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> domination of music is one of the pillars of Mac's success. If they're not just neglecting that, but actively screwing with people... They've lost the plot.
by joshspankit 3y ago
> domination of music is one of the pillars of Mac's success. If they're not just neglecting that, but actively screwing with people... They've lost the plot.
They’ve lost many plots.
Musicians, developers, and even photographers.
Apple’s playbook seems to have changed to:
- Hook a demographic with functionality that’s anywhere from just good enough to excellent
- Railroad them in to using as many first-part services as possible (especially if that means getting them to buy more Apple devices)
- Slowly lock them down so it’s harder and harder to move to competitors (aka boil the frog)
- Move staff from those first party products as the users are trapped and it’s no longer necessary for the quality to be excellent
- kibwen 3y agoGoogle famously discontinued Google Reader despite it having tens of millions of users because it represented a minuscule contribution to their bottom line. Apple isn't a software company, it's a phone company. Everything that isn't an iPhone represents a minuscule contribution to their bottom line. Apple doesn't give a shit about pro users, even if it's profitable, because they're too big to care.
- runjake 3y agoI was questioning your “Apple’s a phone company” claim, figuring services long ago surpassed iPhone sales, but in fact, services sits at about 30% of their revenue and the iPhone sits at about 55%, which is roughly 5% growth from last year!
- jtode 3y agoSo, Chokepoint Capitalism.