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I don't know why people have such a strong reaction (either way) about Apple and its chips. Apple didn't invent vertical integration. This type of business mode
by systemvoltage 6y ago
I don't know why people have such a strong reaction (either way) about Apple and its chips. Apple didn't invent vertical integration. This type of business model exists in every industry sector. The ROI calculation about whether to make something in-house or farm it out is pretty much SOP, and businesses act accordingly. Porsche makes their own engines but not their own tires.
- pjmlp 6y agoBecause they always have to speak about something, and most news outlets are American based, thus mostly blind to the actual market share Apple products have worldwide, so they do this industry projections as if it would affect the whole world.
- xnyan 6y agoI’m far from an Apple booster but I think what it does is pretty relevant to the industry worldwide. They may have only like 20% of the market share worldwide but they make far more than half of all profits of smartphones sold worldwide.
- Technically 6y agoThey're also enormously wealthy and can swallow up however much of the top end of consumer markets they want. I'm not sure how you could ignore their presence anywhere but the bottom of the market.
- moistly 6y agoCrab bucket mentality.
- jpttsn 6y ago- In car magazines, we might expect to hear about that, too. - Apple has big impact.