3 ms·
Apple is a hardware corporation with superior products than most of its competitors. How is one new piece of software a threat to its business?
by galaxytachyon 4y ago
Apple is a hardware corporation with superior products than most of its competitors. How is one new piece of software a threat to its business?
- Idiot_in_Vain 4y agoSmartphone becomes mainly an interface to an AI in the cloud. Doesn't matter if you use an expensive Apple device or a cheap Chinese phone. People stop buying expensive Apple devices.
- arvinsim 4y agoI am pretty sure Apple is seeing the limitation of just being a hardware company. Why do you think they are pushing so hard on their services and advertising?
- galaxytachyon 4y agoTheir services and advertising is highly and completely integrated into their hardware. In other words, the software exists solely to serve the hardware side. They became the most valued company in the world by selling hardware, I don't think it is fair to say their strategy is "limited". The parts that they are pushing the most are still hardware. Cars, ARM chips, phones, Macs. The OS and App store for example are extensions of the hardware and are not competitive with similar products from other companies. For example, Mac OS is competitive because they have hardware level optimization with the M series chips such as acceleration for x86 simulations. The software or the OS itself is nothing noteworthy if you compare it to Windows or Linux.