Apple is an outlier even among US companies; I don't think there's much to be gained by asking "why aren't Asian companies like Apple".
I think in the case of a lot of electronics (e.g. TVs) the market has been commoditized, which is usually permanent. The big profit margins are gone, and they won't be coming back.
No, but it's interesting to ask why, for instance, Sony lost its position as the number 1 cool gadget inventor. There are many reason for this, including politics and sticking to proprietary technology for too long, but I agree that a lack of focus on software is a big reason.
The PC market is commoditized as well, but that hasn't stopped Apple from capturing the high end (and increasingly the low end with the iPad).
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Apple is an outlier even among US companies; I don't think there's much to be gained by asking "why aren't Asian companies like Apple".
I think in the case of a lot of electronics (e.g. TVs) the market has been commoditized, which is usually permanent. The big profit margins are gone, and they won't be coming back.
No, but it's interesting to ask why, for instance, Sony lost its position as the number 1 cool gadget inventor. There are many reason for this, including politics and sticking to proprietary technology for too long, but I agree that a lack of focus on software is a big reason.
The PC market is commoditized as well, but that hasn't stopped Apple from capturing the high end (and increasingly the low end with the iPad).