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Garmin sort of intentionally did this to set up a moat, after their GPS business went the way of the dodo.
by bobthepanda 1y ago
Garmin sort of intentionally did this to set up a moat, after their GPS business went the way of the dodo.
- izzydata 1y agoIf by GPS you specifically mean car navigation. Because almost the entirety of Garmin as a company is built around putting GPS into various things including wearables. But even in automotive they pivoted to working with car OEMs instead of relying on sale of independent devices.
- p_l 1y agoNever seen a Garmin car navigation device. Aerospace, Garmin was, is, and probably will be big
- ilikecakeandpie 1y agoThey were definitely a major player for a long time prior to smartphones becoming the number one GPS solution (for most cars). Garmin, TomTom, Magellan, etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-sGHMivwo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-sGHMivwo
- asveikau 1y agoI remember their in car navigation being huge in the 2000s in the US, maybe 2005 or so was their peak, before that they were very expensive. Probably a lot of people know the brand just for that.
- p_l 1y agoMight be US-specific thing then, or at least they were not very present in the Central/Eastern Europe
- tyfon 1y agoGarmin it's still heavily used in boats among other things. I wouldn't want to go into the lobster season without the ability to track my pods.
- kimbernator 1y agoProbably their largest business segment at the moment is aviation tech, as well.