[yqtjnvou]

But it won't be as successful. We're talking about money. There is much more effort in building quality products than more of the same. For quality, you get 2x competition, rather than just a .. competition when building more of the same.

[brodouevencode]

Okay so you're measuring success in terms of revenue and revenue only?

Look at the most valuable (in terms of market cap) companies that are publicly traded as of 9/16/2024: 1. Apple 2. Microsoft 3. NVidia 4. Alphabet 5. Amazon. They all fundamentally changed their respective markets (and in some ways each others' markets) in mostly good ways.

If this is not what you're talking about please clarify.

[yqtjnvou]

Well, that certainly proves my point.

Apple and Microsoft made a fortune by stealing code and branding it as their own. Later on, both of them targeted a specific segment of users. Apple now consists of its own ecosystem, and they know that once a person gets an apple product, 99% chance he will get another one.. it makes use of psychology. Whereas microsoft simply catered to youths (gaming, and shiny things things) and businesses willing to pay for an unexisting customer support..

I am a computer scientist, and I say this: whatever universities teach you about code, microsoft does the exact opposite. Whatever you think it's normal, right, you deduce it from your teachings, it's always the opposite on their side. Windows is catered to idiots, easy to fool: because after all, how much salesmanship do you need if you have shiny thing to sell? And how much do you need if you sell the intelligent people? Do you see?

NVIDIA followed the game industry and produced over-priced crap, applied handicap to their own devices so as to force people to buy newer models.. And hindered linux progress for decades. Developers of nix what nothing nothing to do with nvidia. And that's not changed - if they change, their revenues drop? Why? Because being fair equals no money..

Amazon uses tactics to lure customers. Once you understand how business work, everything is just so transparent..

All of these share the same principle: beautiful surface, barren and dead beneath it.

Let's take an example: if Microsoft would have been honest, do you think they would be were they are now?