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cogitodexter said:

This is lunacy.

And people used to complain about Biden being senile...

jfabula1 said:

michelb76 said:

9secondkox2 said:

And I’ll take Donald trump and Bessent any day over some dude on the internet named “stabitha.”

But seriously. There are so many ways to look at this. It definitely exposes predispositions. If you already hate Tru p, you’ll work to find the pessimistic angle. If you already like him, you’ll work to find the positive angle. And if you’re just a simple common sense guy, you’ll work to can appreciate what he’s trying to do while retaining the ability to see where it may go wrong - but also retain tje ability to see where it may go right. So far, for common sense folks, tje goal is admirable, results are mixed with the short time in action, and the pivot seems to preserve both the American tech company as well as the inherits of the action to begin with. The downside of all of it is of course the “short term pain” of stock volatility and posdible higher prices. But that was always a known quantity. Not some surprise. But the long term gain of fair trade is what the goal is. And it’s certainly at the very least worth the attempt. If it wasn’t trump, it would be someone else. The status quo is not sustainable without ceding our economy and leading status in the world. As one of the few truly free places in the world, this matters. We are all her for all things apple. They’re a great company. Another reason their great is that they stand for human rights, privacy, security, etc. on top of making the best stuff on earth. But take away the foundation of freedom upon which they operate and things go south. We see a microcosm in the EU and China. Hopefully, with the bold moves being made on the big stage, that’s as far as it goes. 

If Europe decides to bond together and increase production and trade amongst themselves, they no longer need the US for 90% of the stuff and will have a much larger market than they would ever have had with the US. In reality they need very little US products because most of those are low quality and don't adhere to European standards and regulations. (cars, food) They trade with the US because of allyship. That's going to go out the window fast now. Europe has a reliance on US tech companies, but work is underway to reduce that. BRICS countries removing reliance on the dollar will absolutely hurt the US for generations. A next president is not going to be able to correct this. The damage done to the US in the past months will take decades to recover, if ever. There is no short term pain, only long term pain. There is a lot of gain for those in power though, but that's a very small group.

It seems quite an argument, you are probably right if the status quo continues. America will be gone with $36T & counting owed….it’s sad but nobody is talking about it here but blaming a President who’s trying to do something about it, no suggested solutions either, just whine and whine. It doesn’t bother me if Apple is raising prices cause I can afford them, but the rest of younger Americans has no future for this $T we owed, unfortunately they will be the one paying for It. 

digitol said:

This will probably fall on deaf ears but Please I humbly plead that you refrain from posting political stories.  I totally understand  because traffic clicks $$$$  conflict model, but please.  If you feel you do well ($$$) with these types of posts, maybe consider a political section or dedicated mac political site.  Its horribly disturbing to see hobbies destroyed this way.  Humbly,  Long time mac user. 

nubus said:

bulk001 said:

Unless it is a chip swap and camera bump, Apple seems incapable of delivering anything in any sort of a reasonable time frame. Apple Watch Ultra they were able to come up with a new color and not even a better chip. 

Indeed! Apple delivered the Mac, iPod (developed and launched in less than 12 months), and iPhone... all under the same CEO. For a decade the next big thing was going to be Car and AVP. Concepts copied from Musk + Zuckerberg. One didn't ship and one shouldn't have. Apple upgraded AirPods Max, keyboards, trackpads, and the "charge on back" mouse to USB C thanks to EU but let everything else stay unchanged.

I don't want to see Musk near Apple but someone should review project management and product development before Cook is going full Copland/Taligent on us. From Siri and iPadOS to not being focused on AI and still not delivering. Dell is shipping Tandem OLED in laptops and Asus (Asus!) is delivering Pro displays with tech Apple might use in 2026.

nubus said:

M68000 said:

The debacle of Apple advertising “Apple Intelligence” before it was ready may be the beginning of the end of the Tim Cook era. 

DOJ and consumers will take Apple to court on running ads for vaporware. Agree, this is the beginning to the end. It can take a while before he is replaced. Microsoft drifted for 10 years and behaved like a bond. We have seen Apple slide to #2, #3, and... well... the distance to Amazon makes it likely that Apple could drop one more spot. 

As for his legacy we need to split CEO from COO. He was outstanding as COO.

nubus said:

9secondkox2 said:

Other companies have indeed outperformed Apple in AI, but only in AI. Apple has them beat literally everywhere else. 

To investors Cook is delivering the worst performance during his tenure of the top 3. He spent a decade on not delivering Car and the company is stuck with phones and accessories (covers, services) without any growth.

Cook is penny-pinching and trying to win by fighting the battles of yesterday. How did that strategy work for IBM, Intel, or Xerox?