[HN Gopher] Apple Just Wrecked 15 Startups in Less Than 1 Hour
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       Apple Just Wrecked 15 Startups in Less Than 1 Hour
        
       Author : sandebert
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-06-17 20:59 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (medium.com)
        
       | jlawer wrote:
       | Apple is disruptive with these products, but won't ever dominate
       | with their offerings, simply because they will lock things to an
       | apple ecosystem and they generally have a history of loosing
       | focus.
       | 
       | Freeform isn't really a competitor to Miro. Miro is able to do
       | higher order stuff (it was used as a Visio replacement in my
       | previous org). Microsoft has a similar product to Freeform called
       | "Whiteboard". Its no where near as slick, but its free with
       | Office 365. If Miro can survive that they can survive Apple's
       | version. Especially since Apple's version isn't going to work on
       | anyone with a PC.
       | 
       | 1Password has made a business out of adding what apple doesn't
       | provide and integrating what they do. They will likely retain a
       | niche providing the "Legacy" password support, cross platform,
       | and other areas Apple don't care about.
       | 
       | For the finance tools, basically apple will always be niche if
       | they don't expand to PC / Android. They are currently operating
       | as a middle man, leaving the true banking up to other financial
       | institutions. I wonder how much they are going to be able to make
       | out of this before they are either forced out, or have to take on
       | more of the actual financial operations and how the current
       | company could handle becoming that company if they needed to.
        
       | bombcar wrote:
       | Most of these are not completely "wrecked" because, of course,
       | Apple operates in their own ecosystem. But it's a significant
       | warning about developing a product, not a feature.
        
       | haspoken wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/blHSF
        
       | nunez wrote:
       | Lol, no they didn't. All of those businesses are still viable
       | because not everyone has an iDevice.
        
       | scyzoryk_xyz wrote:
       | It makes sense that when a giant makes some movements or shifts
       | it's posture, that it can seriously damage or squash the little
       | guys all around. Especially when that ecosystem of little guys is
       | something the giant knowingly created around itself.
        
       | traspler wrote:
       | Passkeys make PW managers obsolete? Only if the Platforms lock
       | down their syncing. I'd love to sync my Passkeys to BitWarden and
       | share them through their Vaults with family, etc. The sync part
       | is already there, on iOS you will be able to sync it through
       | iCloud keychain and share it with AirDrop, there is no reason why
       | this can't be opened up.
        
         | pure_simplicity wrote:
         | Same here. If they open up to third party password managers,
         | I'll definitely use bitwarden to manage it.
        
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