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9to5Mac has a discussion thread/poll going asking the question what political position or line would Apple have to cross to make you stop buying their products.

Off topic but I purchased a one year subscription to Apple TV+ for $49.99 because I was not intending to buy a qualifying Apple product in the immediate future. Then my wife up and buys me a new iPad7 128GB for Christmas. I started getting the “one year free” notifications. What would happen if I set it up already having a paid subscription? Turns out it automagically extended my subscription by another year so we’re good until Dec 2021. Very nice.

While “analysts” perform their circle jerks AAPL finished up $3.69 to $275.15 and $1.243T market cap today. But, as usual, they are Doomed™.

davgreg said:

So if you work for Apple they own your soul forever?

What part of this do you not understand? Apple owns the stuff this thief stole from them. Why do you always try to put negative spin on everything?

jmoore5196 said:

John Ruskin once said that people who focus on price alone are the legitimate prey of marketplace value leaders.

Apple's loudest critics know plenty ... including the price of everything.  But they know the value of almost nothing at all.

Way back in dinosaur days I worked as a salesman for very high end products (namely electronic and pipe organs for churches). My boss sent me to various sales training seminars, one of which was “Selling your price in today’s market.” That seminar focused on explaining to prospects (in my case church committees) why the price of our product was justified vs a lower priced competitor. My boss had Ruskin’s quote framed behind his desk.

"There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that man's lawful prey."