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Apple has NO OEM. You can only buy completely integrated products period. The new M1s are SOCs, so there isn't even a 3rd party market unless you restrict that
by supernovae 4y ago
Apple has NO OEM. You can only buy completely integrated products period. The new M1s are SOCs, so there isn't even a 3rd party market unless you restrict that to USB and fashion accessories.
Microsoft does make its own hardware. The Surface line of products are pretty amazing. They didn't break any OEM 3rd party market nor dictate anything. In fact, they have a "signature system" policy for their first party hardware that it won't be full of bloatware like 3rd party OEMs used to do.
Google has slowly been destroying its 3rd parties and 3rd parties playing in its ecosystem have been moving towards forking for a while which is why there is always the complaint of unsupported devices after a single cycle there. (and so many community roms/hacks/installers floating around to address this)
- shagie 4y agoThat's the point. Except with some attempts back in the mid 90s, Apple hasn't licensed their software and have instead done a vertical integration of their products and are selling a product. Tangent to this is that Safari isn't the dominant market browser in any space. * Mobile worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/worldwide * Desktop worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide * Mobile US https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america * Desktop US https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america One can't say that Apple's bundling of Safari within iOS is letting them abuse their market dominant position to force other companies to install software that they don't want to.
- vinceguidry 4y ago> The Surface line of products are pretty amazing. Really wish they hadn't gone and invented yet another kind of charge port.
- supernovae 4y agoThey are adopting USB C.. and at least the 3rd party market for replacement chargers is affordable - cheaper than usb c in many cases.