Vertical integration, including hardware production. Apple has the capital to buy Foxconn's and the rest of their supplier's exclusive output on the new process

Vertical integration, including hardware production. Apple has the capital to buy Foxconn's and the rest of their supplier's exclusive output on the new process for years. Open source just doesn't have the money to compete in kind with those kind of exclusivity agreements in place. Not enough people want a 3 year old phone with shittier specs that costs more than a new phone, with incomplete software that can't be used as a daily driver.