Sentence examples for mere utilities from inspiring English sources

The same interview saw him label rivals like Spotify as mere "utilities" lacking Apple's human touch.

Those that cannot will be reduced to mere utilities, with much thinner margins.The immediate worry, though, is the erosion of revenue from voice and (especially) messaging.

The sight of Spotify doubling down on "automated curation" might seem to offer a contrast to one of its main rivals, Apple Music, whose head Jimmy Iovine has regularly stressed its emphasis on human playlisters, and criticised rivals as mere "utilities".

If it is a success— admittedly, a big if it will help address two of the criticisms levelled at Vodafone: that it is too big for its own good, and that mobile operators are destined to end up as "dumb pipes", mere utilities that transport data to and from handsets.When Mr Colao was appointed as Vodafone's boss a year ago, he was not expected to come up with grand plans.

(That's especially astonishing since most Americans now check Facebook, which comes in at a lowly 103, at least several times a day). Consumers regard other social media brands, including Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter, as mere utilities or delivery services.

After all, these are mere utilities companies from which most of their profits are from rent-seeking derived from the concentration in the market and regulatory protection -- and not from innovation in products or processes.

Last night he played every part of the game with more than mere utility.

More economists are accepting that finance is not a "zero sum game", nor indeed a mere utility, but an important driver of economic cycles.

Here, a welding mask and a Volvo tail light are presented as sculptures, suggesting that industrial design can transcend mere utility and hold its own as high culture.

The centre-backs were notably dominant, with Jamie Carragher once more emphasising his new value since the manager released him from the makeshift existence of a mere utility player.

Their introductory text states, "As the purpose of design has, in past decades, shifted away from mere utility toward meaning and communication, objects that were once charged only with being elegant and functional now need to have personalities.