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Re:OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and evaluates... by slg on Friday October 06, 2023 @12:50PM (#37793130)
This is a funny example because Apple has disproven this logic just as often as they have proven it. Carplay and the App Store are two examples. People generally prefer the software Apple makes over the software car manufacturers make. People also like to install their own software on their devices beyond the software that Apple makes.

Just because vertical integration occasionally works doesn't mean it is actually good for the consumer.

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Re:OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and evaluates... by kajecounterhack on Friday October 06, 2023 @12:57PM (#37793202)
> People also like to install their own software on their devices beyond the software that Apple makes.

Omg this, can Apple please stop sabotaging Google Maps and Google Photos :(

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Re:OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and evaluates... by killerdhmo on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:48PM (#37793781)
… what is Apple sabotaging? Google intentionally holds back features on iOS…

Source: former Xoogler PM

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Re:OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and evaluates... by kajecounterhack on Monday October 09, 2023 @01:34AM (#37817186)
Oh so Google is the one making it impossible to set Google Maps as the default maps option on Apple? And Google is making it impossible to one-click delete backed up photos?

I fully believe Google holds back features but these basic functionalities are probably not the ones. Or maybe DSPA is really that mismanaged? There's always the tradeoff between serving 50%+ of your mobile users and trying to differentiate Android/Pixel.

Apple also does shit like make it impossible for Google Fi to set up easily on iPhone.

Source: long-tenured googler

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Re:OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and evaluates... by catchnear4321 on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:19PM (#37795019)
“good for the consumer” is as subjective as the consumer.

the eu disagrees in that it views itself as representative of the consumer. similar to how us states set laws that may be more strict than others.

get a large enough government of a populace with a large enough portion of the sales, and companies can be made to act. which can be good, but isn’t a guarantee.

just because companies can be forced to act doesn’t mean the forced actions are actually good for the consumer.

(plus a decent amount is political theatre.)

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