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I love watching stories like this.  When you have a company that talks about how much good work they do in the social arena, how they provide so much help to others to make the world a better place...until the rubber meets the road and they are asked to share data that others could actually use.  Having a good chemical rating and using renewable energy and offering recycling all makes sense as long as it doesn't cost the company anything, or very little.  


You won't find anyone on these boards that is more of a capitalist than I am.  But in this case the "we want to be a good neighbor" PR shtick (and don't kid yourself into thinking it isn't shtick) is going to paint Apple into a corner.  Apple isn't doing anything wrong by paying huge amounts of money to gather this mapping data and I don't fault them if they want to keep it to themselves.  But in cases like that maybe dial down the rhetoric about how "we all need to contribute and pay back to the community" and the other stuff that would choke even the most socialist of people.  In the meantime I will just grab my popcorn, because I love when social-cause warriors, or companies, eat their own.  

80s_Apple_Guy said:

Consumers will not benefit. Yes there were knockoffs and crap but getting Apple products will be more expensive as resale and refurb and extra inventory reductions will be gone from Amazon. 

Also gone will be the middle man markup on literally EVERY product on Amazon, though.  Those in the middle weren't offering a service for free, so Apple is just using Amazon as their delivery mechanism which means they don't need to have a markup.  

I used my cheap 3D printer to print a stand for my AW3.  I placed the charger that came with it in there and it has worked perfect. Moves my watch up into nightstand mode and the ledge makes it easy to align so I get a perfect charge alignment every time.  Probably cost me $1 in materials and an hour to print.  

Wonder if it is possible to also get Definer like companies to circulate rumors and "articles" about supply chain cuts or soft product demand in order to get back at a company.

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

frantisek said:

How they will be calling sales of android flagships in slowing market? Huge success?

They will sell 2 million phones, and be praised for the huge success. 

As usual.

More likely they will "ship" 2 million phones and be praised.  


However, this poster doesn't care.  I got my Xr and couldn't be happier.  It is "slightly" faster than my 6