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  • A year after media doubting, Apple's Services save a difficult year

    tjwolftjwolf
    foregoneconclusion said:
    If you're going to deride critics for having the view that Apple TV+, Apple News, and Apple Arcade are money losers, you should at least provide *some* facts to support your conviction that they are not. I, for one, think none of these services make any real money for Apple.
    IMO, things like Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade shouldn't be expected to generate big bucks right from the start. Did Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon rake it in right from the start? Probably not. And gaming is a business where you typically have to be patient and build some momentum over time. The point of Apple Arcade is to get more people gaming on computer and television screens. There's a LOT of room for growth there.
    You're missing the point.  The author's whole thrust of the article was that, contrary to critics'/cynics' views, these new services bailed out Apple's Q2 earnings.  I'm suggesting the author/emperor has no clothes - he doesn't show that they did!
    ctt_zhmuthuk_vanalingam

  • A year after media doubting, Apple's Services save a difficult year

    tjwolftjwolf
    Sorry, but you really don't make a good case for the new services.  Sure, *Services* had a great year and helped Apple's Q2 numbers, but you gave no facts on how much of the Services revenue came from the new services versus the more established ones.  The "App Store" is the 800 lb. Gorilla in Apple's Services category and, by all accounts, it's had a tremendous quarter with everyone staying at home, consuming content.

    If you're going to deride critics for having the view that Apple TV+, Apple News, and Apple Arcade are money losers, you should at least provide *some* facts to support your conviction that they are not.  I, for one, think none of these services make any real money for Apple.  The only exception is Apple Card - that is the shining star among the new services.
    chemengin1ctt_zhmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple TV with A12X ready to go at any time, claims leaker

    tjwolftjwolf
    As others have suggested, a U1 chip for the remote would be nice.  The remote itself should be re-thought.  It's a complete and utter piece of trash UX wise.   I don' know how many time I've grabbed the thing tried to do something, only to belatedly realize that I was holding it upside down :-(   That little rectangular slab simply doesn't have enough touch-feedback to let you know when you're holding it right (I feel like Steve Jobs talking about Antenna-gate :-)

    I don't play games on my Apple TV - and I venture to say that most people that have one don't either.  So a processor upgrade is probably not going to sway anyone to upgrade.  All in all, my Apple TV 4K and my HomePods are the two most boring Apple devices I own.  They do what they do, but I can't imagine either of them improving much until Siri becomes a whole lot better than she is right now (and has been for, what, 10 years?)

    I actually doubt I'll get another Apple TV.   Our Samsung TV is 10+ years old and I'm waiting for LG's 2020 OLED lineup to become available - those TVs supposedly have Apple TV built in.  Since that TV will be hanging on a wall, I welcome not having to put an extra box somewhere. 
    elijahg13485mbdrake76

  • Apple lawsuit scares security researchers away from Corellium emulator

    tjwolftjwolf
    "...security specialist Corellium" - really?  What type of security research does Corellium itself pursue?  AFAIK, they simply sell iOS in a VM to any takers.  Is that a misunderstanding?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's iPhone 11 took top spot in China, outperformed larger smartphone market

    tjwolftjwolf
    Beats said:
    If Huawei didn't have knockoff iPhones, iPads, AirPods, Apple Stores, Software, I wonder how well they'd hold up on their own?
    ...
    I think Huawei's rise has little to do with emulating iPhone and everything to do with Trump's policy of blacklisting/harassing the company.  It stirred patriotic feelings in the Chinese public.  When the US targeted Huawei's 5G equipment throughout the world, the Chinese people began buying more Huawei products to help the company against this bully.

    I think the only reason Apple hasn't dipped more is that Huawei's CEO expressly told the Chinese people that he was an Apple fan (and, indeed, you see him frequently using Apple equipment).
    watto_cobra