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Comment by Etheryte

13 hours ago

Services are the second largest revenue steam for Apple, after the iPhone. All other hardware they make is way further down. There's a relevant discussion at [0].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45764986

And this is why it should be taken away from them. They will make better hardware without it.

  • I'm not sure if I see how this logically follows? Apple's massive revenue streams have allowed them to develop the A and M series chips, arguably both technological marvels in their own right. I don't see how they would be making better hardware if they had less money to spend on R&D.