Apple makes a platform. It's self-evident it doesn't matter there's no Apple ride-sharing app as long as those apps are on its platform. 1/
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But where do you draw the line? Is there a point at which it matters some essential iPhone experience isn't owned by Apple ? 2/
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Everyone uses FB and it doesn't matter Apple doesn't own it. Maps? <1/3 of iPhones installed google maps. 3/
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Theoretically, if the UX moves from the platform to the apps then the platform doesn't matter. The web was supposed to to this to MSFT 4/
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But everyone bought Windows PCs to use the web. And iOS remains far more central to the mobile UX than Windows was to the web 5/
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(Meanwhile the idea 'AI' will replace the multitouch icon grid OS is pure fantasy given the current state of the tech) /6
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Benedict, agree with the thesis to the degree that Voice mediated AI will ultimately supplant mechanical modalities as GUI -> Command line.
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