That's No Space Station

tech, humor, and nuance by David Chartiertech distiller, freelance writer, Macworld contributor, wrangler of Finer Things in Tech

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I don’t want to have to put a whole lot of prep into this other than I have to drink a lot.

Jessi, kicking around an idea for a new video project.

Do you feel like you’ve gotten stupider as you’ve gotten older?

Jessi, contextualizing mortality with a single question.

And no I’m not getting dumber as I get older your face is getting dumber as you get older shut up.

In other words, Apple has product/market fit in the phone market in a way that it never had in the personal computer market. ALL of the key dynamics that doomed it in the computer market are fundamentally different in the phone market - this time, they all work in Apple’s favour, and in favour of the high-end market in general.

Benedict Evans

It might be tempting to think Android represents a replay of how round one of the PC market ended up for Apple (though, note that it has been the top notebook seller in the US and a top PC seller worldwide for a while now). This is one of the most succinct explanations I’ve seen yet for why you would be wrong.