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Ask HN: Should Apple build its own search engine?

• atom-x 6y ago
  Oh god, no. Apple should very much stay out of the SAAS business and stick with their hardware and OS expertise.
  • altworowsky 6y ago
    Are you speaking from personal preference or from a business perspective?
  • Someone 6y ago
    It’s a bit late for that. Services were 22% of total sales in Apple’s last quarter (13 billion vs 58 billion) and almost 40% of their gross margin (13348-4622)/(58313-35943) = 39%) (https://s2.q4cdn.com/470004039/files/doc_financials/2020/q2/_10-Q-Q2-2020-(As-Filed).pdf https://s2.q4cdn.com/470004039/files/doc_financials/2020/q2/...) Edit: that requires interpreting “SAAS” fairly wide, but I think that’s warranted in the context of “writing their own search engine”.