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Tim Cook isn't going to get fired, and Steve Jobs isn't rolling over in his grave
All we need recall is that Steve had Tim on board when he lifted Apple to the heights of respect Apple attained with the iPod and iPhone and Mac, but Tim didn’t have Steve on board, other than spiritually, when he continued to lift Apple to the heights of global respect in the face of perhaps more criticism and doomsaying than any modern enterprise has ever faced. Tim is the soul of Apple, and that’s a very good thing,
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CarPlay Ultra's first trial reveals a deeply integrated, Apple-like experience
With data from the car l, like remaining charge (EV) and range, Apple can not play a trump card by creating Ramirez hailing dispatch system that any Apple CarPlay Ultra equipped car could join, whether ICE or EV, driverless or human driven. A car’s location and remaining range can be used to determine whether the car can serve a nearby ride hail request and still have sufficient range remains to make it to a fuel or charging station after the end of the ride, or continue to take subsequent rides. Great thing about this is that Apple would not be liable for crashes or injuries as the car’s autonomous system, or human driver, would be responsible for serving the rides.Also, I do wish Apple would buy Mazda, or partner with Mazda to create a joint venture to build cars that show off the full CarPlay Ultra capabilities. Plus it would get Apple back into the automotive game where they could use some of those patents while having the excellent Mazda design and engineering and factories to build cars at affordable prices.
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Lawsuit hopes to return 15 months of commissions to developers after App Store ruling
Seems like Apple will need to find a way to charge developers for something. APIs, Interfaces, I don’t know. Just doesn’t seem right that anyone should get a free ride on all that Apple has built, unless Apple wants to give them a free ride, like they do with free apps.
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Trump vs. China: How the tariff war has hit Apple so far
Is that really in question?qwerty52 said:
Yes, I agree. But the question is: For good or bad ?randominternetperson said:
Fixed it for you. But companies also works.qwerty52 said:
After all, it is tragic that this guy is doing his best to destroy one of the best COUNTRIES in the world, and it is a disaster that he even dosn't get it of what he is doing.
Trump will get his wish to go down in history. One of the most impactful humans ever.
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Trump confirms he reduced tariffs to help Tim Cook
i believe Cook knows this and will sacrifice himself by retiring as soon as this Trump administration is replaced by a saner president, hopefully Democrat. Tim will look back at these years with remorse for what he had to do to bring Apple through them. There’s no winning, so he’s taking the path of least losing, knowing his entire career will be get a red mark. But he’s willing to take that hit to minimize the damage and attempt to keep Apple competitive in a global market.dewme said:
I agree with your assertions. What Tim Cook is doing, at least when he's wearing his Tim Apple Super CEO suit, is not politics but doing everything he can to ensure the success of his company and all of its stakeholders. However, what Tim Apple does probably does not reflect what Tim Cook, the man, would do in order to maintain his own personal integrity, reputation, value system, and generally how to exist peacefully as a citizen of the world.randominternetperson said:
I'll do more than question it, I'll flat out assert that he is not a politician.AppleInsider said:Cook was once described by Steve Jobs as not being a "product person," but he's unquestionably a politician. He apparently kept the working relationship going with Trump before the last election, and he is confirmed to have personally donated $1 million to the president's inauguration.
Politicians (at least when the term is used pejoratively, as it seems to here) don't stand for anything, say whatever they need to say, and shift with the slightest breeze.
That isn't Tim Cook. Exhibit 1: https://www.apple.com/diversity/ ;
Perhaps we can agree that he is politically astute, but that doesn't make him a politician.
The problem for Tim Cook is that every time the president mentions his name or insinuates a real connection with Tim Cook, the man, Tim takes a hit in the things that many people and especially Apple customers value in him, including his reputation and integrity. Tim Cook was hand picked to take the helm when Steve Jobs stepped back. That is a really big deal considering Steve Jobs is the one who restored Apple's reputation, integrity, competitiveness, differentiation from the crowded PC world, and a willingness to always make sure customers were delighted with the products he help bring to market.
The current president has significantly damaged the reputation, trustworthiness, and reliability of the United States. In the same way, every time another leader in the private sector gets anointed as a "True Trump Buddy" their reputation, trustworthiness, and reliability takes a big hit. In some cases it gets obliterated as we've seen with Elon Musk and Zuckerberg.
Apple will pay a price for this, we just don't know how large or how fire-walled or DMZ'd it can be kept between the real person and who they play when they step into their corporate role.
