Here's how we know they're real threats - They changed their entire business strategy as a response to them. They're own executives are telling us that these are threats. If you still don't believe those were real and tangible long-term threats to their survival then there really isn't anything else I can say.

>And yet somehow Apple spent those billions of dollars on R&D and others didn't. And on hardware side they keep doing it while the rest of the industry sort of just watches, doing nothing.

False. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/which-companies-spend-the-mo...

>As an example: Samsung is entirely dependent on Google for software and on Qualcomm for chips. Unlike Apple, their entire product lines are literally under continuous existensial threat from multiple sides. Tell me, what exactly have they done to fix that?

https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/09/samsung-google-expand-wear...

https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-techn...

https://retailpartnerships.withgoogle.com/ads/success-storie...

https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-announce...

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This is my last reply. I wish you good luck and godspeed. :)