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jmduke on July 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mountain Lion

Because friction in upgrading is largely dictated by the price of upgrading?

Adoption of a $30 OS upgrade is obviously going to be quicker than a $120 OS upgrade, just as the iOS upgrades have even larger adoption.

saturdaysaint on July 25, 2012 [–]

Well, that's part of Gruber's point - he makes the connection between the low price and the fast adoption rate in the next paragraph..

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