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John Ternus Again Profiled as Apple's Likely Next CEO
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Nearly no customers of the 1+ Billion Apple customers? Or nearly no tech forum customers always taking a swing at Apple every day of the week? You may not know there is a difference.
I probably misread something. Never mind 🙂I’m arguing in favor of engineering degrees hereso I don’t get your post
All companies make missteps and that doesn’t mean apple doesn’t deliver on the bigger picture. And clearly no company is going to deliver 100% to all customers.
I’d like to see an AW with 30 days of battery as I’m sure all users would. Does that mean apple hasn’t delivered? No it does not. People decide on form and function and value and go from there.
Well yes. As citysnaps points out the one billion plus repeat customers buy apple products and services enough to propel apple valuation into the stratosphere. Does that mean 100% of customers will ever be satisfied?
No. Customers aren’t trapped. They have decided for themselves to stay with apple for their own reasons.
Whilst he could have been a great CEO, I think with the money he has, and the time he has spent outside Apple getting a life, I doubt he would want to come back and work all the crazy hours required.
It's not that complicated. The MacBook Air is lighter than the Pro, hence the name. The Pro is more capable than the Air, full stop. The iPad line is more confused than that, since there are four lines of products for different audiences. The iPhone line had a more similar delineation between the base model and the Pro until the Air came in and went mostly ignored. Regardless, it's not that difficult to grasp because most customers are coming into a store for only one of these product lines at one time, making the explanations fairly easy for the staff. Try using a single paragraph to explain the product offerings of any other multi-platform hardware manufacturer. Were you aware that at the Google Store they don't sell any Chromebooks, instead deferring to OEM partners and retailers? The Store sells a 2+ year old Pixel tablet though, now that's a winner.
Yes, all users would love to see an AW with 10 days of battery. And all users would love an iPhone Pro with 6 months of battery, the thickness of a piece of paper and M-series instead of A-series SoC. Yet engineering is about compromises. I doubt anyone would want an Apple Watch to be the size it'd need to be for 10 days of battery, or the performance it'd need to have, or the lack of features necessary to achieve it. Given the success of the Apple Watch, I'd say Tim Cook is delivering exactly the balance of features and tradeoffs that enough potential customers want for it to be the most popular smartwatch in the world, scrap that, the most popular watch in the world, despite Android having about 75-80% marketshare worldwide and apple watches not even working with those.
Hopefully, John will be able to right the ship after years of Cook ‘effing things up.
Years ago, I spent more than $3,000 on HomePods, but nowadays I mainly use them as event timers and little else. For anything more demanding, I have to rely on my Google Hubs.
It didn’t start out that way, but over time, Siri just got worse. It reminds me of a line from a 1947 playwright: “Artificial intelligence deteriorates at a rate-time directly proportional to the quantity of the increase.” 👨🔬
Years ago, I spent more than $3,000 on HomePods, but nowadays I mainly use them as event timers and little else. For anything more demanding, I have to rely on my Google Hubs.
It didn’t start out that way, but over time, Siri just got worse. It reminds me of a line from a 1947 playwright: “Artificial intelligence deteriorates at a rate-time directly proportional to the quantity of the increase.” 👨🔬
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I still love mine. They sound great and homekit integration is flawless for me. Do those google hubs sound as good?
No, they don’t sound nearly as good as the HomePods, but for addressing queries, which is the main reason I purchased them, the Google Hubs don’t send me to my phone or dump me onto the web. 📲🕸️
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My theory is that Apple long ago started prioritizing listening to users and then selling targeted ads based on their conversations OVER listening for basic Siri commands. How many times have you asked Siri to do something and get ZERO response? I listened to my wife ask Siri to add something to the shopping list 3 TIMES before dinner tonight - each time, she got more angry. Finally on the third try, Siri decided to respond. APPLE, you have allowed this to get beyond stupid. As an Apple shareholder, I am embarrassed. I sure hope you bring Siri up to 2026 standards soon! Siri feels like the Text to Speech module that I bought for my TRS-80 Model 4 back in 1984...64K of RAM with 5 1/4" floppy drive baby!
Don't forget "I won't respond to that" - Oh wait, that's after me telling Siri to F off...
So you spent more than $3000 on something when your main use could have been better handled with dirt cheap Alexa pucks, knowing the HomePods work with Siri? That's on you, no?
Well said!
Steve Jobs this and Steve Jobs that... blah blah blah. I respect Jobs as much as anyone and became a customer and shareholder during his time.
But that was then and this is now. A dramatically different time in tech.
I also respect Tim Cook for what he has accomplished running this massive company. He has delivered nicely for shareholders, grown the bottom line and now it’s time for a replacement.
Who is chosen will be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to guide this world class company, the success or failure will be closely watched around the globe.
If successful we will all benefit. If not we have choices to celebrate.