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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 11:09 PM EDT |
That is the old App;e. The Apple that thought hardware control meant *being*
the platform.
The new Apple wants those revenue margins on hardware, yes, but they've seen
what Google can do with services, and they now realize the danger of a platform
that doesn't care about the hardware. They also realize they can't stop it.
That means they have to join the party. They are trying to roll their own
services, and they will end up going head to head with Google.
And the win-win scenario could never happen anyway as long as Apple is still
trying to stop Android by suing Samsung. Apple knows it futile, but they're
trying to buy time, hoping they can grow their own quckly. Much like Microsoft
funding SCO's nonsense, hoping to slow Linux until they could release their next
big thing to rule them all (aka Vista).
Here's hoping it works out as well for Apple;-) [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Except - Authored by: squib on Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 03:08 PM EDT
- Except - Authored by: squib on Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 03:10 PM EDT
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Authored by: DannyB on Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 09:45 AM EDT |
The problem with Apple's tragedy strategy is that having a high
margin is not a winning situation as market share gradually shrinks toward
zero.
Google's strategy of growing market share will make Apple's high
margin strategy fail to generate massive amounts of income. I'm sure Apple is
furious that Google is taking Apple's God given divine right to a monopoly
market to which Apple is entitled. Consider the statements of the angry
monopolist: phrases like "going thermonuclear", and I'll spend every last dime
of the stockholders Apple's to destroy Android, and I'm going
to f*%^#! kill Google (throws chair) -- Oh, sorry. Nevermind that last
one. That was from a different crazy monopolist, and was edited for polite
company, but gives you a correct sense of the exact quotation.
If Apple
was winning, or could win, given Google's increasing market share, then Apple
would not be throwing such a hissy fit over every new Android device. Do you
see a pattern here. Apple sues Samsung for selling successful device. Samsung
makes device not infringe patents. Also releases new generation of devices.
Apple sues over the new devices with different claims. It doesn't really matter
what Samsung does with their newer and newer devices, Apple is determined to sue
over any claim it can find.--- The price of freedom is eternal litigation. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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