1,591,092,250 x how much profit. They could build a spaceship with that kind of cash.
>>Actually there are no other PC makers that are 40 years old.<<
100% true.
Apple did and does decide not to participate in capitalistic Darwinism.
Apple decided “this is our tiny slice — it is small but it is ours.”
It is certainly a model. We all know the iPhone saved them as a company. And no sane person can dispute that all the PDAs from other companies saw the iPhone OS concept as something worth copying/stealing.
Sadly, Apple has not had any breakthroughs (are they possible?) and just banks on its “us too, but a little better” incrementalism approach.
The phone feature wars are great for consumers but the decision to go iAnything is now more emotional than practical.
Good run though and no one should ever suggest Apple is not forever iconic in personal electronics.
” And no sane person can dispute that all the PDAs from other companies saw the iPhone OS concept as something worth copying/stealing.”
Sane people are usually not ignorant, such as ignorant to the fact that Compaq had the iPaq in 2000, years before Apple copied the “i” for the iPhone in 2007.
Also, Cisco Systems had the IOS (Internetwork Operating System) in 1984. Another stolen “invention” of Apple.
Also, Google’s Android OS was also produced in 2007, the same year Apple introduced iOS. Apple wasn’t exactly an innovator.
P.S. That Google Android OS produced the same year Apple produced iOS is crushing Apple in sales, hence swordmaker’s social media trolling on FR to try to advertise Apple.
Android based devices are killing Apple in sales. Apple is simply too restrictive and expensive, and Apple leaves their customers behind. If a customer has an “old” device, tough noogies, upgrade or be left behind.