analogjack

No need to get caught up on the accuracy, it's the point that the article is making that is worth noting. The point is that they are trying to create a narrative that Apple is having to cut their margins on this product in order to compete. It has a sort of a schadenfreude type of ring to it. Everyone loves to hate Apple, even the Washington Post has published a hate article on HomePod where they are bitching throughout the entire piece about how the HomePod is a failure because it won't give you transit directions or be a personal assistant. 

Apparently the HomePod has excellent sound however it's not so great at reading a recipe for pasta. Gotta say though my KRK's are shite at cooking.

Wait we're talking Melbourne yes? The very same city that chopped down the inside row of a fully mature double row of the greatest stand of English Elms in the world, in order to accomodate a Grand Prix racing track in Albert Park. Federation square itself is a fucking eyesore, the Apple store looks good. 

Double down sounds like double speak, just say 'to improve audio across all of Apple's products.

Apple urgently needs to fund research into finding other Earth like planets to open up new markets, perhaps the spaceship campus is literally a spaceship, this would show Jobs' remarkable foresight.