Not really, finding other business partners when you have leading technologies in your pocket is a no-brainer.
Samsung would be still doing great without Apple, they don’t only manufacture computer and gadget parts. They do their own gadgets which sells very well, they are even into military hardware, and much more, and they do real research.
While Apple has nothing without Samsung and TSMC, except their OS. But hey, they know how to puzzle achievements of others, that’s also some kind of a competence for a quickie.
They aren’t investing their billions to secure Apples future and still reaping the fruits that were sow by Woz and Jobs. Let’s see how long the bubble will last. The products introduced in Tim‘s area were all a failure compared to pre-Tim products.
But yeah, when you see a company trying to protect „round corners“ instead of a great technology, it’s easy to see where their competence is.
