> Apple gobbling up supply chains and production capacity is not something a hardware startup should be happy with. You start with a very good and fair point.

> Apple gobbling up supply chains and production capacity is not something a hardware startup should be happy with. You start with a very good and fair point. > Also, startup engineers don't necessarily like "alien technology", which is what Apple is becoming by developing everything behind closed doors and with little cooperation. > Startups don't like to pay 10-30% of their revenue just for running their software on a device someone has already paid for. You ended with one that is pretty much at odds with my experience. Startups value distribution channels, and the App Store has been fantastic for this. Furthermore, it's one thing to dislike Apple. It's another thing for people to veer off into conspiracy theory, which is what half the threads on here have started to do.