It's a bit weird that Apple recently killed their Airport products[1]. Seems like it would be a good thing to retain, after all the router/wifi is sort of the nexus of any home. Sure, they may not directly make a lot of money off them but they that's also the case with many other things Apple make (iOS, for example).

Most of Apple products (Mac/iPhones/iPads/AppleTV/[future Apple home product]) go through them.

Google went the other direction, recently adding routers to their product mix.

[1] http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/11/report-apple-has-broken...