Apple also makes money from ecosystem software services where I assume profit margins are even richer. So there is incentive to increase the user base.
Having less but more profitable customers is a boneheaded move. Developers may increase their prices to account for the reduced number of users, sure, but the niche target market that the developer is targeting may not exist any more.
If you look at history of game consoles, the ones with the higher quality hardware and software usually lost because of the high prices.
If you look at history of game consoles, the ones with the higher quality hardware and software usually lost because of the high prices.
Exclusivity works up to a point.