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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by monksy on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:21PM (#23750990)
I would call that luck. As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead. (Symbian could have done the same thing)
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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by Sebb767 on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:38PM (#23751181)
> As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead.

That's true for any platform, isn't it?

I mean, I see your point about an open platform, but on something that's intended to 'just work' like a PS, trading openness for guaranteed working games and known-good [enough] quality is fair enough. The platform only needs to keep its side of the promise (and not be a monopoly, which would open another can of worms).

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