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More proof Apple is done innovating. This is literally a story about giving up, in the NYT. Can we have SJ back please?

• objclxt 9y ago
  > More proof Apple is done innovating. It's literally the opposite of that. They spent billions of dollars on R&D in a new market segment. Just because you cancel the project or decide it's a failure doesn't mean a) you didn't learn anything, b) you didn't get any tech out of it, and c) it's not innovation. You cannot be innovative if you are not prepared for your efforts to fail. If Apple was "done innovating" they wouldn't be taking massive bets like this at all.
  • nadim 9y ago
    > Billions on R&D? Proof?
    • brisance 9y ago
      https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/r_and_d_expense https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/r_and_d_expense
      • nadim 9y ago
        On Titan? "billions of dollars on R&D in a new market segment"
        • ninkendo 9y ago
          Probably. After all, they're pushing 3bn per quarter and titan presumably lasted a few years. If it was 10% of R&D for 3 years it would be over 2bn according to that graph.
          • nadim 9y ago
            Ok that makes sense.
• nadim 9y ago
  Stop down voting and show me proof of innovation. USB-C? Don't get me started. Mac Pro? There's nothing I'm aware of that they are doing that I'm looking forward to.
• zaro 9y ago
  For sure they aren't done innovating on new ways to extract money from their customers ;)