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Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $102 Million in 2017, Must Now Fly Privately for Security Reasons
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The salary and total compensation packages of senior Apple executives are a matter of public record and filed with the SEC.
What you saw on TV was horse hockey. I love it. "I saw on tv..." is the same as "I read on the Internet..."
Keep digging yourself into a deeper hole.
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Best post in this entire thread!
Must be nice to earn money on obsolete products & tax evasion.....
“I do feel that under Steve, the iPhone improved at a glacial pace. It wasn’t until iOS 7 that it became painfully aware just how behind Android iOS was in terms of features and functionality.”
I think you’re wrong there. Steve would have absolutely noticed the competition and would’ve done something even more about it. There’s a quote somewhere of him saying how he was going to go to war with and destroy Android because it’s a stolen product. Sadly we never got to see that. I can imagine it would have been way more interesting to witness than Cooks whole peace & harmony approach.
Agreed with your comment ragarding Steve no longer watching over everyone to ensure they produce nothing but quality. I’m unsure however if they’ll be able to learn from their mistakes. They’re already making plenty of mistakes, you could say the notch as an example but that is apparently subjective.
I’m not really sure I’m confident in Apples future either. Steve left Apple with 5 years worth of products in the pipeline, which ran out last year. So you could say that the iPhone X was the first iPhone they designed without him, which was controversial with that notch to say the least.
I just don’t know. Personally, I want them to rehire Forstall and the few others who they fired from the software side because I think having a hardware guy (Jony) oversee the software is just wrong and is doomed to fail. They have redesigned iOS like what, 3 times now since iOS 7? When they feel the need to constantly do that, that just shows indiciciveness and tells me they’re lost and have no idea what they’re doing.
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Oh yes the thin team. Real innovative group these days... Maybe now that they're done designing the desks at Apple HQ they can get back to coming up with some new products that aren't iterative upgrades or rips of other companies tech.
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he used the plane as a politician
he keeps lecturing us about climate change, banning guns and how the US should have signed TTP and Paris agreement
meanwhile he uses a private jet and surround himself with armed security
and Apple keeps releasing glued un-upgradable overpriced obsolete products
worst affirmative action CEO ever, even worst then Sculley
he keeps lecturing us about climate change, banning guns and how the US should have signed TTP and Paris agreement
meanwhile he uses a private jet and surround himself with armed security
and Apple keeps releasing glued un-upgradable overpriced obsolete products
worst affirmative action CEO ever, even worst then Sculley
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I’m a liberal and Tim absolutely deserves to make that much money.
......and that “Fashion” part of the assesory is fading while what’s under the hood decompensates. Tim is a Shareholder Tool.
I look forward to all the Tim Apologists defending Apple when they bring no overseas cash back in 2018 other than to buyback shares to pad the pockets of the shareholders. I am surprised his security costs are not higher. Prolly cause he is in such good shape.
As a shareholder I think he SHOULD do buybacks. What do you think he should do with it? Build a less efficient and cost effective infrastructure so that Trump feels better about himself?
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Apple was a better company when it was solely supported by customers who really understood what they did well, during the years they were on the skids. Their success with the same masses who bought a new LG Chocolate every year and now buy a new iPhone every year have inured them to having to resemble anything of their former selves. I want to like Apple. I really do. That's why their financial success saddens me. Because it's a buffer between them and what their old, core customers appreciate. I say this as someone who watched closely as they nearly shuttered and was livestreaming the announcement of Microsoft's $150 million investment in Apple to help them avoid bankruptcy. I wasn't hoping for a financial fall then. But now I would like to see them take a huge hit. The market does not reflect the quality of their software, and I'm not just referring to the recent headline bugs. This has been a long time in the making.
Why is a non religious/political story in the religion/politics section??? It’s also not even a social story.... so... why?
Just curious
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Just curious
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The very fact that they almost went under was due to them trying to cater to those old core customers. From your post it sounds like you basically want them to either tread water so that you feel like part of some exclusive club or fail if they don’t give you enough attention.
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Because people always complain that people who worked their way to the very top should make minimum wage so that others’ feelings aren’t hurt. It’s a whole participation ribbon thing.
Your iGadgets explain why you dont think Apple needs to return to Pro products.
Apple will never return to the Pro products. Sure they might eventually drop a new Mac Pro at some point, but those iGadgets are what make the real profit. Apple has transformed into a lifestyle brand in the post PC era. Keeping the brand fashionable is more important for profit then chasing after a few Pro customers. HP, Dell, Lenovo can chase that low margin market because Apple is focused on maximum profit margins.
The one place they are falling behind is personal assistants. Apple needs to get going on this fast because Amazon and Google are about to take this market and never look back.
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I hope Boeing throttles his plane.
LA to NY in 12 hours.
LA to NY in 12 hours.
Bill Gates earns more than this ($11.5b) and he does ****-all for Microsoft.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-warren-buffett-makes-per-hour-2013-12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Post-Microsoft
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-warren-buffett-makes-per-hour-2013-12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Post-Microsoft
They are a tech consumer company. They are not a design company .... think more Sony
The selection of devices you said you own, does though explain why you think of them as a "fashion" design company. Apple still have users that care very little for itoys, though Apple themselves are going where the money is , mass consumer electronics... itoys
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Wage gaps have become astronomical. Not here to argue who deserves what. I did bold, underline, and italicise that for a reason. Most folks that try to do that have no idea what it takes to be CEO of a company, let alone a company like Apple. But boy, that's just amazing. Assuming starting pay at Apple is $20 an hour (just shy of $42k a year), that puts the CEO as making 2,428 times the lowest paid worker. This seems to just keep trending up as the years go on.
Nothing. I'd say it's lumped more under social issues (requiring private flights for security reasons)