar subsidizing from Google.
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Rich P.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rich Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
That's evidence of Google subsidising the hardware in expectation of
a return through the Google Play store.
Compare Samsung's Galaxy-branded products with the Samsung-manufactured
Nexus products. You'll see similar
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Brendan Kidwell bren...@glump.net wrote:
I wonder how many people buy a Chromebook and don't even look at the
Google Play store before erasing the whole thing and putting a free OS
on it.
Really I probably should have said 'ANOTHER free OS on it'. I
understand
Brendan == Brendan Kidwell bren...@glump.net writes:
Brendan I wonder how many people buy a Chromebook and don't even look at
the
Brendan Google Play store before erasing the whole thing and putting a
free OS
Brendan on it.
Linus has one, but he has been looking at Chrome OS
