meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Mac OS Ken

Mac OS Ken: 04.17.2017

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

- Leaning Too Much on Apple - Report: Apple + Foxconn Angle for Toshiba NAND Business - Report: Apple Subbing iPad Air 2 for Fourth-Gen iPad Replacements - Apple Gets Permit to Test Self-Driving Cars - Report: Apple Buying All of the Trees in California - Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get your first three meals free by going to - Power Mac OS Ken through Patreon at ! - Send me an email: or call (716)780-4080!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is Mac OSKIN.

0:07.0

This is Mac OS Ken.

0:12.0

Too much of a good thing. Apple and FoxCon may be growing closer and New Life for Project Titan.

0:18.0

It's Monday the 17th of April 2017. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco S Ken.

0:27.0

Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Blue Apron.

0:31.0

A better way to cook. Check out this week's menu and get your first three meals

0:35.2

free with free shipping by going to Blue Apron.com slash MacoS. Can. This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.

0:47.0

Find out more in that your support at Patreon.com slash Maco-Sken.

0:55.0

In some ways having Apple as a business partner may be a bit like having Polly Cicero

1:00.1

as a business partner.

1:02.1

When things are good, great, when things are bad, what a shame.

1:08.0

Nine to five Mac ran a chart from Statista last week that was instructive.

1:13.0

Quoting Statista, as our chart illustrates, many companies from different fields have their relationship

1:19.3

with Apple to thank for more than 50% of their annual revenue.

1:23.0

Relying on a single customer in such a way poses a big risk,

1:27.0

which is why Apple's publicly listed suppliers often trade at lower multiples

1:31.0

than similar companies with a more diverse customer base.

1:35.0

It also puts Apple in a position of power in contract negotiations where the iPhone maker can

1:39.6

use its leverage to dictate terms and conditions.

1:44.0

Wow, right?

1:46.0

Apple comes to you and says, we want this thing.

1:49.0

But Apple does such things in such large amounts,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ken Ray, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ken Ray and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.