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The strategy is to weaponise peer pressure to make you buy their phones. Cf green bubbles



Yes, this could change as Apple pushes further into services, but for Apple, services are largely in support of physical products. Their services help create a moat.

You buy iPhone, iPad, whatever, you get access to a whole bunch of unique software and services. It is the same strategy BlackBerry had with Blackberry messenger, it was a differentiator.




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