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rchaud on Jan 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Coming to Grips with Apple's Seemingly Unshakable ...

> The alternative is dark for both Apple and Apple's users. There's no innovation in the iOS app ecosystem anymore, beyond thirty copycat ChatGPT apps

There's a multi-billion dollar revenue line item for App Store ads that Apple can't lose. Nobody on the Apple software side gives a rat's ass about innovation.

jes5199 on Jan 18, 2024 [–]

this can't be stable forever. Eventually people will move to some new form factor of computing and it's unlikely it will be Apple

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