The biggest thing that makes me hate apple is them suing every single company on earth with "apple" in their name

Yeah I agree with some of the other comments I read. The issue is that despite Apple's profit from services, they are 100% dependent on their hardware. Other, more diversified, companies don't give a crap what hardware you use, as long as you use their software. Google will be happy to give you gmail, KZfaq, KZfaq music, etc. on an iPhone, windows computer, or whatever you want to use. No one will really use an apple watch, go to the app store, use Apple music, etc. if they don't have an iPhone.

Why is Apple pivoting to software? Well, look at what Microsoft has done for almost 50 years

I had a chance to buy AAPL at near the all time low in the late 1990s... ouch. A friend of a friend put his life savings, I think it was $50k, into AAPL at about the same time. Last I checked, a while ago, it's up 400x, probably more now. $50k x 400 = $20M. Yeah they retired early.

They also have their "certification" scheme, for companies who produce compatible accessories like cables, dongles, chargers, stylus pen etc. Apple takes a cut from those products too (the certified ones at least), which costs them nothing.

Yeah software truly seem the better way to make profit right now but they shouldn't over charge for their service either. Overcharging for hardware can only go so far where as new software services can populate or be created to garner more revenue. Just like Netflix crack down on password sharing and it help boost their profit.

I'm somewhat surprised that no other search company is suing Apple for this agreement of placing the Google search as the default search engine.

Any Company the hyper focuses on monetize instead of growth is on a downward trend. They need to buy out other growth industries to diversify. I wish apple routers were still in production. The VR headset isn't ready yet and the field is still open for someone to make something that de-throwns apple. I saw apple was trying to get chatGPT to pay to run their services on apple devices. LOL. Facebook is working on making a LL model that works locally on android phones. One of these business models is going to work better than the other. An AI in the pocket is appealing. Apple is also focusing on Ad Revenue at all levels. This means the "Privacy" is actually just them blocking anyone else from selling ads on their platform.

I've stuck with my android because because apple for my kid's ipads just pisses me off. I like android. It works for what I need and I don't see a reason to switch to a system that limits what I can customize.

Recently I read about the apple ad service called the Apple Search Ads. On top of it, in the $500bn industry of mobile advertising, apple has launched SKAN (a privacy first ad network) and ATT framework (it basically tells you where and how which app will track you). A good explanation for these would probably be online but what it has done is basically kick Meta (especially hurt after the ATT framework) and Google in the nuts in the iOS market and made Apple who is all of the platform, the advertiser and the publisher, a very big player in this field with tremendous profits

Apple has also done tons of shady things. For example as soon as I updated to ios 16 my iPhone got bricked with green screen, if you google this issue it was very common 8 months ago and yet they did nothing. I had to pay $380 for a new screen replacement, when it was their own issue.

Your analysis very interesting. One point I don't agree is the comparison between the App Store (supposed) valuation with countries' GDP. A country's GDP is the measure of the value added created through the production of goods and services in a country **during a certain period**, whereas valuation is either momentarily or a accumulation of all values from the beginning up until a certain point in time. A comparison between Revenue and GDP would have been less incompatible. But even that is not really a good comparison since GDP only accounts for added value.

Man, your videos are awesome. I get really inspired by it.

Problem with the ad platform, where do you show ads? If I purchase a 1.5k phone and I get ads I will just throw it away.

I feel like more thought goes into getting Spotify or Apple Music than you gave credit for. Yes Apple Music is the brand name, but socially Spotify is definitely the mainstream. Only a few people I know use Apple Music and the only reason they use it is because of the superior audio quality.

Hey Man, kinda surprised you only getting thousands on views cuz your videos are amazing, the only reason I’m opening KZfaq right now.👏👏

I'm amazed by your insights on a broad range of topics. I am curious, what do you read/watch regularly?

v good 👍 thanks for the info hari and team

At the end, i still dont understand, why paying so much for an iphone i am still forced to see ads on my iphone???

Great video as always

I use a windows laptop (high end gaming) and an android phone (pixel 6 pro), so i never bought iphone because i couldnt but just because i used apple products throughout my childhood and got bored. But, apple services are actually really good, like i use apple music and tv+ because lossless and tv+ shows are really good, all tv+ shows seem like they've been picked because someone at apple liked them. Edit: oh also they have apps for these services on android and windows, so they are not apple device exclusive.

iCloud instead of google drive is not even a comparison, iCloud is so primitive.

Lol yes another banger of a video!! Thanks LA!!

Won me a apple bundle last year. Won a iphone, mac book & ipad. Used them for about 6 months & put them back in box & now they're sitting in the back of my closet. Apple products aren't worth it to me.

Pls can u make a video on panasonic. About their rise and fall and stagnation. Big fan from bangladesh.

I have bought my last iPhone because I can no longer afford Apple ridiculous prices.’

I use both Apple music AND Spotify on my iPhone. Simply because I like Spotifys recommendations better BUT Apple Music let me rip and store my entire CD collection on their servers included in the Apple Music prize. We have the Apple one family plan for the entire family too. Apples services are of course more integrated with each other and with Apple devices. So it makes sense to use them

KZfaq has the best deal. No YT ads and music, very generous family plan.

