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> Everybody wants a platform but nobody wants to spend what it takes to make a platform.

That's why Apple used open-source software to build a kernel.

And why they used third party developers to develop the ecosystem of applications.



> And why they used third party developers to develop the ecosystem of applications.

Isn't that the very definition of a platform?


Platform must be the most abused word ever

Apparently, everyone is building the platform all the time, even when it’s just a user facing application


Apple originally was gonna use the Internet for apps on the iPhone, but the third party developers convinced Apple otherwise?




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