I'd buy Brompton.
If you're serious about personal mobility, start with bikes, not cars. And I would love to see what Apple - a company famous for making things lighter and easier-to-use - could do with bikes.
Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
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Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#42Even though Apple is all about focus, I would integrate a little more data by buying Yelp and TomTom. Yelp for a time was pretty toxic but I think they're clean enough now.
I would also lavish attention on Apple Pay. Perhaps a logo program? I frequently ask, and hear others ask, "Do you take Apple Pay?" Having to ask burns a lot of the benefit. Then it often works inconsistently. At Whole Foods I sometimes still have to sign (negating benefit). At my local Safeway, payment will fail if you've also scanned your loyalty card. On that note, perhaps loyalty programs could be integrated. Wal…
Merchants can order logos here, https://www.applepaysupplies.com but really it sounds like an infrastructure and training problem.
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#43Lots of big dreams here on what they could aspire to do. The company is dangerously close to scaring off their customers because of poor software quality. I’d set aside some money for QA... Software quality at Apple needs a lot of help. Every single product is suffering as a result.
I completely agree with you. I’ve been faithful since I was able to afford an iPhone in my mid 20s. I’ve determined that if something doesn’t change, this is my last iPhone. I’ll pile that on with the fact that Ive already decided not to get another MacBook for the same reason, and I went with an Amazon fire stick in my room instead of adding a second AppleTV.
I used to enjoy them because as a software developer, I want to come home from work and just have something I don’t have to figure out.
Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#44Battery research of some sort. please. If an iphone could last just 1 week without a charge and that stayed that way for 5 years. It would sell me over android EASY
I'm not sure selling a phone that lasts 5 years is in the best interest of any phone company. And if it took that much just to sway you and company, then they might as well forgo this segment of the market because there are bigger fishes to fry. Don't get me wrong, the battery capacity will increase linearly but so will the consumption rendering about the same 1 day usage per charge.
Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#45The highest ROIs I know of is early education, 700% ROI. Invest in that.
Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would also lavish attention on Apple Pay. Perhaps a logo program? I frequently ask, and hear others ask, "Do you take Apple Pay?" Having to ask burns a lot of the benefit. Then it often works inconsistently. At Whole Foods I sometimes still have to sign (negating benefit). At my local Safeway, payment will fail if you've also scanned your loyalty card. On that note, perhaps loyalty programs could be integrated. Wal…
Merchants can order logos here, https://www.applepaysupplies.com but really it sounds like an infrastructure and training problem.
By logo program I meant a logo that could only be obtained by meeting certain standards.
Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#47Buy Nvidia or AMD. The race to AI will be won by hardware. Apple right now will lose to Google and Amazon without some serious help and market advantage. Sure google can build a fab or rent one out, but the army of engineers employed at either and the scores of patents would put Apple miles ahead. It’d also give them a the back door they need into the enterprise market. Sort of how they won the consumer market back f…
I think Apple could build hardware just as good as NVidia or AMD. Apple has a software and services deficiency.
Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#48Open Source OSX/macOS, at least versions prior. Microsoft is going to beat Apple to it if it doesn't happen soon.
The core of MacOS is open source. What magic benefit will they gain from open sourcing the GUI framework?
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#49One of the problem is Apple has been following its rule of Asset less. Since Steve came back, do not own manufacturing, do not own x, do not own y. The less asset the better. The reason were simple, Apple wanted to stay slim and agile. It was the reason why Apple was so late into Datacenter, they kept using the cloud until it was unbearable. They were late to CDN, they kept on using Akamai. But today's Apple isn't th…
- buying assets - reduces flexibility. Apple can play one supplier against another. Apple already strong arms mall owners to get lower rents.
-TVs are low margin and even if Apple could increase its margins, TVs are bulky and not replaced that often - much less often than phones and even less often than computers.
-Routers - Apple can't do much to make routers easier to use than the tightly integrated model of ISP provided routers.
- the places that don't have good internet are probably poorer regions that couldn't afford iPhones anyway.
Re: Ask HN: What would you invest in if you were the CEO of Apple?
#50The least he can do is hire a small team and rewrite iTunes. It's such a PITA, and there is no web client. Tried Apple music 3 times only to return to Spotify.
Why? Who really needs most of the functionality of iTunes? Make an app that just does music, one that does Movies.