Modularity and Integration: Fit Against Flexibility
Control every part and tune the fit, or accept a standard interface and gain interchangeability. Which one wins turns on a single question — and the answer changes as a market matures.
Control every part and tune the fit, or accept a standard interface and gain interchangeability. Which one wins turns on a single question — and the answer changes as a market matures.
The graveyard is full of competent products people opened once. Downloads measure marketing; the second visit measures whether anything was actually solved.
Every device company eventually discovers it's actually a services company wearing a hardware costume.