My expectation of Apple is that they lurk in the shadows, looking at what others do while perfecting their own thing. Then on the day of release, they'll be a decade ahead of competition.
Maybe they aren’t “decades ahead” but they’re examples of Apple being slow to market, launching very competitive products years after the market was established.
E.g. assuming Apple Vision launches soon, they’ll be “many years behind” Quest from the date of first launch, but most likely miles ahead as far as usability.
They've done this a dozen times already.