[Jim Noble]

And why would that be “dangerous”?

It’s supposed to be a market.

[adorno]

I thought smartphones were already smart; iow, with intelligent chips inside.

All Apple needs to do is make their smartphones smarter, and claim the patents for ‘smarter’ phones.

Imagine iPhones with AI inside. I can see the lines of people waiting hours trying to get their hands on the latest and greatest. Back to the future. ;)

[Jonty30]

Apple losing lustre is pretty much expected, because they offer a fairly narrow line of products.

[bert]

The article is irrelevant sensationalism written to make the author’s weekly word quota

[SamAdams76]

Apple is still a juggernaut even if smartphones was the only core business they focused on. Which apparently it is. I have not seen anything radically new out of Apple since Steve Jobs was still alive and kicking. And so it's been a while.

I might even dump Apple Music in favor of Spotify because I am getting increasingly frustrated with the user experience. Sad because I have been a big Apple fan all along and I have nearly 20 years invested in the iTunes/Apple Music ecosphere.