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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (169046)	4/29/2014 4:25:08 PM
From: pyslent	1 Recommendation Recommended By JP Sullivan Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213174

If Apple is seeing $160/user/year and that declines a bit as margins fall and it's possible for them to add $20/year/user now and expect that number to grow markedly each year, then cutting prices, boosting users & share, and adding stability - even if it costs a bit in the short run - would pay off. I'm of the mind that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Apple's business model is 4X more profitable than Google's. If Google ever manages to earn $40B in a year, maybe that will give Apple a reason to emulate them. Until then, Apple probably has their own idea how to grow profits from here, and I doubt advertising is a big part of it. Incidentally, I have never once clicked on an ad on my iphone. if someone is spending $20 a year advertising to me, they are wasting their money.