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> Things like Apple are aberration. This used to be a good example of innovation that is hard to copy. But it doesn't apply anymore for two reasons: 1. Apple
by behnamoh 1y ago
> Things like Apple are aberration.
This used to be a good example of innovation that is hard to copy. But it doesn't apply anymore for two reasons:
1. Apple went from being an agile, pro-developers, creative company to an Oracle-style old-board milking-cow company; not much innovation is happening at Apple anymore.
2. To their surprise, much of what they call "innovative" is actually pretty easy to replicate on other platforms. It took 4 hours for Flutter folks to re-create Liquid Glass...
- overfeed 1y ago> This used to be a good example of innovation that is hard to copy. Steve Jobs did say they "patented the hell out of [the iPhone]" and went about saber-rattling, then came the patent wars which proved that Apple also rely on innovation by others, and that patent workarounds would still result in competitive products, and things calmed down afterwards.