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> Most users don't care about compatibility, as Apple's success has clearly shown, by having 3% of the desktop market and 10% of the smartphone market?
by wnevets 10y ago
> Most users don't care about compatibility, as Apple's success has clearly shown,
by having 3% of the desktop market and 10% of the smartphone market?
- adrianN 10y agoApple market cap: ~700B, Microsoft market cap ~500B.
- iamaelephant 10y agoIt's almost like they are both successful but for different reasons.
- mamon 10y agoMarket cap is a meaningless metric. It tells more about state of mind of general public (greed vs. fear) than about company's well-being
- hawski 10y agoMarket cap is a lottery ticket. I would assign more meaning to cash hoard: Microsoft: ~$100 billion. Apple: ~$250 billion.
- wnevets 10y agoHow does having a higher market equal cap users don't care about compatibility?
- bluejekyll 10y agoApple has 18% of the smartphone market: http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor And 7% of the PC market: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/apple-mac-lost-most-pc-market-share-in-2016-chart-2017-1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/apple-m... And greater than 10% in the US.
- wnevets 10y agoEven those numbers don't exactly scream users don't care about compatibility.