Sanctum1972 said: The point I'm making is that once Schiller, Cook, Cue, Williams, Craig Federghi and Ive are gone, Apple is going to have major issues as a lot of them are close to retirement age.
Yeah, but maybe that will create the opportunity for them to be replaced by diverse people, which as we all know, is like some kind of magic fairy dust of awesomeness.
cornchip said: Agree to a degree, but I really think American automakers should have ignored the compact car market and focused on making the large sedan better. Which they eventually did, but by that time Toyota had the Avalon. Meanwhile, BMW & Mercedes (who USA should have been competing against instead of Japan) picked up the slack in the sedan department for a decade or so. Instead of attempting to become something they weren't, they should have just tried to become better versions of themselves. They wound up being late to the game twice. Made some nice trucks tho...
I don't think they did either (ie: compete with Japan, nor were they ever in competition with BMW, etc.). Even the US luxury brands were like lipstick on a pig compared to the European makers, and Japan brought reliability first, then upped the luxury game. I'm not sure the US matched any of that, besides eventually upping the quality some (mostly by partnering... ie: that Ford over there is really a Mazda).
I guess, like you say, trucks. But, even there, Toyota matches or exceeds what the US makes (well, I guess the Toyota Tundra is the most US-made vehicle, period). Muscle cars, too, way back when.
gilly33 said: Very nicely put. You should write an editorial.
Thanks, I really need to start blogging again, I guess.
Sanctum1972 said: The difference between Disney and Apple in terms of media streaming is that the former knows what they're doing and the latter doesn't. And that's just ONE out of many flaws on the current Apple.
Kind of, but remember that was the argument Palm made about Apple entering the phone business. Or, look how (relatively) quickly Tesla came into the automobile industry. I'm sure Apple can acquire enough talent to put together some good content. My question is whether that matters or not (in the big picture).
I also like my BMW, but I'd get a bit concerned if they started making gourmet fish oils. But, I guess the new breed of Apple customer is enamored with emojis and all sorts of other things I could care less about... so, maybe that new customer-base is just chomping at the bit to see some Oprah, too?
jdw said: I also disagree that Apple would have major issues if Ive and team departed, seeing that Ive and team have been making stupid design decisions over the past few years, like the butterfly keyboard abomination and the choice to gut the MacBook Pro of pro features that Mac-loving pros rely on.
Good point. Maybe we should be hoping someone... anyone (with a smidge of common sense) replace some of these people?
Sanctum1972 said: I still think Apple isn't immune because the political landscape and change affects it greatly especially the economy from outside the United States. I believe that the larger the company is, the harder it is to maneuver it, and the more people you have on staff, the more likely quality control will slip.
Yeah, I wonder if anyone has done the calculations at the scale Apple is now and headed, how they'd do if the economy took a big downturn, or things like that. As they continue to grow, their nest-egg won't go as far, either.
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I don't think they did either (ie: compete with Japan, nor were they ever in competition with BMW, etc.). Even the US luxury brands were like lipstick on a pig compared to the European makers, and Japan brought reliability first, then upped the luxury game. I'm not sure the US matched any of that, besides eventually upping the quality some (mostly by partnering... ie: that Ford over there is really a Mazda).
I guess, like you say, trucks. But, even there, Toyota matches or exceeds what the US makes (well, I guess the Toyota Tundra is the most US-made vehicle, period). Muscle cars, too, way back when.
Thanks, I really need to start blogging again, I guess.
Kind of, but remember that was the argument Palm made about Apple entering the phone business. Or, look how (relatively) quickly Tesla came into the automobile industry. I'm sure Apple can acquire enough talent to put together some good content. My question is whether that matters or not (in the big picture).
I also like my BMW, but I'd get a bit concerned if they started making gourmet fish oils. But, I guess the new breed of Apple customer is enamored with emojis and all sorts of other things I could care less about... so, maybe that new customer-base is just chomping at the bit to see some Oprah, too?
Good point. Maybe we should be hoping someone... anyone (with a smidge of common sense) replace some of these people?
Yeah, I wonder if anyone has done the calculations at the scale Apple is now and headed, how they'd do if the economy took a big downturn, or things like that. As they continue to grow, their nest-egg won't go as far, either.