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Nationalism is one thing. My observation is that Chinese people generally hold favorable opinions towards Apple, it has a harmless image: selling good phones th
by tanilama 8y ago
Nationalism is one thing. My observation is that Chinese people generally hold favorable opinions towards Apple, it has a harmless image: selling good phones that happen to be really good looking.
But I would say the real reason that Apple is suffering now is that they stopped to innovate. Those touted innovations on their press conference is hardly convincing that they are essential to my user experience. Gimmicks, like Animojis are showcased and centred during the once a year event to communicate to their customers. It is embarrassing and laughable.
And I blame Apple itself 100% on this, they are setting on a largest pile of cash that mankind every entrusted to a private corporate and does nothing. Now comes the recoknining, and it is probably overdue.
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoI don't necessarily agree Apple stopped innovating, but I think that as the smartphone market has matured the places ripe for innovation are not in areas of Apple's strengths. For example, Apple's design and hardware/software integration excellence were absolutely perfectly aligned with the transitions from "phone" to "high powered computer in your pocket". But now most of the innovation is happening it data-related AI areas where Google and Amazon are much stronger. I mean, Apple Maps was released 6 years ago, and while it has improved by leaps and bounds I still don't see any reason to use it over Google Maps (and that is despite Google Maps becoming ever more annoying with more clutter every release).