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jonagold said:

As a long time shareholder I'm sure glad to see my shares being diluted by this guy. What has he done for the company?

Well, since he was on the board of directors he was actually involved with the management company -- which I bet is more than you did for Apple.

He acted as a representative of you. He helped shape policy that might potentially impact investors like you (and himself). But he's only one of many, and maybe he shared your views but was overruled by everyone else. Do you have any documentation of his opinion on the taxation matter? Any records of votes? Or are you scapegoating one guy because things didn't go the way you liked? Maybe he's not happy with the political commentating the company is doing and that's why he's pulling out his investment.

Woooo. Not treating your employees like dirt makes them want to stay. Maybe one of these days more companies will realize that.

sflocal said:

WinTel hardware is still as much garbage now as it always has been when I was rolling with that crowd.  

In case you missed the the mid-2000's, "Wintel hardware" and "Mac hardware" are the same thing. The only thing that keeps macOS from running on a Dell is a few DRM-esque bits of code Apple added to check the motherboard to see if it's an Apple product or not.

If you had bad experiences with your "Wintel hardware", buying crappy (likely mass-produced) systems was the cause. My home-built PC is almost 10 years old and has no hardware issues at all. It will outlive its useful life in the march of progress in power efficiency. And it's been supported on the OS side longer than any Macintosh system by Apple. It started life as a Windows XP (2001) machine, and is still supported under the current Windows 10 -- that will be over 20 years of Extended Support lifecycle even if Microsoft decided to make a new Win10 update tomorrow it couldn't run.

Rayz2016 said:

True, but folk still use them for workouts. I think the guy’s exaggerating by saying they ‘blew up’, but it’s a good thing it wasn’t in his ear!

It's Florida Man -- there wouldn't have been much to damage in that general vicinity if they had been. XD

Soli said:

Appleish said:

Vaporfactory.

I know it's a factory but I would've gone with vaporwarehouse.

The article mentions "empty buildings" so that's arguably more accurate. They are literally buildings filled with air.

Anilu_777 said:

This is a bit confusing for someone who works with Made for iPhone hearing aids. They already connect to and stream from the paired iPhone (or iPad) via Bluetooth LE. What’s the difference here?

This will be an industry standard, not a "Apple-only" thing.