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Isn't the answer to this question if you swap Amazon for any of the big 5 a sound 'yes'? Amazon owns the commercial aspects of many people and continues to gro

Isn't the answer to this question if you swap Amazon for any of the big 5 a sound 'yes'? Amazon owns the commercial aspects of many people and continues to grow in that regard with the Whole Foods acquisition. Facebook owns all social data and knows what you are sharing with your friends. Google owns all search data and knows what you're looking for. Ironically, Microsoft and Apple feel a little bit smaller in this scenario, but Microsoft still owns enterprise infrastructure and knows what your company wants. Apple controls all your devices and knows what you're doing with them. Sometimes I think Uber could make this group a 'Big 6' and own all your commute data and infrastructure.

notyourwork 9y ago
> Apple controls all your devices and knows what you're doing with them. Except there are a massive amount of android devices and windows PCs in the world. Apple controls a small portion of devices in my opinion. I think they are the smallest whale in the ocean these days.
- spurcell93 9y ago
  A whale made of pure gold.
- leopoldo 9y ago
  Smallest but heaviest.
  - notyourwork 9y ago
    In what way if you don't mind me asking?
    - Sylos 9y ago
      Annual revenue: http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?sector=Technology http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?sector=Technology
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- mrisoli 9y ago
  That's what I meant when they were ironically the smallest players in this club by this measure, both Microsoft and Apple are big players with products and services which are not so intrusive as Google/Facebook/Amazon. Just consider what would be if Apple had the same market share on devices/PCs/smartphones that Facebook has on social media, it gets scary.
  - frik 9y ago
    > both Microsoft and Apple are big players with products and services which are not so intrusive as Google/Facebook/Amazon Haha, funny. That was true with Balmer, Microsoft's current CEO transformed the company to consumers worst nightmare, they are worse than the three you labeled as intrusive - with them you can opt-out, and it's just a website or phone OS, but with Win10, Office365/2016 you and your lawyer, your doctor, your bank clerk cannot opt-out and leak your private data.
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notyourwork 9y ago

> Apple controls all your devices and knows what you're doing with them. Except there are a massive amount of android devices and windows PCs in the world. Apple controls a small portion of devices in my opinion. I think they are the smallest whale in the ocean these days.

spurcell93 9y ago
A whale made of pure gold.
leopoldo 9y ago
Smallest but heaviest.
- notyourwork 9y ago
  In what way if you don't mind me asking?
  - Sylos 9y ago
    Annual revenue: http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?sector=Technology http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?sector=Technology
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mrisoli 9y ago
That's what I meant when they were ironically the smallest players in this club by this measure, both Microsoft and Apple are big players with products and services which are not so intrusive as Google/Facebook/Amazon. Just consider what would be if Apple had the same market share on devices/PCs/smartphones that Facebook has on social media, it gets scary.
- frik 9y ago
  > both Microsoft and Apple are big players with products and services which are not so intrusive as Google/Facebook/Amazon Haha, funny. That was true with Balmer, Microsoft's current CEO transformed the company to consumers worst nightmare, they are worse than the three you labeled as intrusive - with them you can opt-out, and it's just a website or phone OS, but with Win10, Office365/2016 you and your lawyer, your doctor, your bank clerk cannot opt-out and leak your private data.

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