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This only matters as long as Apple continues to make products consumers want most. If (as many speculate) this changes once the product pipeline that Jobs overs
by sjtgraham 13y ago
This only matters as long as Apple continues to make products consumers want most. If (as many speculate) this changes once the product pipeline that Jobs oversaw before his death is exhausted, the Cook supply chain dominance won't really matter; less people will buy Apple products and Apple's power to make these sort of plays diminishes. If Apple continues to make products consumers want most, then who cares about supply chain coups? Everyone else has a bigger problem on their hands.
- IBM 13y agoThe supply chain enables Apple's products and is a competitive advantage that isn't easily replicated by others.
- eitally 13y agoBut there are implications, human ones: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/an-iphone-tester-caught-in-apples-supply-chain http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/an-iphone-te...
- csmuk 13y agoI wish people would repost the above more. Knowledge of this is one reason I tend to grab second hand stuff on the way to the skip rather than fish out for new kit every year.