John Sculley did exactly the same as Tim Cook is doing.
MAXIMIZING profits, HUGE stock gains, but completely ignoring any innovation and running Apple without any vision at all, especially in terms of software. Sorry but that is the truth.
Tim may be heavily focused on profit margins, but you can't say Apple is not innovating. The problem is that the gap between Apple and competitors has closed dramatically, with other companies able to church out hardware and software to a similar level of attention to detail. Apple showed the industry why a clean, simple design is important to consumers and the industry has woken up.
Apple's mobile hardware, particularly the A-series chip, is blowing the competition out of the water. And iOS 12 is a solid beast with exceptional gesture-based interactions that just feels so natural to use. There's nothing comparable to this on the Android side of the fence.
People need to remember that Apple's focus is on the entire widget, the entire experience, not just a matter of feature count. It doesn't matter that Android did something first or has Feature X,Y and Z. The user experience is noticeable poorer compared to iOS.
And we already see signs that the Mac is getting the same love as the iPhone did for years, and future Macs are going to blow PCs out of the water. Apple is just continuing their steady evolution, as they have for many years. They are not in a race to the finish line. They are pushing the finish line forward every year.
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This is an apples to oranges comparison because Walmart sells everything including groceries.
Exactly. I'm surprised that Apple was that high up on the list! That's some serious kudos given the equal success of their brick-and-mortar stores.
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Wow. Amazon is just so dominant, and shows no sign of slowing down. The entire future of eRetail really belongs to them, and as the internet penetrates into the corners of the world, local shops will be in trouble.
Thank goodness poor Amazon is getting billions of dollars in helpful subsidies.
Amazon was smart. They needed to build software, so they created software that they could monetize by reselling it. They needed data centres, so they monetized that, too. Say hello to Amazon Web Services. They truly have mastered the art from development through to consumption.
Comparatively, Apple is very closed in this regard. They don't sell their platforms to other companies like Amazon does.