redhotfuzz

I keep reading all these silly news stories about Apple’s “exorbitant” cut. Obviously these writers have no idea how the printed magazine and newspaper business has worked since forever. The price you pay at the newsstand or for a subscription merely covers printing and postage costs. All the actual profits are generated through advertising. Apple is eliminating their distribution costs. A 50% cut of the subscription cost is exceedingly generous to the publishers, who will make most of their profit via advertising that is not susceptible to browser-based ad blockers.

Yeh!   They keep making things better and cheaper.   Damn cheaters!  Not fair!

If you actually owned a company and produced a product that was blatantly ripped off and then sold at a cut rate by the Chinese, you’d be furious too. They do this not just to the Apples of the world, but to the small family-run American companies too.

zimmermann said:

So far I have read commenters mostly saying meh, about te new stuff Apple produced. Am I the only one that is truly impressed?

Welcome to every Apple announcement event ever. The naysayers always fill their traditional role. Even the original iPhone event (greatest product announcement event in history IMO) had its doubters. That said, the iPhone is now a mature product in a mature product category - the major revolutionary moments are behind us. I know some people think the folding phones/screens are the new shiny, but I for one don't understand the need/appeal.

Frankly the only feature upgrade I'm really yearning for is a higher optical zoom range for the camera. 2x is so...meh. 

What kind of moron believes a company's control OVER ITS OWN PRODUCTS/PLATFORM constitutes a monopoly???

GeorgeBMac said:

So we are moving production out of the highest quality, lowest cost facilities in order to support a failing, trumped up trade war?

As Winston Churchill pointed out:  "Americans always do the right thing -- after they've tried everything else"

Good grief, everything is about Trump for some of you people. 

Becoming reliant on manufacturing in a repressive Communist country that is our #1 geopolitical rival, one that refuses to enforce IP rights (have you seen Xiaomi’s new “Mimojis”???) and rips off everything American countries do with impunity, was a bad idea from the start. Shifting away from Chinese dependence was inevitable and is overdue.

Pixemator, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Vectormator? Finally real, true competition for Adobe’s bloated and overpriced offerings? I’VE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE!!!

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

It turns out that a solid piece of aluminum is not very well ventilated.

It turns out closed-back headphones made of any material from any manufacturer is not "well ventilated." By design. Because it turns out that "ventilating" headphones kinda defeats the purpose of headphones.

Shamesung strikes again! What a pack of weasels. Zero honor.

Dead_Pool said:

Don’t ever finance anything — even at zero percent — other than real estate or education. If you don’t have the money in the bank, you can’t afford it. Financing will only dig a deeper hole. Merry Christmas 

This is dumb. Put your money where it will earn you a return while taking advantage of Apple's (or other vendors) deep pockets that allow you to spread your purchase over time at absolutely zero additional long-term cost to you.