Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
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Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#2Is "quietly" really the appropriate word here? Do stores typically put out announcements when they stop stocking certain products? If not, "quietly" just seems to be a way to create an air of vague menace and treachery without saying it.
Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#3I’m guessing this news will come out when the iPhone event happens in the next few weeks.
Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#4I’m guessing this news will come out when the iPhone event happens in the next few weeks.
And Apple introduces competing products
Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#5Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#6Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#7Is "quietly" really the appropriate word here? Do stores typically put out announcements when they stop stocking certain products? If not, "quietly" just seems to be a way to create an air of vague menace and treachery without saying it.
I thought it was an appropriate description. I did not read any “menace” or “treachery” into the use of the word “quiet”.
The rest of the article mentions that new headphones are on the way according to rumour, that only Logitech’s headphones and portable speakers were pulled rather than the entire line of Logitech accessories, and that up until now, Apple has been comfortable selling both its first party headphones and third party ones, “and let the best product win” and then publicly asks “what changed?”
The implications are strong, no need for “vague menace” here. Apple will sell more of their product if the only headphones you can buy from them are their own headphones, assuming they have a captive audience, of course.
The obvious undertone is that their headphones might not be as good as third party ones — more expensive, fewer features, but who knows until they’re actually announced, of course.
In the big picture, this could also indicate a pivot away from Apple selling third-party devices that don’t directly act as accessories for their own products first and best.
Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#8I guess it shows that they are confident their own over-ear noise canceling headphones will mimic some of AirPods' success. HomePod is still trash though, so not sure what their plan for that is.
Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#9Bose had to have seen this coming. The patent on noise cancelling expired and now its a free for all. Plus, its apples store. Every item would have been listed at apples sole discretion.
Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear
#10Is "quietly" really the appropriate word here? Do stores typically put out announcements when they stop stocking certain products? If not, "quietly" just seems to be a way to create an air of vague menace and treachery without saying it.
I thought it was a pun in re. audio equipment, especially the noise cancelling headphones.