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Apple's core competency: sell flat computers. Anything that brings you deeper into that ecosystem, feeding the likelihood of buying another flat computer, is f

Apple's core competency: sell flat computers. Anything that brings you deeper into that ecosystem, feeding the likelihood of buying another flat computer, is fair & likely game for Apple to buy or compete with. Shazam: you hear a song, use phone to recognize it[1], download album from Apple Music, ... you're a little more likely to stay within the iOS ecosystem and buy another iPhone. [1] - Recently I stopped at a traffic light; cheap chopped car pulls up with music blaring hard edgy electronica. Something sounded interesting about it. Yank out iPhone, run Shazam, identify song before car drives off. Download album which is about...software engineering?!

reaperducer 9y ago
> Download album which is about...software engineering? The traffic jams in your city are 83% more awesome than the ones in my city.
aeontech 9y ago
Well, don’t leave us hanging, what was the album? :)
- ctdonath 9y ago
  "Brute Force" by The Algorithm: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755 reply
zjaffee 9y ago
See, I'd add digital music to the list of apples core competency, while they haven't stayed as relevant since streaming took off, you could make the argument that the initial success of the iphone could have been attributed to the fact that tons of people were locked into their music ecosystem via ipods, and the iphone was the only way to move said music to a phone. Also note that apples services revenue, of which music is a part of, is large enough on its own to be a fortune 100 company.
philipprk 9y ago
Was it "The Algorithm"? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDS9gmdHtB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDS9gmdHtB8) I really like "Pointers" from this album.
- ctdonath 9y ago
  Bingo! "Brute Force" by The Algorithm: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755

reaperducer 9y ago

> Download album which is about...software engineering? The traffic jams in your city are 83% more awesome than the ones in my city.

aeontech 9y ago

Well, don’t leave us hanging, what was the album? :)

ctdonath 9y ago
"Brute Force" by The Algorithm: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755 reply

zjaffee 9y ago

See, I'd add digital music to the list of apples core competency, while they haven't stayed as relevant since streaming took off, you could make the argument that the initial success of the iphone could have been attributed to the fact that tons of people were locked into their music ecosystem via ipods, and the iphone was the only way to move said music to a phone. Also note that apples services revenue, of which music is a part of, is large enough on its own to be a fortune 100 company.

philipprk 9y ago

Was it "The Algorithm"? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDS9gmdHtB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDS9gmdHtB8) I really like "Pointers" from this album.

ctdonath 9y ago
Bingo! "Brute Force" by The Algorithm: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brute-force/1083396755