Why would a $5 trillion dollar company have any interest in democratizing anything at all?

Boggles my mind that people are fooled into into thinking a company has their best interests at heart.

They're a hardware company that made trillions of dollars selling hardware. "Commoditize your Compliment" is one of the oldest business strategies out there.

	▲	toymin 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		their share of income from services and subscriptions has been increasing steadily year over year, i think they're interested in keeping that growth
	▲	hackyhacky an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		What do you think the word democratize means, exactly? It's a serious question. Here's what I think it does not mean: walled gardens, vendor lock in, closed source, subversion of interoperability.
	▲	Topfi an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A hardware company whose strongest gross margins come from services and has been trending in that direction for over a decade. Heck, if trends continue, their margins and profits might be predominantly services based in the not to distant future.