I love your videos!!!

fantastic video

Will never buy any apple product. Its just not worth it.

Fantastic production and break down! We appreciate the effort going into these videos 🙌🏻 I think apple will continue to dominate for a very long time, their strategy and ecosystem really makes it easy to keep upgrading to newer apple products. As Buffet said, most people would give up their car before their iPhone 👀

Apple Music gets bundled with google/android products too. There's also windows users that use iTunes too, despite people not liking it.

I might be the only person to have switched to Galaxy and didn't look back. Moved from Apple Music to KZfaq Music as its packed with YT Premium. iCloud is pure trash once you start using it and a shame of cloud storages

hey bro. nice topics

Hey Logically Answered, Interesting topic about Apple.

Since Apple adopted ARM, even if I ever leave iPhone, I don’t intend to leave Mac until there’s an equivalent ARM alternative.

I just bought a set of wired earbuds yesterday for $4, never needs charging and the signal doesn't cut out from interference from the motorcycle.

I use Bing on my iPhone 😊 it’s just better than Google at this point.

We’re did you get the dresses from😭♥️♥️ ?

Bro, you stay in Kearny, New Jersey, I stayed there for 2 years and now shifted to a new place few months ago !!!

Apples next move is to establish a World Wide network of its own, cutting out ALL ISPs and ALL cell phone providers

2:51 A calculator app on an iPad is the worst thing I've ever seen.

I am proudly Apple-Free, Facebook-Free and partially in Google. I trust Google more than Apple at any time. However, by that I mean none of them are good, I only think Google is still the lesser evil.

Apple is so great and nice video man :]

Kissy chef gesture ma friend ,wonderful video as always.

UE made Apple to allow third party app stores and third party payment platforms. Even if media (probably paid by Apple) says that it won't affect Apple, I think that it's just a matter of time until a few service providers would join to develop an app store were they don't have to pay Apple 30%. At least in EU.

you forgot to subtract the cost to Apple of directing searches to Google haha

The issue with Apple is no one *needs* them. Once their hardware sales drop, people will naturally stop using everything else of theirs. If Apple were to disappear tomorrow, aside from a few entertainment/arts industries no one else would notice. Compare that to Microsoft, which the world runs off of.

Hey LA, discuss Microsoft's desire for monopoly too. This has been discussed in a hearing if remembered correctly. And they're just starting.

Google should block KZfaq on Apple phones...iphone will get reality check 😂

Good video.

Yeah that’s why they’re taking away ‘Photo Stream’, so you have to buy iCloud storage rather than simply shared across devices.

11:23 - "they'll probably never create a product that'll outsell iPhone" M2 Processor?

Time to add APPLE to the Adblock list. F this giant! The second there’s ADs on the Home Screen, I’m going back to Android.

Never had an Apple product. Bought my Pixel a year ago and couldnt be happier with it.

Something interesting is you forgot to mention Apple has always really relied solely on one product. This has given them the unique advantage of being able to see what could improve there or what is close to being able to replace said technology and decide to just do it themselves before they can strike at Apple. In the 80s it was the mac by default because that was really the only thing apple made. However in the 90s they tried making different products such as the pipin and newton to diversify there lineup. ofc both failed because both were terrible. The Mac is still in use, because nothing really has, or really can fully replace PCS but it is the smallest part of Apples empire, as well, it was really never that big to begin with especially pre iphone. They've rarely in the 40 years MacOS has existed have had even double digit marketshare and developers greatly prefer Windows and Linux. In the 2000s it was the Ipod. The iPod was easily Apples most popular product and what really put Apple on the map starting everything we know today. Because of the Ipod, Apple was able to gain invaluable experience and reputation in the portable device market. But, for all its success, in a category that needed innovation, appealed to everyone, and wouldnt be changing anytime soon, The ipod ultimately only did one maybe 2 if your being generous (as movies on it would atleast be better than any phone at the time.) that other devices such as phones could replicate. Maybe not as well, not even satisfactory for years, but the threat was there and the fact the ipod could only do one thing was a genuine fear. So apple tried to make a Tablet that didn't require a stylus and accidently the iphone. From 2010 onward this has been what Apple has relied on. The video pretty much explains why. Now the Apple Vision will likely replace the iphone in the future as apple knows it can do the iphones main function, aswell as much more if not better as well as others the iphone cant really do given the opportunity. I think Apple will try to focus all there attention on the vision wont waste time giving it a sim card and potentially even the apple watches technology for the a similar vane found in the head. If it fails, they have the services as a fallback anyway and the iphone will remain unthreatened regardless because AR clearly isnt a replacement. If it succeeds, they could easily port all there services to the vision in addition to probably charging more as it would be fast growing market most the iphone users would be switching into after the the 2nd or 3rd iteration. They have figured it out

Now, who doesn’t love a good clickbait title? Way to go!!

9:31 what is this?

