[sidibe]

> They have a big enough ecosystem, enough cash to do R&D on an idea for decades

They can but do they? For all their flightiness on products, the company that actually does this is Google. They've poured money into very long term, questionable return projects at a rate Apple doesn't seem willing to do

[joshstrange]

They just shut down their car project that spent $10,000,000,000 over 10 years. That’s $1,000,000,000 a year, $1 Billion dollars a year for 10 years on an ultimately shuttered project.

> They can but do they?

Yes, they do.

[astrange]

Apple is beholden to normal shareholders; Google is owned by Brin and Page, and the only reason it does those weird projects is they like them.