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  • Gene Munster: Apple should buy Rivian after cancelling Apple Car

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    Amazon already has a substantial (~ 18%, iirc) investment in Rivian. Does Apple management really want to get into the same bed as the Smiley-face people, even as a majority owner?
    watto_cobra

  • Everything went Apple's way at the annual shareholders meeting

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    Massiveattack87 said:
    Just ridiculous and "doomed" actions by AAPL. 

    Human rights? Liberties? Gender pay gap?? All those things are really essential and should have been executed from the beginning on. 

    What did AAPL say how to boost their stock price and how to generate their sales with "AI" etc.? 

    No highlights in terms of their stategies??

    Ridiculous and laughable. 
    Nice of you to come out from under your bridge.

    Apple has maintained, as long as I've been aware of (> 25 years), that it obeys the laws in any country in which it sells it products. Nothing new to see there, so move along. If you want proactive, note that Apple has more than once sent its CEO to negotiate face-to-face with Chinese government officials to prevent even more odious restrictions being placed on Apple's operations in China (e.g. data sharing).

    Apple's share price is boosted by introducing products and services that turn out to be popular — not by talking about them at once a year shareholder's meetings.

     If, by the way, you're an Apple shareholder, the current share prices appear to be a bit of a bargain, so I'm guessing you could find a buyer if you want to unload yours.


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  • GM Cruise nabs former Apple car exec for autonomous car safety chief role

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    Will he find a way to protect their taxis from angry crowds?
    watto_cobra

  • Jon Stewart became a problem for Apple TV+

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    I don’t find the China and/or AI pitches rumor convincing. Cancellation over segments like that would not have been amicable, as such stories would be journalism. I believe Stewart is hinting at the real problem when he mentions the “election season” — this cancellation was about US political commentary. Stewart is not going to sit this one out. He made that mistake eight years ago, and he’s not going to repeat it. He’s not alone.

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    I've got no doubt that Stewart could cause Apple some heartburn with election coverage, but the two issues cited — I don't see how you could *not* find those convincing. Apple does a lot of business, including crucial supply chain and the lion's share of its manufacturing of iPhones in China, so keeping the Chinese government happy has long been a priority of theirs. And ins driving to keep up with the Joneses of the tech hierarchy, Tim has repeatedly been at pains to state, without any specifics yet, just how much AI we're going to see in as yet unannounced (but coming soon, really, folks!) products. So, to me at least, those could easily be pain points for Apple, and so yes, I find them convincing as possible issues.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Apple Vision Pro aren't cooking your brain

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    Xed said:
    JFC, why does this still need to be addressed on tech forums?
    Because, as H.L. Mencken pointed out, "No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."
    williamlondon