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I feel the Apple I used to like would say "Why would we bother making an ad platform? It's a boring problem and ads only make the experience worse"
by whywhywhywhy 4y ago
I feel the Apple I used to like would say "Why would we bother making an ad platform? It's a boring problem and ads only make the experience worse"
- ggregoire 4y ago> It's a boring problem When you start digging into it, it's actually a pretty complex and interesting topic. Lots of engineering and infra/scalability problems to tackle.
- post_break 4y agoAnd now Apple is like Mr Krabs. "Money"
- mattlondon 4y agoBecause it is hugely profitable? Look at Facebook and Google - billions and billions in profits from selling ads. Now Amazon is following suit too. Apple are well poised to do this (some might say well poised to abuse their position...) so it would be almost irresponsible to Apple shareholders not to pursue this, since they have a responsibility to their shareholders.
- Apocryphon 4y agoThere was a time where Apple's m.o. was responsibility to the users, this shareholder talk sounds like John Sculley talk.
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago“You can sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with us and change the world” Jobs quote comes to mind.