Right now, Apple has a market cap of $2.62T and Alphabet $1.39. What is the logic behind these valuations?<p>If we look at Apple, they don’t make anything indispensable. Sure, losing my iPhone and Mac would suck pretty badly but there are decent to great alternatives and I’ll be fine.<p>Google, on the other hand, has services that are literally indispensable. YouTube and Google Search have no alternatives. Losing these services would change people’s lives for the worse.<p>What do you guys think?
I use Bing instead of Google most of the time. My son decided to quit watching YouTube.<p>The gap between Apple and Android is vast. Apple really improves the performance of their phones generation after generation, but mainstream Android phones haven't really sped up since 2017.<p><a href="https://infrequently.org/2021/03/the-performance-inequality-gap/" rel="nofollow">https://infrequently.org/2021/03/the-performance-inequality-...</a><p>"Flagship" Android phones have eye popping prices to match or exceed iPhones but how can you say something is a premium product if it has a bunch of shovelware pre-installed, never gets software updates, and forces you to download a sketchy app if you want to scan a QR code?