[Swordmaker]

Why do so many pundits think Apple has a problem with Market Share? Is it a problem when Apple is taking home the Lion's Share of the profits (like nearly ALL of the profits)? The Macalope addresses this cunundrum, sort of. — PING!

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[CarmichaelPatriot]

Same reason the Windoze crowd claim there’re no viruses for OS X.

It can’t be the underlying superior technology, right?

[dayglored]

A wonderful tongue-in-cheek quote, (mis?)attributed to Albert Einstein:

There are only two things that are infinite.

One is The Universe.

The other is Human Stupidity.

And I'm not completely sure about The Universe.

People who gauge business success based on greater market share alone are fundamentally misguided. They're like someone who gauges progress toward a destination based on greater speed alone.

Speed is good, but it only results in progress if it's in the direction of the destination. If your greater speed is applied by going in circles, you're not getting closer to the destination. But if your lesser speed is applied consistently in the direction of the destination, you are making progress.

Market share alone is like going rapidly in circles. It's a low-end strategy. You sell lots of product, but you're not making a lot of profit.

Selling fewer units at much higher profit is a different business model, and as in Apple's case, it can be tremendously successful if your product is desired by people willing to pay your price. That is a high-end strategy. And it works very successfully.

Because to be long-term successful in a free market, you have to be making a profit. It's really quite simple to understand.

Smart business people understand this. 'Nuff said.

[dayglored]

I once heard a joke about a misguided businessman who sold lots of product, but at a slight loss. When someone asked him how he expected to stay in business when he was losing a little bit on each unit he sold, he replied:

"Sure, I lose a little on each unit. But I make it up in VOLUME!"

It's a joke.

Just like the people gauging success on market share alone, which is also a joke.

Real success = Profit per unit (times) number of units sold.

It's really quite simple. But some people prefer jokes, I guess.

[dennisw]

I promise to stomp my ipad to bits and pieces if Apple gives up its Chinese slave labor model of manufacturing. This is a second Opium War upon the essence of Chinese civilization and is bringing a slave worker rebellion.

Read the chapter on China in this book to understand China’s corrupt model of economic growth that is doomed for failure and Apple along with it. A huge parasitic-capitalist class of princelings and their higher IQ henchman will bring down the Chinese economic model that is dazzling everyone with its 30 years long continuous growth.

The Apple economic model is to hitch a ride on parasites which never works out long term

The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System Hardcover – April 8, 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Money-Collapse-International-Monetary/dp/1591846706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419767427&sr=8-1&keywords=death+of+money