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Apple announces all-time record in revenue, iPhone sales
- ChrisArchitect 8mo agoRelease: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-reports-first-q... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46816966 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46816966)
- freedomben 8mo agoThis won't be popular on HN, but this data seems to heavily imply that Apple should focus on mainly iOS. Mac is largely a loser. The market has spoken and they love the locked down, walled garden approach. We can debate the ethics around that all we want, and I do believe it is highly unethical and actually evil, but that's what people seem to want. The future of Mac OS is going to be locked down. It will look a lot more like iOS than classic open computing. It is bad for humanity, but good for Apple's bottom line. It's coming, mark my words.
- bentocorp 8mo agoI agree that it says that people are willing to pay more, more often, for a smartphone than they are willing to pay for laptop and desktop computers. However, how you can then extend this to: > The market has spoken and they love the locked down, walled garden approach. The market hasn't been given the opportunity to choose a more open iPhone or a closed, locked-down iPhone. When the market is presented with both options, at variable prices, we can then determine what, if any, people are willing to pay for one vs the other.