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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by scarface74 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:45PM (#20579838)
People will buy a $1300 laptop because a computer is a necessity to get things done. Paying more for something you will use everyday. People will not pay $400 for a smart speaker. People just aren’t that into it b
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by vannevar on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:57PM (#20585799)
Maybe so. But I still think if Apple had released an AppleTV with Alexa-quality voice control before the Echo came out, it would've been huge.

I'm wandering off-topic, but I keep imagining an alternative universe where Apple bought Nintendo and released an amazing Nintendo-AppleTV with fantastic voice control, leading to a game ecosystem today where you can seamlessly go from console-to-phone-to-watch playing the same game, with friends.

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