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The innovation curve doesn’t always reward the innovators. It pays to let others test the waters before you.
by greggsy 2mo ago
The innovation curve doesn’t always reward the innovators.
It pays to let others test the waters before you.
- dd8601fn 2mo agoEspecially if you’re Apple and your expertise and reputation is in making privacy conscious devices and cloud services that are exceptionally user friendly. Then you go to the AI labs and say, “We see you’ve spent a trillion dollars on that model… we’ll write you a check today to let us run it how we want.” Skips the ugly horse race and massive risk while focusing on what they do better than anyone. And they’re the only ones who have cultivated the trust with normal people to be able to say, “We now have the only AI service that can safely reference your personal info without giving it all to strangers.” They could possibly end up the second biggest winners in this insane hype cycle… without having had to compete on making a sota model.
- dghlsakjg 2mo agoApple has a real knack for not being first mover but being “best” mover. They didn’t invent tablets or mp3 players or thin laptops or ARM laptops, but once they entered those markets they absolutely became the definitional product for the entire category. We don’t talk about AVP.
- red_green_yell 2mo agoDon’t forget AirPods, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. They were not first but they are currently best. The Alexa thing and AVP are notable fails.