Apple's money is coming from where exactly ? At $1000+ price, in gaming terminology that is either "whales" or users who cannot afford it but are exploited/addicted to the "product".
So people are addicted to iPhones? Apple sells a $399 phone that is faster than any Android phone at any price.
Apple will not give any volume discounts. They can get away with it because of their control over the market.
Rumors are that they did in fact negotiate with Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. They actually offered something of value.
Of course they are addicted to apple brand. People accessor-ize apple products. A lot of people buy apple because it is aspirational, same reason people buy skins in games and many times neither can really afford to spend that kind of money.
> Apple sells a $399 phone that is faster than any Android phone at any price.
Google Pixel 3A is similarly priced product , it has higher resolution(2220x1080 / 1337x750) better camera (12.2+8 / 12+7), lighter(147g / 148g), larger(5.6inch/4.7inch), larger battery, better processor, a headphone jack (like the jack or not, not having it means you need airpods headset easily another $150 compared to $20-30 I can spend on a wired headset.
And this is 2020 SE which Apple will typically for sell for next three years . Other competitors would have two more upgrades stretching the gap a lot more by 2022 when Apple will sell 2020 SE at the same price.
You can perhaps argue that form factor, processor or battery is actually better in Apple, but any objective reasonable metric Apple SE is not significantly better than similar android phones.
Apple is forced to deal with streaming companies, because they are not a large enough player, with big enough catalogue to dictate terms. Apple needs to license content from the same studios for themselves too, they screw over hulu, Apple TV is going to be screwed right back.
So people are addicted to iPhones? Apple sells a $399 phone that is faster than any Android phone at any price.
Apple will not give any volume discounts. They can get away with it because of their control over the market.
Rumors are that they did in fact negotiate with Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. They actually offered something of value.