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Tim Cook Challenges Graduates to 'Think Different' in Duke University Commencement Address
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How wonderfully simplistic and completely ignorant of the reasons people have disdain for Cook. Let's just look at a few:
Headphone jack removed for no other reason other than to make an already asininely thin device even thinner.
MacPro ignored for years
MacMini ignored for years
Macs ignored for years
Pro community relegated to lepper status
Apple software quality degraded
Universally despised & fatal keyboard design
Constantly throwing employees under the bus for his poor decisions
I can go on. Shall I?
For the students, that may be true. But there is a tremendous amount of LCD informational displays driven by the mini. All those LCD's in hospitals and campus buildings are not producing the messages/maps/ads, etc on their own. Many are driven by the inexpensive mini as a feeder.
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Yes. This. I sold my 6 plus because it became an incredible dog performance wise, despite I used it all day long and with my usage my battery was in the high 80 percent at the end of the day. They weren't saving me from a weak battery. I still had two days of battery easily with my use. Unfortunately I sold it before they uncovered their plan to "help" me. Worked well for Apple though, I spent $900 for an 8 plus. Thankfully they are unlikely to pull this crap again and I can use the 8 Plus for many, many years without being "saved".
The problem is that, until Apple starts losing money, they're not going to change their strategy, and Cook has done a stellar job in terms of stock price. The thing is: I feel they could do even better by listening to us more.
As much as they are not doing what many of us would like, the graph above, and Warren Buffet, says they are doing the right thing. With so many US companies downsizing and laying off workers, Apple is playing it very well. *I* am not particularly happy with them, but they can hardly be faulted from a business aspect.
It’s an old Apple tagline, and SJ did say “think differently” in normal speech, but this has a double meaning in a way similar
to the “Labour isn’t working” campaign.
The thing about it is that Jobs was a creative person who just so happened to be CEO. Cook is just CEO. He's not creative, he's not personable, and he sure as hell could care less about innovation. He needs someone creative at his side. Ives is merely the the interpreter but we need someone who can actually "Think Different". There's someone missing in between Cook and Ives. That is what left when Jobs died.
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Jobs intentionally changed the iPhone screws to pentalobe screws so people would stop opening it. He also specifically created the sealed MacBook Air as the consumer laptop of the future. Then there’s iPad.
What Apple is doing now has always been consistent to what Jobs visioned.
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Did you miss what Steve Jobs said? Consumers never know what they want until we (Apple) gave it to them.
At least under Tim Cook, Apple resellers have more leeway in doing discounts and sales. Under Jobs, hardly any Apple retailers sell Apple stuff at a discount.
You shouldn’t. You should instead back up your absurd hyperbole with fact.
Who has Tim Cook “thrown under the bus” for his “poor decisions”?
Please present your evidence, including both the names of said employees and the “poor decisions” Tim Cook pinned upon them.
Edit: please include your credentials as well. I’d love to know how you got such privileged information.
He’s doing great. Many good things but greatness is measured by how long, far, and deep our failures or laziness stretches.
Cook:
Mac Mini,
Mac Pro,
iOS battery underhanded slip!!
Let’s not forget about Ireland money fiasco (forgetting about vetting that tax deal with the EU or having the CFO do so)!
Lmaooooo!!! But they are at all-time stock highs! First trillion dollar company!!!
Hahahaha. Everything you’ve said is spot on. Minor changes and abandoning of product lines take TIME to manifest. Apple is in huge trouble under Cook’s stagnating product line and leadership. IMO
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You have the slow part right. This will take a while to manifest but all of the poor, small changes will add up in time. A company survives on its “image” only for so long.
The Ireland tax situation is far from over and won’t be settled for years. The money is going into escrow, not to Ireland (they don’t even want it). Apple followed all laws.
Mac Mini and Mac Pro are smaller businesses.
The battery issue was made right by Apple and overblown in general.
Let’s talkabout his successes.
A-Series processors.
iPhone X...a huge success despite prognosticators saying it will/has failed.
Apple Watch
AirPods
Subscriber growth
Services growth
AppleMusic
Large screen iPhones
Stock all time high
Growth every year in all categories since Jobs left
3X iPhone unit sales since Jobs passed
I think we are looking to buy products from people who are publicly apolitical. What people do with there own time, is their business. His point is that he like apple products and wants Cook to invest more time and energy in the company so that the products Apple produces will be better. Cook seems distracted from his real job, with politics. Oh, and we are sick of being lectured to.
Come on guys. Give Tim a break. I’m sure the students were thrilled to see him at their commencement. You may disagree with the direction Apple is heading and their design choices but Tim Cook is an excellent manager and businessman. A commencement address is all about inspiring grads to follow and strive to achieve their goals. This is exactly what he did here. It’s not like Trump’s speech when he started just bragging about himself.
As far as my commencement, the speaker was Sen. Chuck Schumer. He came across as really down to earth and kept politics completely out of it.
As far as my commencement, the speaker was Sen. Chuck Schumer. He came across as really down to earth and kept politics completely out of it.
I always liked Forstall at keynotes and I like the look of iOS from his tenure. Unfortunately, not much chance of a return.
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It’s really the lecturing that gets me. I don’t really care about his politics but I do tire of hearing them.
Curious... How is Mr. Cook lecturing to you?
You may not be aware that many large company CEOs have multiple roles, including advocacy, especially relating to their company, employees, and customers.
Tim Cook is doing an outstanding job. The fact that Apple has millions or repeat customers who willingly open their wallet and purchase millions of devices at premium prices every year, is testament.
OMG. Please stop. Facts make brain me hurt.
There isn’t yet a smaller/larger/faster/cheaper macMini/iPhoneSE/X/Pro. Tim Cook is a total failure. I could do so much better once I get my drivers license and move out of my parents basement.