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darelrex said:

What I want to know is: Can't Apple remotely disable these stolen items, or disallow them to use Apple's iCloud and other support servers, hence rendering them basically useless, or mostly useless? (Think: deny them iOS updates.) Surely Apple has thought of this long ago. How is it even profitable to steal a bunch of Apple products from their stores any more?

∫because there are sleepy individuals willing to buy boosted hardware from other skeevy individuals. Thoughts about whether such a purchase might be a good deal long-term are unlikely to filter through the avarice and excitement.

lordjohnwhorfin said:

For the numbskulls who say well done, now the truck owner is facing murder charges, prison, crazy legal bills. Yeah, it’s annoying to have a car stolen. Don’t be an idiot. Call the cops. There are enough stories of cops recovering cars and bikes to shut up the idiots who claim cops won’t do anything.

It's Texas. I'm guessing the owner/shooter will never face charges. Vehicular theft = 21st century cattle rustling: "Hangin's too good for 'em."

TenApplesUpOnTop said:

Yeah, those Apple retail workers who start at $22/hour and already have a ton of benefits sure do need a union. They’re being treated so badly! Shame on your Apple for paying retail workers well above minimum wage and providing all those other benefits that most other retail jobs don’t. I go to the Apple store frequently and from what I can see, most of them get paid just to stand around and chat with each other.

I'm going to assume this post is from a bot that never tried to live on a minimum wage. Minimum wage is not a living wage, or even anywhere close to it. The lack of empathy for people who actually have to work for a living (even if, when the Store's not busy, they dare to speak to one another) bespeaks a robotic lack of concern for actual human beings.

AppleInsider should screen the comments for bot products.

Rogue01 said:

The recession is looming.  Inflation at an all time high.  And even Apple's operating costs have increased because water, power, natural gas, have all gone up in price.  Apple is laying people off through attrition.  They are not replacing people that leave.  Same as laying people off because they redistribute the work to others and have them take on more work.  They just did that when a VP of Design left and those duties are now passed on to someone else and the position not being replaced or filled.  So that makes them 'look good' by not publicly announcing layoffs, but the people have to take on more work for the same pay because Apple won't fill the now vacant position.  They just eliminate it instead.

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A recession may be coming, but that’s still TBD.

Inflation is not at an all time high, and hasn’t been (ask any of the boomers around in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s). Rates of inflation have been dropping in the US for the last eight months. 

Please don’t spread misinformation.

Pretty skimpy evidence for the assertion in the lede.

Remember two things: (1) Apple employees never, ever discuss unreleased products in publishable interviews, and (2) unless or until it's released, we have no idea what an Apple Silicon-based Mac Pro (or equivalent) might look like, just as we had no idea what the current Mac Pro would look like before the WWDC keynote in 2019. (The closest Apple comes to breaking prime directive (1) would be the "background" interview where two or more Apple execs sit down with a chosen publication/site's editor(s) so the latter have a story with which to lead when the official release occurs. But those interviews are only given with the understanding that the interviewers won't jump the gun.)

I realize that future product rumors are the stock in trade of industry watchers/columnists/sites like this, but they rarely provide enough correct information to use in strategizing funding and scheduling future purchases, for either businesses or individuals. The one exception appears to be specific information on features and pricing for new iPhone models as their official release approaches. For all the "pirated" CAD drawings and speculation about camera systems earlier rumors report, it's generally in the weeks preceding the releases that reliable information becomes available. Is there any reason to believe that Apple is not behind those rumors?