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@cwyers has Apple ever used its main business to support loss-making entries into other markets? Microsoft has done stuff like give away major products (e.g. Ac
by Tloewald 11y ago
@cwyers has Apple ever used its main business to support loss-making entries into other markets? Microsoft has done stuff like give away major products (e.g. Access, Internet Explorer) to kill competitors. If you have evidence Apple is doing this I'd love to see it.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoKind of related: Apple early on donated to schools, so graduates would want Macs at their first job.
- Tloewald 11y agoGood point. It also got a hefty tax writeoff. That said, everyone does this to some extent. It's a bit different from intentionally obliterating competitors with dumped products cross-funded from profitable businesses.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoReminds me of Dell, using servers to drive down desktop margins. Then when everybody got into servers, they went into printers. Anything to get an advantage and squeeze the commodity item.