I don't know. If I can't escape ads, there is no point on using Aople

Even IBM pivoted

100% honest here haven't watched the video but judging from your past videos my question is: if apple is ripping off other businesses that would assume lower production costs and a lack of wanting to rip off customers, so where is my $50 iPhone? My $75 Mac book?

Over-priced. Over-marketed. Trash phone for trashy people.

This video came out RIGHT when Spotify hiked prices

"Rip off companies instead", it is more like "rip off companies as well".

Ah, predatory corporate policies.

Google should stop payment apple and watch iPhones fail hard. I am in the process of switching anyway and that would definitely be a final straw for many.

Looking forward to when the EU makes everything allowed on iPhones; it’s already happening with App Store etc. some might say Apple won’t bend the knee, but the market is too big for them to miss out on. Looking forward to when consumer law in america will be for consumers; California is pretty much ahead of the rest of US I think, what do you think?

Google should stop paying Apple.

From 2012 to 2017, Bing was the default search engine on iOS and macOS.

And MICROSOFT is one of the biggest backers of CBDCs, if not the biggest.

I don't like apple products. They are so basic in their functions, although it's understandable given their user base is old people and tech illiterate people who just want the name as a fashion statement. The one thing I do love about Apple is how they push some technologies to mass market integration. HD screens, wireless headphones, watches, tablets etc. They didn't create any of these technologies or even improve them. What they did was give it companies a push in the pants to further these and that's why we are where we are now

AND the rest, Apple doesn’t have a net margin of 25%! It’s real margin is much greater, it uses classic techniques, including “Transfer Pricing”

No, what apple does is that it FORCES you to buy a new phone whether you like it or not. Your 6S can be fine and still be functioning, however, apple will lock you out of the app store and force developers to only use the latest iOS (which ironically is becoming more and more vulnerable as they treat their workers like shit). They deliberately control a supply chain. Broke a screen? New phone! Need a battery? New Phone! Ironically apple engineers have made massive mistakes. If the mic becomes detached from the main board, iOS goes into a kernel panic rather than just displaying a message. Why? So you're forced to buy a new phone. So why is Apple some how better than the competition if its doing all of these things? Because the "competition" is worse! Much worse. Android isn't really opensource at this point. Samsung is far worse for right to repair and ownership than apple is. Meta and Google spy on you far more than even apple does. Yes apple too does spy on you, however, thats using apples own apps. They at least stop Meta from data mining. Its a very low bar set for them to be on top

High prices, high margins, quality products

there is no such thing as rip off companies instead of customers, because all the money that companies have comes from customers, so if you take money from companies those companies will take it from customers by raising prices.

£150 is the norm for paying for ear buds these days... Is it f*ck! 🤣 Pretty sure Apple products are a premium product with a premium price. Its not the norm it's practically the premium price setter. Any other company selling similar products are aware they will be comparable technologically and value wise to an apple product, before any other brand. (Depending on the demographic your targeting) Unless your shopping at somewhere that's attached to a Cartier store 🙄🤷‍♂️🤣

And this was made before Apple Intelligence was introduced

"they've jacked up prices", to be fair, they were always more expensive than other companies. But not anymore. Samsung phones are now more expensive especially when you factor trade in prices. And even if you compare the prices within Apple, year over year, factoring inflation, most of Apple products have gone down in price. The cheapest ipad is cheaper and faster than before, and would put ANY laptop in the price range to shame in terms of performance, same with the Mac Mini.

I only pay for iCloud 99

If google is willing to pay , why is it Apple’s fault ?

Apple started in the Ad business at around 2010 called iAd as an alternative to Google Adwords at the time, mainly because all the ads on apps at the time were using Google so they saw it as an opportunity to create their own ad service with a more user friendly approach and a better percentage to the developers

Apple’s services are often superior, because it is their walled garden. Their music streaming is better supported. They f over competition.

I really think Apple isn’t making enough profit yet. They still sell their iPhones with a free box, charging cable and screen. They should charge for these things separately.

 = 💸

A modern phone is sufficient to give us internet surfing, shoot photo and so on and on. What's more do you want?

between this and your android video. imma go out on a limb and say you're paid off by apple lol.

Google should stop

Hate apple products for being irreparable or hard to repair for being do expensive and they make themselves like that and call themselves a green company😅

I switched from apple to Samsung ❤

Great channel..... please finish your title!!!

This feels less smart on Apple's part, and more stupid on Google's.

The data shown here is over 3 years old..

If Apple goes into the advertising business, then they will drop their commitment to privacy. It’ll be a shame.

Please make a video on …. Indian frawds or Indian companies or byjus or pharmeasy

Pure Apple brilliance. Lock in customers in their walled garden and they can't go anywhere.

They are a monopoly there a saved you 12 minutes.

Update< Spotify is going to cost $11 as well Apple Music is about to explode!

Smartphones definitely didn't reach peak form at all.

I actually use Apple music even though I don't have any Apple hardware, why? Because it's just better fory use case. Tidal and Deezer don't have half the songs I like, Yt music has the libary but doesn't have the quality I enjoy, and Spotify it's straight up garbage because it doesn't have the library yt music does, nor does it have the quality.