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Apple is a 3 trillion business that is out of growth drivers. They will need to squeeze more money out of everybody in the ecosystem to appease wall street. Or

• pretext-1 3y ago
  They’re working on cars for sure
  • andy_ppp 3y ago
    Will the Apple Car get slower over time and have the battery become unusable after 2 years?
    • kibwen 3y ago
      When turning the steering wheel to the left causes the car to veer right, will the official response be "you're holding it wrong"?
    • andy_ppp 3y ago
      Impossible to service, imagine the cost of Apple Care, my guess would be $300 per month plus the cost of the car which will be $100k?
  • gizmo 3y ago
    No money in cars. (That's why Tesla insists it's a robotics/AI company.)
    • xyst 3y ago
      I agree. Money is not in the cars. Money is in the data collected from the users - 360 degree camera footage, offloading AI training risk to users, and of course collecting all of that sweet user data [1]. In some cases, the car manufacturer will somehow collect your sexual history. [1] https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-...
• sitkack 3y ago
  The problem is that a large percentage of that pie is just rent seeking from App Store fees. The App Store should be opt in for all parties. I think the analysis in this thread is correct, Apple wants to remove the “loophole” that was originally the only way to get apps on the device.