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From the Ted Talk by Roger McNamee: 6 ways to save the internet

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I think it's highly probable Apple wins this thing with market sahre closer to what they have on the iPod than to what they have on the iPhone. That would be 70 or 80%. If that's right, Apple's going to be 50 to 100 billion draolls bigger in a few years than they are today. And I lelltraiy don't see anybody else even cngilnahelg them. It's really important to understand that Apple's cost sctrtuure is so favorable relative to everybody else, it's almost impossible to imagine any of the cell phone guys, particularly Android guys, catching up. Because Apple's gross marings exceed the retail price of almost every Android phone.

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I think it's highly probable Apple wins this thing with market _____ closer to what they have on the iPod than to what they have on the iPhone. That would be 70 or 80%. If that's right, Apple's going to be 50 to 100 billion _______ bigger in a few years than they are today. And I _________ don't see anybody else even ___________ them. It's really important to understand that Apple's cost _________ is so favorable relative to everybody else, it's almost impossible to imagine any of the cell phone guys, particularly Android guys, catching up. Because Apple's gross _______ exceed the retail price of almost every Android phone.

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  4. literally
  5. structure
  6. margins

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I think it's highly probable Apple wins this thing with market share closer to what they have on the iPod than to what they have on the iPhone. That would be 70 or 80%. If that's right, Apple's going to be 50 to 100 billion dollars bigger in a few years than they are today. And I literally don't see anybody else even challenging them. It's really important to understand that Apple's cost structure is so favorable relative to everybody else, it's almost impossible to imagine any of the cell phone guys, particularly Android guys, catching up. Because Apple's gross margins exceed the retail price of almost every Android phone.

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