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		dmje 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I spent a year building an Android course for the ... Not really. It's not like iPads are 10x the price of a cheap Android device. They're like 2x. Factor in time and the maths makes even more sense.

dragonwriter 8 months ago [–]

> It’s not like iPads are 10x the price of a cheap Android device. They’re like 2x.

I’m seeing about 3-4:1 comparing reconditioned iPads to cheap-but-not-reconditioned new Android tablets, 10:1 is closer than 2:1 for new-to-new.

1oooqooq 8 months ago | [–]

outside of usa and Europe, apple tax is close to 6-10:1 instead of 3-4:1

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