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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 28283" data-attributes="member: 1567"><p>blah, blah, blah ...</p><p></p><p>This thread is too much like someone yelling "the sky is falling". I seriously doubt Apple has any plans to purchase DJI.</p><p></p><p>I searched back for exclusive product launches at Apple stores and found back in March of 2015 "HBO Now" started only on Apple TV - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/09/hbos-new-streaming-service-hbo-now-exclusive-to-apple-tv-at-launch/" target="_blank">HBO’s New Streaming Service, HBO Now, Exclusive To Apple At Launch</a></p><p></p><p>Another exclusive launch involved the Hoover Camera Passport drone back in April 2017. This same article mentions Parrot and GoPro also had exclusives in the past as well. - <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/selfie-drone-hover-camera-passport-gets-exclusive-with-apple-store/" target="_blank">Apple snapped up Hover Camera's selfie drone for an exclusive</a></p><p></p><p>Related to the Hoover, Apple did not acquire it but Snap Inc. did start acquisition talks with the maker of Hoover - <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/snap-reportedly-in-talks-to-buy-maker-of-selfie-drone-zero-zero-robotics-apple/" target="_blank">Snap reportedly in talks to buy selfie maker Zero Zero Robotics</a></p><p></p><p>The only two areas Apple has broken away from it's core is music (acquired Beats to help with iTunes and health monitoring HW/SW.</p><p></p><p>And finally, looking at past Apple acquisitions they were to enhance or progress their current product line. For example semi conductor, augmented reality, or facial recognition. - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple#Acquisitions" target="_blank">List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple - Wikipedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 28283, member: 1567"] blah, blah, blah ... This thread is too much like someone yelling "the sky is falling". I seriously doubt Apple has any plans to purchase DJI. I searched back for exclusive product launches at Apple stores and found back in March of 2015 "HBO Now" started only on Apple TV - [URL="https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/09/hbos-new-streaming-service-hbo-now-exclusive-to-apple-tv-at-launch/"]HBO’s New Streaming Service, HBO Now, Exclusive To Apple At Launch[/URL] Another exclusive launch involved the Hoover Camera Passport drone back in April 2017. This same article mentions Parrot and GoPro also had exclusives in the past as well. - [URL="https://www.cnet.com/news/selfie-drone-hover-camera-passport-gets-exclusive-with-apple-store/"]Apple snapped up Hover Camera's selfie drone for an exclusive[/URL] Related to the Hoover, Apple did not acquire it but Snap Inc. did start acquisition talks with the maker of Hoover - [URL="https://www.cnet.com/news/snap-reportedly-in-talks-to-buy-maker-of-selfie-drone-zero-zero-robotics-apple/"]Snap reportedly in talks to buy selfie maker Zero Zero Robotics[/URL] The only two areas Apple has broken away from it's core is music (acquired Beats to help with iTunes and health monitoring HW/SW. And finally, looking at past Apple acquisitions they were to enhance or progress their current product line. For example semi conductor, augmented reality, or facial recognition. - [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple#Acquisitions"]List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple - Wikipedia[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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