$AAPL is the best company in the world. They let others fight to see what actually works. Then they copy it and make it better. They are NEVER first. This is how they always win. - Personal computers (1977) - IBM to Apple II - Graphical computers (1984) - Xerox to Macintosh - MP3 players (2001) - Diamond Rio to iPod - Digital music stores (2003) - Napster to iTunes - Smartphones (2007) - Blackberry, Nokia to iPhone - App marketplaces (2008) - various mobile stores to App Store - Tablets (2010) - Microsoft Tablet to iPad - Video calling (2010) - Skype to FaceTime - Voice (2011) - GPS to Siri - Cloud storage (2011) - Dropbox to iCloud - Fingerprint (2013) - Motorola Atrix to TouchID - Smartwatches (2015) - Samsung Galaxy Gear to Apple Watch - Mobile payments (2014) - PayPal to Apple Pay - Wireless earbuds (2016) - bluetooth earbuds existed for years to AirPods - Smart speakers (2018) - Amazon Alexa to HomePod - Item trackers (2021) - Tile to AirTags - High-end ARM computers (2020) - ARM chips to Apple Silicon Macs - Buy-now-pay-later (2023) - Affirm to Apple Pay Later - Mixed reality VR (2024) - Oculus Meta to Apple Vision Pro - Generative Intelligence (2024) - OpenAI to Apple Intelligence