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0 pointsoldpersonintx1y ago0 comments

Apple is a predatory partner

Every partnership Apple enters must result in Apple winning and the other party simply being a subservient cog

So, no one wants to do business with them in new markets where Apple doesn't have leverage

This is why they couldn't get a manufacturing partner for the now-dead Apple car...no one wanted to be the Foxconn of cars (they do all the work, Apple gets all the credit)

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resource_waste1y ago

How would Apple not have leverage in the car market? There are 18 companies and only 1 Apple Logo.

I think Apple failed on cars because they are significantly more complex then hobbling off-the-shelf electrical parts together and slapping an OS on it. Think of how many companies can assemble electronics and make OS. Its easy, literal sub 18 year olds make prototypes like this.

tnmom1y ago

I am _very_ happy that the manufacturer of my car is a subservient cog wrt the infotainment system. They suck at when they’re not a subservient cog.

DonHopkins1y ago

You're suffering from Tim Cook Derangement Syndrome.

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