Yet Apple (a Megallion $ company) still expects customers to PAY for a Polishing Cloth. Which should be included 
. WTH.
. WTH.
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comment threads on posts like this will never not be hilarious bc you can tell from 10 miles away who owns AAPL and who doesn’t
genuinely hope that Apple Intelligence matures properly, been fascinating watching beta testing (I know someone who’s on the beta with a 15PM; god those text summaries are hilarious) and it’ll be a boon to the company if it’s successful, for all the naysaying AI gets in this forum—watching gradual adoption of casual ChatGPT use hasn’t been far off from the evolution of “what the **** you bought a watch from Apple?” into every other person having an AW on their wrist in 2024 lmao
genuinely hope that Apple Intelligence matures properly, been fascinating watching beta testing (I know someone who’s on the beta with a 15PM; god those text summaries are hilarious) and it’ll be a boon to the company if it’s successful, for all the naysaying AI gets in this forum—watching gradual adoption of casual ChatGPT use hasn’t been far off from the evolution of “what the **** you bought a watch from Apple?” into every other person having an AW on their wrist in 2024 lmao
Which is it: lack of competition or thriving competition? loyal customers or clueless customers?
The company delivers record revenues quarter over quarter driven by product and services growth to new and existing customers, operates at billions of units scale, maintains enviable CSAT while doing so and receives good analyst ratings as a result of the above.
It’s hard to follow the logic for the over the top cynicism regarding Apple and the extraordinarily disparaging view of Apple customers in general.
This is by definition a good example of what’s wrong in this world. A small group of greedy people are getting very rich while plundering resources and behaving monopolistic.
Yet Apple (a Megallion $ company) still expects customers to PAY for a Polishing Cloth. Which should be included
Not true.
Apple's Pro Display XDR, which has a special nano-texture display surface, does come with a special polishing cloth.
Exactly. More like if Coach put an extra button on their most popular bag that people weren’t sure what to do with, but keep buying the bags anyway
Not for the Studio Displays though...........................
A common and decent micro-fiber cloth is fine for that display surface. Works great on mine.
As a shareholder I want Apple to deliver on AI but I think they lack the institutional constitution to do what is necessary which is why I support changing of the guard. Their privacy stance is getting in the way of my money
Your stock goes up more than if you waste money on projects that don't have the potential to sustain your ROI.
As a shareholder, customer, observer I want apple to do it right. I’ll sacrifice short term for longer term gain in that vein.
I'd love for some of the old guard to be shown the door. I do not believe their position is sustainable within their current limitations and it will result in Apple being an also-ran with AI like they were with Siri (which still sucks btw, I had to turn it back off. The betas seem to disappoint in imaginative new ways)
20-Jan-2009 is the tail-end iPod-era 20Y low price.
Stock price was pushed down by the 2008 Financial Crisis.
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While that is true of the world in general, it isn't true of Apple. Apple is a publicly traded company. About 60% of the company is held by over 7000 institutional investors, many of which are mutual funds held by individuals and retirement funds. The remaining almost 40% is owned by retail investors. Company insiders (executives and board members) hold a little over one tenth of one percent of the shares.
Won't happen. Cook is Apple's Ballmer.
There might be a slight increase in bugginess, but if you factor in the MASSIVE amount of new capabilities, the ratio is tiny! Just compare an iPhone or Mac of 15 years ago to see this.
Apple has done a stellar job at maintaining a clean, consistent and trustworthy user experience for both hardware and software. Not perfect, but the latest versions are outstanding in quality.
What am I missing?
It's already happening, as illustrated by the recent week-long product announcements where Tim Cook wasn't even present.
You may want to remove some zeros from that. I’m pretty sure Apple didn’t spend $32 Trillion on anything this year.
Uh oh can’t prove yourself right, either. Care to cite these “market studies”. Any of them credible?