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What if Apple just operated a MVNO like Google Fi does?
by solardev 1y ago
What if Apple just operated a MVNO like Google Fi does?
- moralestapia 1y ago??? Why would they want to halve* their market cap? Lol. (*: ok 2T vs. 3T)
- solardev 1y agoWhat do you mean? Why would operating a MVNO lower their market cap?
- moralestapia 1y agoApple has a 3 trillion market cap with a 1/100th of the products that Google makes. Why would they want to follow a strategy that is evidently worse? Lol.
- solardev 1y agoHuh? Just offering a cell phone plan doesn't mean that Apple becomes Google overnight? I would love to see a first party Apple cell plan. It'd be better if they owned the whole network, but a MVNO would be better than nothing. That doesn't mean Apple has to copy Google in any other ways.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoAre you saying if Apple does one thing Google does it becomes Google and then has identical financials?
- badrequest 1y agoMVNOs are like second or third-tier citizens on mobile carriers, why would Apple hand a lever like that to, say, AT&T?
- solardev 1y agoThat depends on their negotiations, no? Fi has been fantastic for me in the years I've had it, far better than first party AT&T or Verizon for my use cases. Presumably that's because Google was able to negotiate favorable terms from T-Mobile. I assume Apple would be even better at that.
- Whatarethese 1y agoGoogle Fi isn't deprioritized. There are a few MVNOs that have the same priority as first party carriers.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoApple could definitely strongarm the carrier to make them highest priority.