What company are you talking about?
https://www.cnet.com/news/1000-apple-mac-pro-display-stand-s...
Furthermore, this is a product targeting a market that normally spends over $40,000 on a monitor without any mounting gear or stand to do the same work. Apple's display a bargain in context.
If you think this is "an ordinary desk stand" then you are, without one iota of a doubt, absolutely not the consumer who needs or wants the device or even understands it.
Without access to Apple’s sales data, I could be wrong though.
So yes, their primary market target is that group.
That being said, coming out and saying "Hey man, we made this thing that normally costs like $40k for only $5k isn't that pretty impressive?" should resonate with anyone interested in tech. I guess the issue here is that Apple assumed people not interested in this product would just not get all upset about something that doesn't involve them. But that's not how we are these days is it? Seems like people can't help but attack everything they see that doesn't precisely please them.
Sure, this screen, and its stand and everything, certainly deserves praise and adulation from its intended target audience. But the place to present it and receive that adulation is at the Obscure Graphic Artists Conference (attendance 837), not an event aimed at the general compunerdy public.
Personally, I'll be impressed when they repeat the feat at human scale and present a monitor that used to cost $5K for $500.
Sure, the cost of the stand is peanuts to the overall cost, a pro will buy it without a blink - but that doesn't mean it's not overpriced. Same thing happens in every industry where professional tools come with extras and accessories not worth the price, but not worth the time to shop around either when the cost is a tiny fraction of the total
Apple certainly made a bad marketing mistake with this monitor, but the mistake was marketing it as a $5000 monitor with a $1000 stand. If they'd just marketed it as a $6000 monitor -- and if they'd made it clear right then that there'd be a 5K option available for $1300, too -- they'd have saved themselves a whole lot of this nonsense.
If you want to see Apple's competition, the magic phrase is "reference monitor".
Not sure why this was brought up under a reply about linux though.
Now what if you’re the guy who wants the expensive stand? Should you also pay for an adapter plate (I assume) for VESA mounting you’d never use? They could include the adapter and adjust price accordingly or they can allow their customers to pick their poison without being forced to buy something they don’t need. Frankly, I think that’s nice.
I bought an ASUS 3440x1440 gaming monitor (the gsync ultrawide with 100Hz “overclock”). It comes with a base that is heavy as hell and has some LED flashlight like component to it that projects the ROG logo onto the desk. Where is that base now? Sitting in my attic inside a trash bag (for a thin amount of protection from dust and dirt) as I have the monitor on one of my two desk arms. I also paid ~$1,200 for this. If I could’ve paid for that monitor without the stand at a reduced price reflective of the cost of that stand, I’d be pleased, quite frankly.
I can appreciate that you don't want to pay that much, but how is it "screwing"?
Uh, yes? Either they've designed their cars so that routine maintenance is unnecessarily difficult or they're overcharging for it, either way they're screwing you.
As an enthusiast it's been my experience that high end audio stuff is usually designed in a modular way and uses standard inputs and outputs and it's the cheaper, consumer grade gear that often uses stuff like non standard speaker inputs. Although the HiFi market certainly has it's own fair share of overpriced snake oil.
I don't know much about coach specifically so I won't comment on that, but there are plenty of handbag brands that exist purely as a status symbol and charge obscene amounts of money just because customers are willing to pay that much, and yes I also perceive that as dishonest.
Because all you get for $1000 is a one nice stand?
Not all things in technology are created for all people. If you think selling a $6000 screen with a $900 discount if you only need a VESA mount because you already have a $2000 desk & mount setup is absurd, you’re not the target market.
A Rolex is a piece of jewelry, a status symbol. Might as well compare it with a Louis Vuitton handbag. What you are saying is that the display is desktop jewelry.