In which universe? Many folks around here would love to see Apple "go down the gutter", to reinforce their own assumptions about what Apple should and should not be.
Wrong again, and typical of an absolutist thinker (either you're with us or against us -either you're a shareholder and fulltime shill like me, or you want to see the company crash and burn like the "many folks").
At most, many folks would want to see a drop in sales only as a consequence to the numerous slips in the product excellence/QA department (Apple's former forte), and because clearly an impact on profitability could be the only thing that may alert the board something's off. The most vocal/bullish ones (myself included) would want to see Cook & co ousted and replaced with product people and tech visionaries.
Apple should be a product first - shareholder second company. Ideally. That's how we got to know it and get entrenched to it. They can certainly afford to do better. And if we didn't care, we wouldn't be spending our time on forums.
This dissonance of worsening products & improving sales is so jarring, it's like watching a Fargo episode where the tonedeaf accountant with the charisma of a frayed lightning cable keeps winning the day out of sheer oversight.
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Probably not enough to offset the opportunity cost of diverting resources away from other more lucrative product categories such as the iPhone and Apple Watch.
People here don’t seem to get that these products don’t exist in a vacuum.
This person here doesn't seem to get that Apple can afford diversification and capability building that wouldn't require resource splitting.
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