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I’m not defending Apple, but I disagree that adding features is the same as innovation. I wish the tech industry would focus on quality over quantity.

It seems Apple isn't on the bleeding edge anymore, but rather they take what is already out there and make the best possible version of it and knock it out of the park.

Take Airpods or FaceID, Apple was not the first to innovate in the headphone space or in the face unlock space. But when they did eventually come out with their own version, that version is miles ahead of the competition.

Apple makes money by selling to the masses. They let others waste cycles on the bleeding edge and learn from their mistakes.

Counterpoint - A Series Chips. And now MacBooks on Apple Silicon

That’s not research. That’s just vertical integration development.

Bell Labs invented the transistor!