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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by zimpenfish on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:10AM (#20093275)
> the software development cost of these systems [...] is not that huge

> probably be created for less than a billion dollars

I don't think I've worked anywhere that's put more than $500M into a single software project. That is "huge" cost.

(Except maybe Yahoo! but even then I'm not sure.)

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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by cromwellian on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:53AM (#20093472)
They're sunk costs now though. How much more needs to be added to Mobile OSes? Can't they just innovate functionality though installed apps?
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by zimpenfish on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:14AM (#20093570)
GP was, I believe, talking about a whole new mobile OS, built from the ground up for privacy and an open ecosystem rather than just innovating on the existing platforms.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by satyenr on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @11:28AM (#20095905)
> I don't think I've worked anywhere that's put more than $500M into a single software project. That is "huge" cost.

It's not what they put on the project in one go. It is the accumulated cost of developers, infrastructure and most importantly -- the experience and expertise that has been cultivated over decades. Do you really believe you can get a bunch of developers with limited experience to build something that is comparable to iOS/Android in a couple of years?

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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by zimpenfish on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:31AM (#20101748)
> Do you really believe you can get a bunch of developers with limited experience to build something that is comparable to iOS/Android in a couple of years?

I don't, no, but then I wasn't claiming it was possible, especially not for "under a billion dollars".

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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by yholio on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:34AM (#20093379)
Something like an Android clone is a conglomeration of many, many different projects.
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Re:Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company by jethro_tell on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @03:14PM (#20098249)
getting an OS up an running on a phone is easy, its the backend services and building an eco system that will/has sunk a few companies that have attempted it.
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