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Why is Apple being compared to Google and Amazon in this context?
by ryanjshaw 4y ago
Why is Apple being compared to Google and Amazon in this context?
- picardo 4y agoLazy journalism. They're all tech companies and all tech companies have the same business model, of course.
- djha-skin 4y agoHowever, being that Apple sales probably shot through the roof, and how popular microchip commodities were in general, I'm sure they had almost more recent hire than Google did.
- asdajksah2123 4y agoWhy is it lazy when journalists compare Apple and Google, and yet it's rare to go even a few comments before FAANG being dropped into any tech discussion?
- dmix 4y agoId have the same question why every layoff gets a headline on HN but I guess it's newsworthy when it's a trend. Otherwise they are pretty similar sized "Big Tech" companies. Apple: 164,000 employees Google: 150,000 employees Amazon: ~800,000 corporate employees (this one was harder to find but the tech/software team is probably similar to above)
- kristianc 4y agoc. 65,000 of the Apple employees are retail employees though. It’s not really ‘apples for apples’ to compare that with Google’s entirely tech and product headcount.
- bryan0 4y agoBecause people are criticizing the tech layoffs and pointing to Apple as an example of why layoffs are not currently necessary.