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Xed said:

Forced? Does anyone here feel forced? I'm aware of the options but I choose to use several of Apple products and services, as well as choose NOT to use most of the products and services they offer because they don't fit my needs.

DAalseth said:

YES. I first saw something along these lines on the series Earth: Final Conflict and thought then it was an ideal solution. No single line that gets all the stress, spread it out with a small amount of bending across the whole screen.

sdw2001 said:

The_Martini_Cat said:

Wow, a million dollars per job, that's like 100 grand a year salary for ten years.  I'm not a bit skeptical.

Yes, your sarcasm--and skepticism of politicians is warranted.  But Trump has already shown he's going to do what he says.  He's accomplished more in 1 month as PEOTUS than Obama has in 8 years actually being in office.  Trump's message is that the US is open for business.  He's going to have businesses and capital fighting to get here.  Just watch.  

GeorgeBMac said:

I seriously doubt that privacy had any bearing on her leaving.

The ultra slow state of development of the capabilities of the Apple Watch probably had a lot more to do with it.

Apple initially marketed the watch with a focus on health - even pointing it as a tribute to Steve Jobs and the lessons they experienced from his illness.  But, when they failed to develop those capabilities, they switched to marketing it as a fashion accessory and tech trinket. 

Opening the watch to Nike and opening the watch's metrics to fitness apps was a good, but tentative, step towards making the watch a first class, top of the line fitness tracker.  But, so far, all they've done is open the door -- it's still a mediocre fitness tracker and most serious athletes do not even consider it.

And, as far as a health monitor/tracker, those capabilities have not even begun to be tapped.  The only health parameters it is capable of is heart rate and, not only are there many other cheaper heart rate trackers out there, but Cleveland Clinic tests showed that, at 90% accuracy it could not be relied on from a medical perspective.

So, to date, the Apple watch:
-- Fulfilled its role as a fashion / tech accessory
-- Opened the door to being a high quality fitness tracker
-- Has totally failed as a health tracker

I can hear Steve Jobs calling:  "This is crap.   Fix It!"
....  Perhaps its time for some fresh blood with new ideas and initiatives?

p.s.  Tim Cook has his name on this and has devoted a lot of his personal time and reputation to it.  I have to believe that he is not happy that the watch has neither, so far, lived up to its potential nor his expectations.   I think I can hear even Tim Cook saying:   "This is crap.   Fix It!"

slurpy said:

levi said:

apple ][ said:

Fire all of these special snowflakes and disgusting lunatics with mental issues that get triggered by every slightest thing.

SJWS are among the weakest and most pathetic breed of humans to have ever existed. 

SJWS should never be hired in the first place, if one is looking for good and productive employees that will actually excel at their jobs.

That's funny, I read that executives took action - which suggests the complaints had merit. 

Not that I agree at all with Apple ][ or his extreme, predictable views, but just because action was taken, it does not necessarily mean that complaints had merit.

PS- Ok, I just read that chat log. What the fuck? The guy posted some song lyrics , this woman then freaked out and lectured him about feeling unsafe. He apologized profusely multiple times, and the next day she emails cook basically claiming that her life is in danger.  She's given a month off, comes back, and acts like a victim again. Sorry, but all signs point to this person just having some vindictive complex, wanting to cause trouble and get people fired, and was in no way in a "toxic" environment. She made a fucking mountain out of a mole hill, needed a month to "recover" from the "trauma" of seeing some lyrics to a popular song, then just kept milking it when she got back. THAT is what creates a toxic environment, with everyone else on the team being terrified that they're gonna get if they breathe or look at her the wrong way, or post some meme.

I seriously can’t tell if this article is satire. The woman “Danielle” sounds like a complete narcissist who absolutely refuses to accept a sincere apology multiple times, climbs leaps and bounds above the chain of command to the CEO of the company, gets a month paid leave, and comes back expecting what exactly? Did she want the whole department fired, or just to be appointed to head of the department on her return?

This is not a toxic work environment, but I do believe she is a toxic employee that would likely spread her BS grievances to anyone within earshot. I hope they fire her, but in our society she will probably get millions in a settlement as the result of her behavior.

Yep. From those emails this definitely sounds like someone to CREATES a toxic environment, and lowers the morale of everyone around them. Her escalation was not needed, since the guy apologized and promised to never do it again, even thought he in no way, shape, or form attacked her directly or indirectly. But, she kept going with her perceived slight wanting to harm everyone around her.