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by lmm 4426 days ago
A cynic would say the same about the iphone. I think there's a good fit here - the same kind of people buy both, so there's lots of opportunity for cross-promotion.
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But not $3 billion+ worth of opportunity. If all they wanted was cross-promotion there are plenty of ways to do that without buying the company outright. If Apple wanted to get into the fashionable accessories market they have enough brand clout to do so on their own, without having to buy an existing player.
In a weird twist, that cynic would be superficial.
cynics are usually superficial. it's the easiest thing in the world to say "no".
By that logic, Apple should buy Google.
They probably should, if they could afford them and weren't going to be blocked by the competition commission.
and if Larry and Sergey didn't have the ability to outvote all of the other shareholders combined