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given their recent focus on being a services/media company, it wouldn't surprise me if they moved out of hardware entirely at some point in the future.
by fnord77 7y ago
given their recent focus on being a services/media company, it wouldn't surprise me if they moved out of hardware entirely at some point in the future.
- cududa 7y agoI bet you $100 that’s wrong
- toxik 7y agoThis is mistaken, Apple sells devices and the software comes with; it’s a key selling point. Yes they expanded their services sector, because product is getting hard to push — but it will always be the core business.
- randomvectors 7y agoIt's unlikely they will move out of the market which gives them the most recognition as a brand and accounts for a disproportionately high % of their revenue.
- zild3d 7y agoThe services are to sell more to the people in their hardware ecosystem. Their "focus" in services/media is because the # of iphone customers has plateaud, so now they are now growing by selling more to the same customers, not selling the same to more customers.
- enneff 7y agoThey became the most valuable company in the world by selling hardware. What on earth would possess them to get out of that incredibly lucrative market in which they have an unparalleled privileged position??
- OldSchoolJohnny 7y agoI think you're more right than people are giving credit for. They clearly haven't cared much about their hardware with any true innovation for a long time.