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It occurs to me that this very pattern could be seen in the iPhone development history. “We’re behind in the smartphone market But from what we see as the driv
by cameron_b 6y ago
It occurs to me that this very pattern could be seen in the iPhone development history.
“We’re behind in the smartphone market But from what we see as the driving factor for adoption, we need to come to market with a capable base component, and pre-load the app environment with anything that users could want, we’ll even make the developer ecosystem rich with expansion options.”
Being second to market can be used as an advantage
- gumby 6y ago> Being second to market can be used as an advantage The jargon for that kind of business plan is “fast follower”. Apple has sometime chosen that approach (iPod, watch, arguably even the iPhone) to great success, so it’s not only a small company strategy. Another phrase used in the valley is “you can tell who is the pioneer from the arrows in their backs”. I don’t like the term “pioneer” but the metaphor is apt.
- m463 6y agoBut they don't allow hot-rodding their phones. They're pretty much forcing the tech folks out of their business. The whole group of people who might start with swapping a graphics card, and move towards their own pc build with watercooling are being forced out of the apple market. Even the old mac pro is replaced by this phenomenally expensive beast that nobody would hotrod (except for maybe a sheik)