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The whole company is sized to a specific revenue stream, and this revenue stream requires a specific sales volume. Apple could get off Mr. Bones' wild ride, but
by orthoxerox 3y ago
The whole company is sized to a specific revenue stream, and this revenue stream requires a specific sales volume. Apple could get off Mr. Bones' wild ride, but this would require remaking how the whole company works:
- less frequent laptop releases mean lower sales (do you want this 2020 Mac or this 2023 Dell?)
- lower sales mean lower revenue, lower revenue means lower costs
- so now Apple has to spend less on R&D and at the same time convince its board of directors that lower sales don't mean Apple is failing