Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems of Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon

Without commenting on the companies themselves, this is definitely worth reading for yourselves (Thanks Daniel!):

A convergence towards Apple’s business model

It’s interesting to note that all four of the companies listed have various different core business models (hardware, search, retail, software) but they have all in recent years come to create personal computing devices with their own operating system running on top of the device and additionally these entertainment ecosystems. Five years ago, Apple was the only one doing this complete trio of device + OS + entertainment services.

Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems of Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon.