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Apple should launch in Australia a day later. Their homeland should not be the lastest in receiving their own products. It should be the first one.
Homeland? LOL. It’s a CORPORATION, not a PERSON.
This does highlight the problem with people expecting (publicly-held, for-profit) corporations to act as if they’re people, with feelings, etc. They’re not. They’re soulless machines made of people for taking an investment and maximizing owners’ (i.e., shareholders’) profit, giving them the best possible ROI. Confusing them with people is a dangerous mistake. They’re legally OBLIGATED, in fact, to act this way, and members of their corporate leadership, (i.e., the CEO, CFO, CTO, etc.,) are COMPENSATED at least in part by how well they do this. It’s why they design things intentionally to FAIL after a certain amount of time, as a further inducement to get you to buy another one. How long they last is determined by three basic factors: how short they know they can get away with, what warranty they are obliged to offer, and how long you’d keep it and continue to use it if you could. To this end, they will do whatever they have to, never even remotely minding YOUR wants or needs.
Here’s the decision-making process for this. Suppose we’re considering something that would make you unhappy. Apple (and any other PHFPC) asks itself: will we make more money immediately making this customer unhappy? Will we make more money in the intermediate term? Will we make more money in the long term? How will it impact our (executives) pay and benefits if we make the user happy in the short term but unhappy longer term? Then they pick the way best for them, and screw you, the customer.
You’re funny, though. “Homeland.” Hahahhaha!