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Article for context:https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/12/23870522/iphone-15-pro-max-thread-smartphones (Ik that I am talking about multiple companies when I refer to android companies but many singular companies make more innovations in the phone space compared to apple)

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

That's pretty easy, because they're marketed by apple and support is built into all ios devices.

Whereas Tile is a third party company and had to hoist their network onto iphones.

It's a common pattern in big tech and part of why it's near impossible for any independent company to get anywhere in the industry