Comment by SoftTalker
17 hours ago
When have they done that since the first iPhone in 2007? The watch maybe? Though not sure that's "leapfrog" better than anyone else's smartwatch, but I don't have one so maybe I'm wrong.
17 hours ago
When have they done that since the first iPhone in 2007? The watch maybe? Though not sure that's "leapfrog" better than anyone else's smartwatch, but I don't have one so maybe I'm wrong.
Their own chips, vertically integrating.
- AirPods
- Apple Watch
- AirTag
Those are a few that come to mind. All do multi-billions in revenue per year.
None of those are the best product in their category, and all are only huge sellers because Apple anti-competitively privileges them in its ecosystem.
Bad take. Each of these offered novel user experience improvements at launch. Yes they leveraged ecosystem (and yes I agree ecosystem lock-in does move devices) but thats also exactly what unlocked the better UX.
In your other thread you mentioned people don't necessarily want iPhones but they buy them to not be excluded from iMessage. I think you vastly underestimate how much regular people want low-bullshit tech experiences and are willing to pay for that.
What’s better than AirPods and AirTags? I want them
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