Apple ecosystem

The Apple ecosystem is an unofficial term used by the media to describe the seamless integration of Apple's various networks of devices, software, and services. The devices include Apple's family of interactive hardware, including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch models.The Apple Ecosystem by Luke, AppleMagazine. 2018-03-14.The Apple Ecosystem by Audrey Tam, raywenderlich.com. Why Apple's ecosystem is king by Antonio Villas-Boas, The Business Insider. 2016-06-17
==Description==
The term ecosystem is used to describe the simultaneous use of products and services that were designed by a company to work better together than with devices from a competitor. For example, it is easier to connect an iPhone with a computer from Apple that uses macOS than with a PC that runs Windows from Microsoft, a direct competitor.Why the Apple Ecosystem is So Damn Good by Kshitija Agrawal, A-Sutra. 2020-03-07.I don't want to switch from Android to iPhone because Apple's ecosystem is too good by Antonio Villas-Boas, Business Insider. 2019-12-23.
===Examples of competitors===
Comparisons between Apple products and services, versus direct competitors.
*Apple Maps, versus Bing Maps, Google Maps, and Waze as online mapping services.
*Apple Music, versus Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube Music as streaming music services.
*Apple TV+, versus Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and Netflix as streaming video services.
*FaceTime, versus Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Skype, and Zoom as video calling services.
*iCloud, versus Azure Backup, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, and OneDrive as cloud storage and backup services.
*iMessage, versus Facebook Messenger, Signal, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp as messaging platforms.
*iOS and iPadOS, versus Android for mobile operating systems.
*macOS, versus Linux (including Chrome OS) and Windows for computer operating systems.
==References==
==External links==
* at Wikipedia
===Articles===
*“It’s the ecosystem, stupid” by Kirk McElhearn at Intego (2019-01-11)
*The irresistible lure of the Apple Ecosystem by Anyron Copeman at The Startup, Medium (2019-05-29)
*The Apple Ecosystem Is Terrific But It Sucks Sometimes by Claire at Pitaka. (2020-03-19)
*The Evolution of the Apple Ecosystem by Brian Casey at USC Economics Review (2020-01-13)
*Is there an alternative to Apple's ecosystem? Yes, but you'll have to Google it by Jason Cipriani at ZDNet (2019-05-01)
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