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On 2023-09-30, Dorper <
usenet@dorper.me> 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
You mean Face ID. It puts Android facial recognition to shame in terms
of reliability, privacy, and security.
Touch ID is the same in that regard.
> - Removing the headphone jack
> - The reversible charging port
> - Marketable wireless earbuds
> - Marketable wireless trackers
> - AirDrop (like bluetooth file xfer if it didn`t suck)
> - Functional x86 to ARM64 translation
> - On-chip ML acceleration
> - Application of the broadband engine concept to laptops
- the Apple Watch (the best selling watch of any type on the planet)
...and so on...
> 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.
Yep. It`s what made iPods shoot past all other media players of the
time, rocketing to #1. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Of course the weak trolls here will all claim that this is all simply
due to "branding". ?
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