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Please. Health is or rather should be a serious endeavour, not fashionable or taken lightly like 'a hobby'. Would you trust your health or that of a loved one to a company whose software leaves so much to be desired of late? Maybe if you'd like to replace the cuff on your blood pressure monitor with colourful ones once in a while, or be 'cool' (*snicker, snicker*) with a Beats-banded pacemaker or something. I dunno. Perhaps a garishly-colored UI on those multi-parameter monitors they hook you up to in hospitals? One in which nurses struggle to figure out where to find various functions because most of them are hidden, some units require Force Touch, others don't have enough RAM to juggle all your vitals at the same time and still others prompt you to use Apple Pay to purchase more space in iCloud because your complimentary 5 GB is filled with episodes of Planet of the Apps.

Let's get serious: Apple in the health industry would be similar to so-called health stores: fluffy crap that may make some people feel good about themselves but ultimately does little or nothing for your actual health, and in fact do harm in some cases. Best leave health to the real professionals IMO.

That narrative makes me cringe.

Yes, I would trust my health to Apple, their software doesn't leave anything to be desired in anything that's critical.

They'll certainly do better than those current medical appliance manufacturers, that make extremely expensive equipment that are only reserved to the hospitals or very expensive clinics and then outsource the software development to the lowest price they can get from Vietnam.

Leva all that snark for yourself.
 
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Yes, I would trust my health to Apple, their software doesn't leave anything to be desired in anything that's critical.
Oh, geez! iCloud goes down frequently and numerous people complain of syncing issues, entire iTunes libraries or parts thereof disappear with nary an explanation or fix, updates brick iPhones and iPads, etc, etc. If you're OK to trust your life to that, well, I suppose you're a far braver man than most!
They'll certainly do better than those current medical appliance manufacturers, that make extremely expensive equipment that are only reserved to the hospitals or very expensive clinics
You mean in stark contrast with affordable Apple products meant for the masses?
and then outsource the software development to the lowest price they can get from Vietnam.
Yeah, as opposed to lobbying government for more H1B visas, I suppose.

I'm not sure whether your reply is a joke or not. Were you serious?
 
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Oh, geez! iCloud goes down frequently and numerous people complain of syncing issues, entire iTunes libraries or parts thereof disappear with nary an explanation or fix, updates brick iPhones and iPads, etc, etc. If you're OK to trust your life to that, well, I suppose you're a far braver man than most!

You mean in stark contrast with affordable Apple products meant for the masses?

Yeah, as opposed to lobbying government for more H1B visas, I suppose.

I'm not sure whether your reply is a joke or not. Were you serious?

I don't think you live in the same world as mine.

Business Insider... just LOL...
 
It seems strange that this kid started flipboard and presumably cashed out when he left which should have left him with lots of money. Going from founder and executive to a director level position seems like a step back. Either he loves what he does and could care less about the money because he has so much in the bank OR he blew all his gains from flipboard and came crawling back and is grateful to have any job that help him pay off the loan shark that is threatening to break his legs. LOL
or he realizes being a department head in the worlds largest corporation at his age gives him many more opportunities down the road? i mean, with logical reasoning this could be the first step to him one day becoming Tim Cooks replacement. at his age to show this kind of talent and work ethic? to be able to handle the work load of being apart of these types of companies? i wouldnt be surprised to hear him becoming the CEO one day. way off in 2030 or when ever.

that could be one reason. he could move up and use his knowledge and experience to make changes to one of the biggest companies to ever exist. to spread his influence across literally the entire planet.
 
Oh, geez! iCloud goes down frequently and numerous people complain of syncing issues, entire iTunes libraries or parts thereof disappear with nary an explanation or fix, updates brick iPhones and iPads, etc, etc. If you're OK to trust your life to that, well, I suppose you're a far braver man than most!

You mean in stark contrast with affordable Apple products meant for the masses?

Yeah, as opposed to lobbying government for more H1B visas, I suppose.

I'm not sure whether your reply is a joke or not. Were you serious?

There are huge opportunities in wellness that transcend the "see your doctor once a year and talk to them for 10 minutes." And let's not forget, my icloud goes down far less than my doctor goes on holiday...
 
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