I can add a few points, like all their IP lawsuits which is not meant to win them anything, it's meant to stall, hence why they go for early preliminary injunctions on shaky IP (all the patents getting invalidated, the lawsuits thrown out) and want unfair terms and refuse to negotiate with patent holders for standards they use, accusing them of FRAND abuse and trying to redefine FRAND to benefit them.
Give it up. You're like a broken record. Apple have settled plenty of big cases - Nokia, Microsoft and more recently HTC. They offered to settle with Samsung, Samsung said no. Can you imagine if an Apple Exec came out with the same line the Samsung Exec did "We have no intention to settle". People like you would've been frothing at the mouth.
Even with Motorola there appears to be positive movement with the 2 companies looking to use the arbitration route.
"all their IP lawsuits which is not meant to win them anything" - didn't you know? Tim Cook is continuing to carry these out as it makes him feel happy. /s
Apple is allergic to competition. It hates having to compete, because frankly, Apple kinda sucks at competing. It's sad because they make truly great products a lot of people (including myself) enjoy using. They make tons of money, but it seems they want more, especially for the iPhone which is right now, their biggest source of revenues and could hurt them seriously if it comes crashing down.
Apple hates competition now. Really. That's where you've gone? You say they make great products - that my friend is how you compete. So it appears Apple loves competing. Any company that can't compete would die very quickly. Not grow to become the largest tech company on the planet. You talk so little sense. Why the hate?
- Personal computers were big, noisy and VERY expensive - they released the Mac. #CompetitiveWin
- Digital music players were clunky in hardware, and had poor software support - they released the iPod and iTunes. #CompetitiveWin
- The phone market was bouncing along, evolving - but slowly. And the devices that 'had every feature' the original iPhone had were terrible experiences - they released the iPhone. #CompetitiveWin
- Joe Average doesn't need the power and features of a desktop OS - they release the iPad. #CompetitiveWin
BTW, the supply chain bit ?
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/22/technology/apple_supply_chain/index.htm.
I'll ignore the pro-Apple marketing rhetoric links you posted. Gruber and AllThingsD... gah. Link me to Apple's site next time, I think it'll be less biased.
So you link to an article which points to a company (Apple), using it's huge profits gained from one of the greatest consumer products ever (iPhone) to buy components at quantities and prices that favour themselves. And this is bad. Again, move off this site, if it upsets you when Apple do things that benefits themselves. Any company with the means would do the same thing. If I understand your hate correctly, you are saying Apple should've bought less components, so their competitors could've released their competing products in a more timely fashion? Wow.
From the article:
But Apple's key to supply-chain success isn't as simple as its ability to bring bigger briefcases of $100 bills to its partners than its rivals. Part of the reason Apple wins in the supply chain is simply because Apple is so successful overall.
I can see where you're coming from, for Joe Consumer, Apple's ways will hurt the market. But Apple doesn't need to worry about others or the market. They are not a charity. They need to worry about themselves.
They are still making the best mass market hardware on the planet. They still make stuff that is ridiculously easy to buy, service, maintain and learn. But their mobile software (IMO) is falling behind in certain areas. They could easily lose their lead, they don't need to make soft decisions like passing up on components due to market shortages. They need to keep driving forward to continue to push their growth and their bottom line so they can create their product line-up to the best of their abilities.
Seriously you lessen the value of this Apple community with your constant negative spin. I'm sure there are many Apple hate sites where you could go and spread the silly nonsense you love so much. You're a smart guy, I've actually seen you contribute in a positive way many times, just give the hate spin a rest. It's boring.