Apple buys a company every three to four weeks • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by root_axis » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 3:51 AM UTC

SllX wrote: post #57

root_axis wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh? This seems totally backwards to me. Stripping down an acquisition to incorporate it into the acquiring company is the ultimate competitor crushing strategy; buy up all the best technology and sell it exclusively through your locked-down walled garden. Apple products integrate with Apple products and nothing else by design . Granted, the Facebook product is an absolute cancer on society, but Facebook's acquisitio…

Most small businesses fail. Nobody put a gun to their head and told them to take the money and the W2 salaries; each company was in a position to assess their own situations and make their own choice about whether to be acquired or try to stay independent and succeed or fail on their own. Other companies have said “no” to Apple in the past, Dropbox most famously.

I agree with your comment. None of it contradicts anything I wrote.

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by root_axis » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 3:51 AM UTC

spideymans wrote: post #56

root_axis wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh? This seems totally backwards to me. Stripping down an acquisition to incorporate it into the acquiring company is the ultimate competitor crushing strategy; buy up all the best technology and sell it exclusively through your locked-down walled garden. Apple products integrate with Apple products and nothing else by design . Granted, the Facebook product is an absolute cancer on society, but Facebook's acquisitio…

>Huh? This seems totally backwards to me. Stripping down an acquisition to incorporate it into the acquiring company is the ultimate competitor crushing strategy; It's not as if Apple lacks competition capable of doing the exact same.

I never stated otherwise.

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by internet2000 » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 3:52 AM UTC

qbasic_forever wrote: post #9

So ~15 companies a year? That doesn't sound outrageous for a company with billions and billions of dollars in the bank, and billions more coming in every quarter. edit: If anything there's probably immense pressure on Cook to buy buy buy more stuff. I don't think anyone inside Apple wants to have a repeat of stuff like old Apple maps or other products that just languished and died internally while external companies…

Maps hasn’t languished at all.

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by purpmint008 » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 3:56 AM UTC

Apple is the biggest monopoly in the US right now. Hands down.

They get to get away with everything!

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. all get hammered on the daily in the US and in the EU. But, Apple is a golden child that can do no wrong.

Do you people not realize that they've created a peer-pressure device in the form of the iPhone by packaging SMS and iMessage into 1 app called "Messages"?

How is that even legal?!

The app should be broke up into 2.

You should be given options on what messaging app you want to install.

Their practices are anti-competitive.

15-30% cut via the App Store for Apple?! Is this a joke?!

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by ralfd » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 3:57 AM UTC

root_axis wrote: post #58

The HN commentary on this article is amusing to me. Every story about a big tech company on this forum is a lecture on our degenerate age of failed antitrust law, but when it comes to Apple we're treated to a litany of "so what?". Honestly, I don't mind Apple's acquisitions (though I do wish I was living in a world where I could buy an M1 the same way I can buy an i7), but I just felt compelled to drop this little nu…

Because of this:

> Measured by value, Apple’s acquisitions are actually far more restrained than those of many of its tech rivals. Microsoft paid $26bn for LinkedIn, Amazon paid $13.7bn for Whole Foods and Facebook paid $19bn for WhatsApp. Apple’s ten largest purchases put together would still be worth far less than any of those deals.

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if ALL of Apples acquisitions were less than $13 bn.

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by root_axis » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 4:02 AM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #65

root_axis wrote: post #58

The HN commentary on this article is amusing to me. Every story about a big tech company on this forum is a lecture on our degenerate age of failed antitrust law, but when it comes to Apple we're treated to a litany of "so what?". Honestly, I don't mind Apple's acquisitions (though I do wish I was living in a world where I could buy an M1 the same way I can buy an i7), but I just felt compelled to drop this little nu…

Because of this: > Measured by value, Apple’s acquisitions are actually far more restrained than those of many of its tech rivals. Microsoft paid $26bn for LinkedIn, Amazon paid $13.7bn for Whole Foods and Facebook paid $19bn for WhatsApp. Apple’s ten largest purchases put together would still be worth far less than any of those deals. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if ALL of Apples acquisitions were less than $13…

I don't see why the price Apple paid matters at all. What Apple does with the acquisitions I think is far more relevant. LinkedIn, Whole Foods, and WhatsApp have continued to thrive after acquisition, all of Apple's acquisitions are gutted and scavenged for parts to incorporate into their locked-down walled garden. Don't get me wrong, it's a great business strategy and the reason that Apple products are typically superior to the competition, but it's far more hostile and anti-competitive compared to the cited examples.

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 4:05 AM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #65

root_axis wrote: post #58

The HN commentary on this article is amusing to me. Every story about a big tech company on this forum is a lecture on our degenerate age of failed antitrust law, but when it comes to Apple we're treated to a litany of "so what?". Honestly, I don't mind Apple's acquisitions (though I do wish I was living in a world where I could buy an M1 the same way I can buy an i7), but I just felt compelled to drop this little nu…

Because of this: > Measured by value, Apple’s acquisitions are actually far more restrained than those of many of its tech rivals. Microsoft paid $26bn for LinkedIn, Amazon paid $13.7bn for Whole Foods and Facebook paid $19bn for WhatsApp. Apple’s ten largest purchases put together would still be worth far less than any of those deals. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if ALL of Apples acquisitions were less than $13…

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Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by stephencanon » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 4:05 AM UTC

presentation wrote: post #50

wlll wrote: post #41

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Everyone I know goes once a week. once every two weeks and you'd start to run out of fresh produce in week 2.

I live in Japan and go around twice a week, some people go near everyday here. Small homes, small fridges and portions, convenient walkable neighborhoods, desire to eat fresh.

I live in the US and go three times a week. We could go less often without any real inconvenience, but the store is right across the street from my daughter's day care, so it's an easy stop in our daily errands, and that way we don't need to worry about planning much in advance (and we always have fresh bread, fruit and veg, which is nice).

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by jackconsidine » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 4:06 AM UTC

root_axis wrote: post #58

The HN commentary on this article is amusing to me. Every story about a big tech company on this forum is a lecture on our degenerate age of failed antitrust law, but when it comes to Apple we're treated to a litany of "so what?". Honestly, I don't mind Apple's acquisitions (though I do wish I was living in a world where I could buy an M1 the same way I can buy an i7), but I just felt compelled to drop this little nu…

Well said. The HN crowd- normally critical and hyper-rational- is incredibly loyal to Apple, interestingly.

Re: Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

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Post by okwubodu » Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 4:09 AM UTC

jackconsidine wrote: post #69

root_axis wrote: post #58

The HN commentary on this article is amusing to me. Every story about a big tech company on this forum is a lecture on our degenerate age of failed antitrust law, but when it comes to Apple we're treated to a litany of "so what?". Honestly, I don't mind Apple's acquisitions (though I do wish I was living in a world where I could buy an M1 the same way I can buy an i7), but I just felt compelled to drop this little nu…

Well said. The HN crowd- normally critical and hyper-rational- is incredibly loyal to Apple, interestingly.

I’ve noticed even I unconsciously look for more opportunities to give Apple leeway. Maybe developers do the same after being so entrenched in the ecosystem.