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This was the old Apple under Jobs. Tim Cook made it a juggernaut that holds more than half the market in many areas, can buyout whole supplies of a specific te
by makeitdouble 2y ago
This was the old Apple under Jobs.
Tim Cook made it a juggernaut that holds more than half the market in many areas, can buyout whole supplies of a specific technology (e.g. TSMC and their 3nm process?), influences the relationships with a whole country (China) and has the size to weather most battles (e.g. the fight with the EU).
- Cumpiler69 2y agoThe magic of vertical integration.
- account42 2y agoMore like the magic of decades without sufficient antitrust enforcement.
- rogerrogerr 2y agoPeople here are always telling me that modern MacBooks are nothing special and I can get a better deal on a Windows laptop. Which is it? Seems like it can’t be a monopoly _and_ face stiff competition from Windows. (I’m not interested in the green-bubble stuff; that argument holds no weight with me - especially since iOS supports RCS now)
- Cumpiler69 2y agoThe anti-trust issues are related to the iOS marketspace. MacBooks has nothing to do with this. Please stop injecting your conjecture to move the goalposts of the discussion.
- rogerrogerr 2y agoOkay, Cumpiler69. Thanks for keeping the discussion professional.
- preciousoo 2y agoI agree with you for the most part but is all this necessary?
- Glyptodon 2y agoI don't know what "geen bubble stuff" means, but it's totally plausible that there's a monopoly on mobile devices and/or the app store, but not on PCs overall.