| ▲ | bobthepanda 4 days ago |
| Garmin sort of intentionally did this to set up a moat, after their GPS business went the way of the dodo. |
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| ▲ | izzydata 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| If by GPS you specifically mean car navigation. Because almost the entirety of Garmin as a company is built around putting GPS into various things including wearables. But even in automotive they pivoted to working with car OEMs instead of relying on sale of independent devices. |
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| ▲ | p_l 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Never seen a Garmin car navigation device. Aerospace, Garmin was, is, and probably will be big | | |
| ▲ | ilikecakeandpie 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | They were definitely a major player for a long time prior to smartphones becoming the number one GPS solution (for most cars). Garmin, TomTom, Magellan, etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-sGHMivwo | |
| ▲ | asveikau 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I remember their in car navigation being huge in the 2000s in the US, maybe 2005 or so was their peak, before that they were very expensive. Probably a lot of people know the brand just for that. |
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| ▲ | tyfon 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Garmin it's still heavily used in boats among other things. I wouldn't want to go into the lobster season without the ability to track my pods. |
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| ▲ | kimbernator 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Probably their largest business segment at the moment is aviation tech, as well. |
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