The reality is that every business unit needs to justify its existence and when asking for headcount, it’s easier to point to a revenue stream you’re tied to rather than “we help sell some things to businesses”
replyIf that were the case, the only business units that would ever be get funding would be the hardware sales.
replyEven with AWS I doubt many of the service teams make enough money to justify their existence alone.
Are you sure Apple does their accounting in that way?
replyDo you have a reason to believe they don’t? We’re not talking about some weird or obscure custom, it’s just basic business ideas.
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