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Business ecosystems as a way to activate lock-in in business models link.springer.com Mar 28, 2025 7 facts
claimOne-way complementarity occurs when component A is necessary for component B, but component B is not necessary for component A; for example, Apple operating systems can function without third-party applications, but those applications cannot function without the operating system.
claimLongitudinal studies tracking firms that rely on ecosystem lock-in, such as Amazon, Apple, or Tesla, could provide insights into the sustainability of lock-in over different market phases.
claimApple reserves the right to deny firms access to the Apple App Store interface if those firms fail to comply with Apple's specific requirements and standards.
claimGiachetti and Lanzolla (2016) assert that firms can prevent business model imitation by locking in key partners to erect entry barriers, a strategy exemplified by Apple, Google, and Facebook.
accountIn the mid-1990s, Dell deployed a novel business model based on 'make-to-order' and 'ship-to-consumer' processes, which provided significant efficiencies over the 'make-to-inventory' and 'ship-to-outlet' model used by incumbents like IBM and Apple.
claimTwo-way complementarity occurs when component A is necessary for component B and component B is necessary for component A; for example, Apple operating systems require iPhone hardware, and the iPhone hardware requires the operating system.
claimThe Apple iPhone derives value from interactions with external actors, including telecommunications firms, app providers, and peripheral devices like speakers or TVs that enhance its functionality.
Cybersecurity Trends and Predictions 2025 From Industry Insiders itprotoday.com 4 facts
claimLindsay Kaye, VP of threat intelligence at HUMAN Security, states that companies like Google and Apple face difficulties remediating fraud in the Google Play Store and Apple iOS App Store because the apps themselves are not malicious, but are used to enable fraud outside of the stores.
claimSyncing personal devices with personal Apple or Google IDs can inadvertently expose sensitive organizational data.
claimLindsay Kaye, VP of threat intelligence at HUMAN Security, notes that off-brand devices are easier for fraudsters to target with implants, malware, backdoors, and TTPs compared to Google- and Apple-certified devices, which have more security mechanisms and production scrutiny.
claimAl Pascual, the CEO of Scamnetic, predicts that the forced opening of the Apple and Google app store ecosystems to third-party app stores will lead to a significant increase in scam applications targeting users.
Free and open-source software - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 3 facts
accountApple replaced the Samba software in its suite with a closed-source, proprietary alternative after the Samba project switched to the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
claimApplications licensed under the GPL are not permitted in Apple's App Store, as reported by Steven Vaughan-Nichols in ZDNet in 2011.
claimApple switched the compiler in its Xcode IDE from GCC to Clang, a FOSS compiler under a permissive license, partly due to a desire to avoid the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
Does the combination of sustainable business model patterns lead ... link.springer.com Feb 20, 2023 2 facts
claimIn the mobile phone industry, companies like Apple and Samsung leverage rapid technological progress to innovate and increase market share, while simultaneously increasing consumption by making repair and reuse difficult.
claimA high-tech company like Apple may appear to have a low environmental impact when considered as a stand-alone entity focused on design and marketing, but its environmental impact is high when the network of overseas suppliers executing production and logistical activities is included.
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 2 facts
claimSamy Bengio, the Senior Director of AI and Machine Learning Research at Apple, defines reasoning as the action of drawing conclusions efficiently by composing learned concepts.
claimSamy Bengio from Apple presented on the difficulty of learning to reason at the 'Understanding LLM Understanding' summer school.
Construction of Knowledge Graphs: State and Challenges - arXiv arxiv.org 1 fact
claimThe pipeline or toolset implementations for NELL and AI-KG, as well as five of the seven toolsets analyzed (including Amazon's AutoKnow and Apple's SAGA), are closed-source.
Open-source software - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimCompanies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple have transitioned proprietary software into open-source software.
Software License Types Explained: Open and Closed Source sonatype.com Apr 26, 2023 1 fact
claimA 'forbidden right to use' license blocks the use of software by specific industries, such as the Apple Public Source License 1.0, which forbids use in companies associated with nuclear facilities.
Open Source Hardware - Devopedia devopedia.org Jun 3, 2019 1 fact
accountSteve Jobs convinced Steve Wozniak to sell the Apple-1 computer rather than share the blueprints freely, leading to the founding of Apple in 1977.
David Chalmers - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers proposes that computers are forming a form of "exo-cortex," where a part of human cognition is outsourced to corporations such as Apple and Google.
Archetypes of open-source business models | Electronic Markets link.springer.com Jun 14, 2022 1 fact
claimIntegrated platforms, such as Apple, Google, and Amazon, share characteristics of both transaction and innovation platforms, according to Evans & Gawer (2016).
What Is Open Source Software? - IBM ibm.com 1 fact
claimApple utilizes open source tools, with many iOS developers employing open source libraries and frameworks to increase development efficiency.