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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by bfgoodrich on Friday December 11, 2020 @08:56AM (#25385748)
If there were any such thing as "tier 2 and tier 3 countries" in any broad sense, I'd say that's quite a lazy and disingenuous transition from "only on HN" and only something the US cares about, to "outside of the vast bulk of the world's economy".

Further I don't think you understand what "significant" marketshare is. Even 10% marketshare is significant, where the actions of that market player is impactful. But Apple is pushing way above that almost everywhere.

Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by pjmlp on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:25AM (#25386121)
I bet if we do a demographic IP check that is what most HN logins come from.

I surely do, whatever Porsche and Ferrari do have very little repercussions on the automotive market, if you want a comparison.

Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by bfgoodrich on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:58AM (#25386481)
This circular logic is more disingenuous noise (the userbase of HN is utterly irrelevant given that you're trying to prove your own absurd claim that only HN cares, when clearly the entire developed world cares). How are you not moderated down to transparent by now? [I will tell you why - because the title draws in a certain crowd that is comforted by your nonsense, however fictional it is]

Whatever you hope the position of Apple is doesn't correlate with reality.

Aside: Ferrari has between 0.01% - 0.1% marketshare in a given year in the richest countries, and that is your example why Apple -- at 20% or so in most of the world's economies -- is irrelevant. That is some perilously embarrassing nonsense. Hyundai, in contrast, has 7% marketshare in the US and is considered a pretty big player.

Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by romanoderoma on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:59PM (#25389310)
> Apple -- at 20% or so in most of the world's economies

Apple has 17% (and dropping) of the mobile market share in Europe and around 9% in computing.

There aren't many other richer economies in the World.

Ferrari is worth now more than General Motors and Ford, so market share and net worth are not comparable.

Their market share is small because they make a luxury limited edition product.

They limit their production capacity to around 10 thousands cars/year (all sold in pre order), Apple is trying to sell as many devices they can.

There are no Ferrari Store where you can buy a Ferrari and drive it home half an hour later.

It's not a small difference.

Last but not least, there is a lot more competition between car manufacturers, even in the most expensive segments, Apple devices are only made by Apple.

Hyundai, for example, had a net income of over 3 trillion in 2019, Apple net income is measured in tens of billions.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by dang on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:15PM (#25399750)
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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by dang on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:15PM (#25399755)
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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by hesarenu on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:17PM (#25388807)
India would be tier 2 or 3. Apple share is less than 5%. Its very rare to see a iphone in the wild.