I disagree with you. Strongly. Under Cook Apple has done well financially, but you didn't have a problem with Jobs overseeing a swing to massive profitability. So what's the issue? Cook has also seen Apple clean up its act when it comes to foreign labor conditions, and under his leadership Apple's gone from Greenpeace's hit list to the greenest major tech company on the planet.
Despite their vocal motto's and goals, their complete business model is based on unequality.
Apple's Business Model: Before and After Jobs 2.0 - Business Model ...
Analysis of the Apple Business Model | Digital Business Models
So what about "Equal opportunities" and "Diversity", if the Board is completely white and mostly male...?
And for every sunpanel they install, the depletion of rare metals continues at a far larger scale:
BBC's Panorama Attacks Apple Over Indonesian Tin - Forbes
Inside Apple Factory and Indonesia's Tin Mud Pits ... - Business Insider
Where Apple Gets the Tantalum for Your iPhone - Newsweek
Apple's Dirty Little Rare Earth Secret - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL ...
Apple's Use Of Rare Earths: Hardly A Secret, Or A Threat - Apple Inc ...
Being perfectly aware of this, they recently announced to end this practice but given the state of their recycling efforts, that's completely beyond their capabilities.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-26/why-apple-won-t-be-able-to-stop-mining-yet
They're bulldogs about your privacy more than anyone else, and have programs for the diseased and disadvantaged.
That's very good of them ! Here we agree.
You say they've departed from customer experience? That's provably false. Google it and tell us what you find over the last 5 years or so.
Welcome to MR !
Numerous complaints about sw/hw quality degradation all around the web, Apple Forums:
http://******.com/?q=Apple+quality+concerns
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7910471?start=0&tstart=0
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-macbook-pro-quality-issues.2017436/
Look at the discouraged products catalogue:
iPhone, iPad, Mac Buyer's Guide: Know When to Buy
(if google might get within your reach: ignore Apple-sponsored content)
And specifically what "legendary products" are they ignoring? The only "legendary" products they've ever made are the Apple II, the Mac/iMac, the iPod, and the iPhone. Other than the Apple II, which was discontinued 24 years ago (before Jobs had cancer) these are all updated. They even still sell iPods. Are you calling the Mini and the Mac Pro "legendary"? Lmao! And the trash can Pro was a fail and deserves to be replaced. Yes, they should've addressed it sooner, and yes that was to the detriment of some creative professionals, but
they're on it.
They almost killed the whole CPU division - the best of its breed and a legend by itself.
All models now are refurbs with old processors, RAM and graphics laughabouts except the latest MacBook (highly criticised for other reasons)
Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for - Medium
They completely fail to recognize the needs of the iPad+ generation: the new generation of youngsters that grew up with iPads but now need MacBook functionality (multi-window, multi-screen, document management, full functional OS) withpout giving up their touchscreens.
Instead of revolutionaizing the market with a true MacBook/iPad convert they come up wit the TouchBar, a one-day fly gimmick. So this is where the market (appreciation) goes:
https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/20...e-buyers-satisfied-ipad-owners/#.tnw_oNg6F5xe
https://betanews.com/2017/04/06/microsoft-surface-apple-ipad-satisfaction/
Microsoft Surface Beats iPad Pro In 2017 JD Power Tablet Satisfaction ...
And this is where the earlier K12 generation leaks away:
Opinion: 8 reasons iPads are losing to Chromebooks in education ...
Apple Loses More Ground To Chromebooks In The Classroom
Report: Apple's iOS and macOS lose market share to Chrome OS in ...
And Apple never made missteps under Jobs? You're forgetting, for instance, that he had to
apologize for perceived price gouging early iPhone adopters. Were you ranting about profiteering back then?
It sure did, but there was always product innovation and -eagerness.
Look at the latest models: We haven't seen any new iPhone model for 4 years or so.
All iDevices look like refurbs, compared to the competition. And quite a few actually are.
I don't know in what pension the designers live, but this is outrageous for the (noted) "most competitive industry" on the planet. Car manufacturers do 5 times better or perish. They come up with numerous innovations in a 100 years-old industry. They developed their own infotainment systems that now pale CarPlay. My offline Volvo voice control is far better than Siri.
Apple's also developing the enterprise space better than Jobs did, and playing around with home automation and maybe even self driving cars.
The cooperation with IBM to address the business market is laughable - it hasn't lead to anything notable. Making iWorks free is the escape/excuse to stop its development - giving MS Office a free-ride.
The AppleCar: a phantasy of people who forgot how to innovate their own business
So what is it? You don't like that other companies have caught up a bit? You want a triangular iPhone with five SD card slots and an OLED screen?
Yes, I want companies that test those things and new form factors and either succeed, or temporarily fail.
Not the pseudo-competition with Samsung (throwing truckloads of money into made-up legal fights and bashing) with Samsung actually keeping Apple alive, delivering massive amounts of OLED screens.
Look at Galaxy S.x and iPhone development: Parallellism of a copycats duopoly !
But Cook knew him and values him better than you. You're living in the whiny MR bubble and repeating exactly what I'd expect. If you truly can't stand it any longer, as you say, then why are you here? Zip it already, throw away all your Apple crap, and move on.
Fine that you know me better than I myself.
But I know Cook and his Cookettes better than those, who contemplate and live by all the window-dressing and corporate spin that cover up their complacency.
They not only milk Jobs' products but silently replace his values and product devotion with intolerable greed, pedantism and self-esteem. With zillions of money and thousands of unused (defensive) patents on the board and the lack of creativity/motivation to really develop that potential.
"Thinking Different" - while doing all the same:
Tim Cook's 'Ballmer-ization' Of Apple - Forbes
Is a Siri speaker coming at WWDC 2017?
Why Apple's iPhone sales slip was a debacle
Why iPhone fixation has allowed Google to steal Apple's show