But also, yes, for the same reasons I appreciate that Walt Disney invested in trains and monorails. While Disney's train-oriented Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow vision never got properly built, it was still such a cool disruptive vision to explore. Also, not just the Epcot theme park that borrows the name but not the concept/ideals, all of the Disney Parks owe their existence to Disney's interests in trains. (The first theme park ride Walt Disney was involved with was building a rideable model train in his own backyard.) I don't expect Apple to build theme parks either, but if investments in train technology and vision pay off with similar secondary effects that maybe the trains don't get built but other cool things do, Disney offers the precedent that an interest in trains by a company that isn't supposed to be in the train business can produce interesting results.
Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car
by aurareturn on Thursday October 09, 2025 @08:17AM
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Do you think Apple is the one who can invest in high speed trains?
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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car
by WorldMaker on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:16PM
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No, for many of the same reasons I don't think it made sense for them to invest in cars.
Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car
by aurareturn on Friday October 10, 2025 @02:10AM
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So basically, you don't believe cars are the future - therefore Apple should not invest in cars?