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On 2023-09-30 00:38, Dorper wrote:
> On Sep 29, 2023, candycanearter07 wrote
> (in article 3@dont-email.me>):
> 
>> On 9/29/23 23:09, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2023-09-29 21:01, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> Brand.
>>>> Also, consumer safety/functionality should usually be prioritized.
>>>
>>> Riiiiiiiight.
>>>
>>> "Brand" has kept them the best-selling smartphones in the world for 16
>>> years.
>>>
>>> 
>>
>> Yes.
>> People see Apple as the modern, futuristic tech company.
>> That takes a lot of marketing, genuine success, etc.
>> But once you have that, you can basically ride the loyalty to success.
>>
>> How many genuine innovations has Apple made recently?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_loyalty
> 
> Like them or not:
> - The Notch
> - Removing the headphone jack
> - The reversible charging port
> - Marketable wireless earbuds
> - Marketable wireless trackers
> - AirDrop (like bluetooth file xfer if it didn`t suck)

AirDrop works fine, actually.

> - Functional x86 to ARM64 translation
> - On-chip ML acceleration
> - Application of the broadband engine concept to laptops
> 
> Primarily Apple makes technologies that were previously unmarketable
> (Wireless trackers, wireless earbuds, wireless file transfers, Thunderbolt,
> binary translation, smart watches, mp3 players, etc.) appealing to the
> general public.

It doesn`t make them "marketable".  It makes them work very well.

In part due to the eco-system "glue" via iCloud.

-- 
"Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent."
- John Maynard Keynes.

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