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		mcovalt on Oct 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch > Apple has always been a hardware company though. Software has just been for the purpose of selling their hardware. I'm not sure that's the right perspective. Steve Jobs said in an interview [0] that "Apple views itself as a software company." [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEeyaAUCyZs

solarmist on Oct 18, 2021 [–]

They definitely don't behave like a hardware company. And arguably much (most?) of their value comes from their software.

But at their core selling hardware is where the money comes from.

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