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by throwaway_2047 2136 days ago
Well, Pharaoh is Pharaoh because they born to be Apple is Apple because Apple earned it.

Not disagreeing your point though

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Well, Apple were at the right place at the right time. There is quite a bit of input from their side, but don't underplay the huge role of luck. And there is also network effect, once they had healthy numbers, people flock to them, so it is also due to network effects they are huge.