Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by m-ee on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:36PM
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I've worked with ex Apple supply chain people, and they were very used to operating at massive scale and the leverage that came with it. This led to some some unhappy suppliers some of which walked because they felt we were being too demanding. I don't want to overgeneralize, some of the issue was likely the culture of this particular team, but I could definitely see growing pains as they move into a new vertical with suppliers they can't push around as much. There's a lot more to it than "Apple is good GSM"
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Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by briandw on Monday December 21, 2020 @11:43PM
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Same here. I have vivid memories of the supply chain guy yelling into the phone, and this gem of a quote. "What's my target price? It's zero, now what can you do for me?!"
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by m-ee on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:01AM
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Company I used to work at was approached by Tesla years ago. They tried very, very hard to convince our CEO that selling Tesla parts at cost (or preferably less) was a great money making decision. Just think of the scale!
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by rrdharan on Monday December 21, 2020 @09:13PM
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What’s funny is everyone (including Microsoft) was saying all this same stuff about Apple in 2006 and early 2007 when it became clear they were going to move into phones.
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by the_arun on Monday December 21, 2020 @10:48PM
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We need smart electric appliances from Apple at home - lights, washer/dryer, refrigerator, etc.,. We'll be controlled by Apple wherever we go :) Apple eyewear could even track how many times we flip our eyelids.
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by mamp on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:58AM
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The point is that they don’t need to. They are not selling advertising, they are selling privacy as a service. E.g. Apple maps breaks apart your journey on their side so they can’t reconstruct your journey from a to b.
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by the_arun on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:47AM
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They may not need maps for this. They could use geolocation or “findMyDevice” service which may be collecting this data already. Right?
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by pxtail on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @05:58AM
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No no no, stop it, it's Apple and this word is the synonym to "privacy", you are not buying a device, it's like second mother, caring about you and protecting your privacy with angel wings.
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by coldtea on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:14AM
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That seems like a reasonable argument, and not hysterical snark.
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by nomeddie on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:06AM
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Let's hope Siri will evolve better than the auto correct on iOS in this instance to interface to all these appliances.
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by coldtea on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:13AM
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Apple would be the only major FAANG company that doesn't need to do that, because they don't make their profits through ads.
Google and Nest on the other hand...
Re:Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ b...
by crucialfelix on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @04:43AM
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But if they dare to try to start a record label then Yoko Ono will put a quick stop to that.