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Interesting that Google makes a ton of apps for iOS but Apple doesn't go the other way.

turdnagel 7y ago
AFAIK there are two Apple apps on Android: one for Apple Music, and another for migrating your data from Android to iOS.
- realityking 7y ago
  Technically five apps across two profiles: - Move to iOS - Apple Music - Beats - Shazam - Shazam Lite I'm actually a little surprised they didn't release Apple TV+ for Android. Profiles - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple+Inc.&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple+Inc.&h... - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple,+Inc.&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple,+Inc.&...
- balladeer 7y ago
  I've used some of their Android apps (Apple Music for the longest time). It feels like someone made them as a weekend project and then Apple forgot to take it down.
zcrackerz 7y ago
That's because Google is an ad company while Apple is a hardware company.
- lozaning 7y ago
  Apple is a services company now according to them, and as demonstrated by the Apple tv app on my Samsung TV.
  - fermienrico 7y ago
    Services != Advertisement. Advertisement is about collecting data from potential customers and offering that to advertisers. Services in the context of Apple is about selling the hardware hoping to capitalize on the ecosystem of their services (music, news, icloud, etc). In extreme cases such as Sony who sells PlayStations ("hardware") at a loss hoping to recover it from game sales ("services"). Apple is more like Sony than Google.
    - toss4732 7y ago
      There is still a few years to go by for Apple's service bucks to surpass the hardware bucks, while Sony (the gaming division) is loosing money on hardware.
  - philistine 7y ago
    Apple has not described themselves as a services company. Tim Cook has said that growth in the company will come from services. So the company focuses on that. Apple provides some services, it is not a services company.
  - paxys 7y ago
    Apple is trying its best to brand itself as a services company, but its actions show that it is not ready to actually embrace the platform openness that comes with it. Look at Microsoft for a much better example of a services-focused company which also sells hardware.
  - toss4732 7y ago
    not really, because iphones have ridiculous huge profit margins. Apple services earnings is not even close to iphone selling earnings. But one does boost the other so that's what they are doing. But there is still a few years to go by for Apple's service bucks to surpass the hardware bucks.
mr_toad 7y ago
Google wants people to use their software, Apple wants people to use their hardware.
draw_down 7y ago
I disagree, that is not interesting.
EpicEng 7y ago
It's not that interesting if you take a moment to think about how either company makes money.

AFAIK there are two Apple apps on Android: one for Apple Music, and another for migrating your data from Android to iOS.

realityking 7y ago
Technically five apps across two profiles: - Move to iOS - Apple Music - Beats - Shazam - Shazam Lite I'm actually a little surprised they didn't release Apple TV+ for Android. Profiles - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple+Inc.&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple+Inc.&h... - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple,+Inc.&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Apple,+Inc.&...
balladeer 7y ago
I've used some of their Android apps (Apple Music for the longest time). It feels like someone made them as a weekend project and then Apple forgot to take it down.

zcrackerz 7y ago

That's because Google is an ad company while Apple is a hardware company.

lozaning 7y ago
Apple is a services company now according to them, and as demonstrated by the Apple tv app on my Samsung TV.
- fermienrico 7y ago
  Services != Advertisement. Advertisement is about collecting data from potential customers and offering that to advertisers. Services in the context of Apple is about selling the hardware hoping to capitalize on the ecosystem of their services (music, news, icloud, etc). In extreme cases such as Sony who sells PlayStations ("hardware") at a loss hoping to recover it from game sales ("services"). Apple is more like Sony than Google.
  - toss4732 7y ago
    There is still a few years to go by for Apple's service bucks to surpass the hardware bucks, while Sony (the gaming division) is loosing money on hardware.
- philistine 7y ago
  Apple has not described themselves as a services company. Tim Cook has said that growth in the company will come from services. So the company focuses on that. Apple provides some services, it is not a services company.
- paxys 7y ago
  Apple is trying its best to brand itself as a services company, but its actions show that it is not ready to actually embrace the platform openness that comes with it. Look at Microsoft for a much better example of a services-focused company which also sells hardware.
- toss4732 7y ago
  not really, because iphones have ridiculous huge profit margins. Apple services earnings is not even close to iphone selling earnings. But one does boost the other so that's what they are doing. But there is still a few years to go by for Apple's service bucks to surpass the hardware bucks.

mr_toad 7y ago

Google wants people to use their software, Apple wants people to use their hardware.

draw_down 7y ago

I disagree, that is not interesting.

EpicEng 7y ago

It's not that interesting if you take a moment to think about how either company makes money.