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> Apple's entire business model for decades is about selling hardware and services, not advertisement. No, Apple's entire business model for decades was about
by _qulr 6y ago
> Apple's entire business model for decades is about selling hardware and services, not advertisement.
No, Apple's entire business model for decades was about selling hardware.
So-called "services" are a recent development, and IMO not a welcome or pleasant one.
- _qulr 6y agoIt's crucial to recognize that for most of Apple's existence, they sold only their own products. Reselling third-party products was a nonexistent or minimal part of Apple's business. That changed with the iTunes Music Store, and it took off from there. I like Apple's first-party products. I want to buy into that ecosystem. But I never wanted to buy into the ecosystem where Apple is a reseller. I don't want Apple to become Amazon.