Is apple new evel empire ?

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babuks said:
I think so. Whoever sells a $260 product for $499 is evil without a doubt.

You've obviously never worked in operations. You'd be amazed how much more things sell for then what they cost.

Here's an example. I worked for a company that made skateboards that sold in places like Target. The skateboard would cost about 3 dollars in materials, less then a dollar in labor and shipping for a total of around 4 bucks. We would sell it to target for about 9 bucks and Target would in turn sell it for 19.99 or a 500% markup. I mean really a under 100% markup from production to sale is pretty tiny compared with most products you buy.