Oh please, what dumb logic and rebuttle; just look at the damn facts, why the hell would Apple waste that much money on a damn clock vs. helping victims? It shows they could have donated alot more, and care more about a damn clock than helping victims.
So please, quit trying to defend something that just makes you look, well, not so great.
Oh please, what a stupid statement. I hope you have donated every cent you earn that doesn't go directly to something that you absolutely cannot live without.
I suppose Apple should also buy a house for every homeless person in the country. They can technically afford it, so why don't they?
Nice
But it doesn't work that way. Swiss rail won't lower their prices and neither will Apple raise theirs. Every company will always ask the highest price for their product they think they can get away with. So these 21 million come out of the shareholders' pockets, not the customers'.
As a stock holder I think that was a terrible mistake and a waste of money.Someone should have been fired for that.....oh wait.
Oh please, what dumb logic and rebuttle; just look at the damn facts, why the hell would Apple waste that much money on a damn clock vs. helping victims? It shows they could have donated alot more, and care more about a damn clock than helping victims.
So please, quit trying to defend something that just makes you look, well, not so great.
Its not a stupid statement at all. While its great that Apple donated, they paid 10x more to use a clock design. Stop being the Apple Dept of Defense.
The move would even be nicer if Apple settled up front. Apple doesn't play nice any more, they've become 'The Man'.
So if I stole your car, stopped driving it and bought another one, you'd be OK with that?
As I said, every big company in the world is going to spend waaaay more on things that probably seem pretty trivial than they donate to charity. To pick on this one example where Apple was forced to pay $21 million for something stupid after they donate $2.5 million to the Red Cross is silly.
Exactly how much were they supposed to donate in order for it to be an acceptable amount?
I wonder if that was yet another thing that led to Forstall's departure.
That is an insane amount of money for a simple looking symbol which does anyone really care what the clock logo looks like? This reeks of arrogrance and a cocky attitude.
"the licensing agreement may not provide any compensation to watchmaker Mondaine..."
And why would it? They're just another licensee of the design.
Stop being the Apple Dept of Defense.
Apple paid $21 million cause they got caught red handed, not because of any styling.
I wonder how the investors feel about spending $21M on a block of 144x144 pixels.
I'm a huge Apple fan and all but realistically speaking, this company is going downhill.