melgross

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying that I do NOT want a 200mp sensor in my phone. There is no point to that.

ApplePoor said:

Not so sure Apple's use of cash is benefitting the shareholders or the Board Room members and senior staff that have inside information.....

Perhaps if they expended more on R&D we would not have to have a bunch of lies covering up their failures to get the job done they promised. Leadership sucks so bad that four top AI guys were recruited away as they were obviously disgusted with the Apple work place. Lack of Leadership is not usually rewarded with anything other than a termination notice.  Tim Cook has a huge Apple provided financial cushion and his life style would not be negatively impacted if he had to do work elsewhere.

Well, those were the A.I. guys who were responsible for the failure. Good riddance.

but they could buy Perplexity as they were said to be thinking of doing. They would certainly have the money if they didn’t throw it away. Also the talk about gaming has been goi g on for how long? Microsoft understands what has to be done, and they spent $67 billion for Activision. Apple could have done that.

but they would rather tear up their cash than do something with it. I guarantee if they bought Activision, their stock would be at least $15 higher. If they bought Perplexity, it would rise another $15. But buying stocks back has never shown any appreciable gain. People have been so brainwashed about this since it became legal in 1985 that they think it’s a real benefit. I’ve read a number of economics papers on this and there has never been any proof it it’s effectiveness. Some economists agree that it’s not a good thing.

greginprague said:

melgross said:

Quite frankly. $0.26 is well under what Apple should be paying. They buy much more stock back than they pay in dividends.

They “could” pay much more than $0.26 quarterly.  Why should they do so?  I prefer the buybacks.  That doesn’t create a taxable event for me.  I think they pay a 1% fee to buy back versus a 15-20% qualified divided tax rate for most folks.  How is that better?

I totally dislike buybacks. There is zero evidence it causes the stock to rise and it takes all of that money and burns it. What could the company do with all that money? Marketing, R&D, maybe even a factory. Give employees better benefits so they wouldn’t feel they have to unionize.  Apple has bought somewhere in the range of $780 billion shares over the years. A total waste of money. There is no reason they should be paying a 0.5% dividend. Not with all that profit. They also said they have $108 billion in debt and issued more. This is all to finance buybacks. That’s good in your eyes?

Quite frankly. $0.26 is well under what Apple should be paying. They buy much more stock back than they pay in dividends.

It’s amazing what people will sue over. What would the extra 5gb storage be worth a month? Less than a dollar for certain, considering what the 200gb tier costs.