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What to Expect From Apple's Third Quarter Earnings Results Today
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Nobody said he was an idiot, sounds like the poster just doesn't think Cook, as a CEO, has his priorities straight.
Way to miss the point of my post. I'm not saying criticism of Apple is unjustified. I'm claiming that most of the people who are criticizing Apple are fakes. They don't own Apple, have no plans on buying Apple, but like to pretend they are Apple users to somehow add legitimacy to their complaints. The actual definition is concern troll.
This is also similar to the vocal minority vs the silent majority. The reason so many people complain about Apple online is because they are the vocal minority. They don't represent the majority of users, who don't feel the need to come online and proclaim "everything's fine with my devices". Yet the vocal minority seem to think their concerns represent everyone and that Apple should modify how they run their company to suit THEIR needs instead of the needs of the MAJORITY of satisfied customers.
Well, I did say he was an idiot, basically for the reasons you just clarified to everyone.
Why should Cook have final say? He's not a designer, software engineer, electrical engineer or anything similar. He hires people who ARE experts in these fields to do that work so he can concentrate on running the day-to-day operations. This is what any smart manager does. Cook does have to know enough to step in when he sees something truly wrong, but for the most part he lets his teams make the decisions.
Great. Then I look forward to reading more of your educating insightful posts later. I feel better now. Thanks.
So Steve Jobs never did any of this? Just hired others to put out the products? Man, the **** is so deep here that my boot tops are turning brown.
I agree that gravity works that way, but I don't really see what that has to do with business.
If it were that simple, it would be incredibly easy to play the stock market. Just short every company that is "up".
Hey, you're the one who started whining about moderators, not me. It's amazing that people like you can go day to day without killing yourself because someone like me called Tim Cook an idiot and this offends you. Like I said, thin skin. You would have never made it a damn day in my last job. You would have been thrown overboard on a cloudy night with no float coat or glow stick and the watchstanders would have been given ten bucks to not hear anything.
Did somebody wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
How?
Tim Cook seems to be a delegator. So look t the people he put in charge of those groups.
Final say, yes. But I'd argue the failing comes from whoever is leading the hardware side of things to bring him something.
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Steve Jobs was not a normal CEO
Yeah, stupid comments make me wake up on the wrong side of the bed. See your comment for clarification. And Steve Jobs was bull headed son of a bitch who wanted things done his way. That's the way a CEO turns a garage business into what Apple used to be. He's the kind of CEO I would love to work for.
Tim, is that you? I think Tim Cook is in this thread. I always knew he chimed in at the right time given the opportunity being he is easily Riled and called upon. Earnings call is coming. Stay tuned.
I don't think it's fair to say it's only your opinion. What if I want the same opinion? Are you going to be selfish?
Well from what I'm reading on this thread it would appear Tim Cook has a job for life.
He can never be fired because any downturn in Apple's fortunes are not his fault.
As CEO, he is apparently not responsible for the direction the company is going. Not responsible for the product lineup. Not responsible for marketing. Not responsible for final design decisions.
Lucky guy...
He can never be fired because any downturn in Apple's fortunes are not his fault.
As CEO, he is apparently not responsible for the direction the company is going. Not responsible for the product lineup. Not responsible for marketing. Not responsible for final design decisions.
Lucky guy...
There will never be another Steve Jobs. He was one of a kind.
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Not sure what that's supposed to mean, but I do know that compared to Cook, Steve was practically a blabbermouth. Cook has nailed the lid on tighter than Steve ever could or did. The rumors sites are gasping for O2, leaving some to assume that nothing is happening at Apple. I have no doubt that this is completely not the case. Apple's new product development cycles are about the same as they've always been (long). Nothing has changed except that we are hearing less and less of substance about what they are developing. Confusing a lack of knowledge for knowing something is alway going to be a mistake. I see a lot of people making it.
True that.
USER EXPERIENCE
Apple "Was" always about user Experience. We bought Apple b-cuz If they told us it did something, it did. These days all they seam to care about is having a huge list of features and gadget BS on there products and very frequently they don't work. After 25 years of nothing but Apple I am at a point that I can't see me giving them anymore of my money. I have had to call for tech help more in the last year then I have in the last 25 years.
I have a new Apple TV that does not do half the things they convinced the public it will do and after 6 calls and countless hours I have removed it from my TV and put my old one back on it. Thats $200 they stole from me. Not to mention that while I was Trying to get the remote app and the photos to sync with my mac and phone they made me update them both. Now I have a slow a$$ mac and a slow phone that is everyday telling me to upgrade it again.
I have always been a huge supporter of Apple, but those days are gone. I spent way to much money on this stuff for me to then be treated as if I don’t even own it and can’t make my own decision as to what I want to run on it.
And as long as we are venting, Im tired of dealing with foreign speaking Tech support. If your going to allow your OS to fall in to such disrepair that people actually have to use your tech support it would be nice if they understood me, or I could understand them.
USER EXPERIENCE is why we all stuck with them the way we did. Now all they care about is how they can keep milking everyone for as much as they can.
User Experience, User Experience, Until they get back to it as the MOST important thing they will just be another android or windows experience.
Tim Cook you are failing. You are failing Apple and you are failing us. Step aside, or get over yourself and get Apple back to its #1 priority, USER EXPERIENCE.
Sure mate, cause that's how it works. You would be better learning from the market than attacking it. It doesn't care about you.