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Ex-Apple engineer explains why the first iPhone didn't have copy and paste
Imagine how the inventor of the wheel has to feel.Beats said:It’s insane how much work Apple has to do to invent the first iPhone. Swiping, scrolling and pinch-to-zoom were insanely great innovations.
Only for Android to come along and copy all the hard work. Imagine how that felt?
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Lightning versus USB-C: Pros and cons for the iPhone
I say provide Europeans a Lightning to USB-C adapter the first year, pay the fine, listen to the howl and then go wireless.
Let them talk themselves to death, and bury them with their own confusion
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Apple's 2023 CarPlay is an Apple Car preview - and is scaring Detroit
Why build a car when any car can be "your" car?
Any rental car/autonomous vehicle would automagically customize to your preferences. The paradigm of 'owning' a car will change to use case rental for many if not most people.
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Apple hires labor-busting lawyers to fight employees' efforts to unionize
You're basing your math on U.S. Buggy Whips' value remaining constant. Buybacks create nothing. That capital reinvested in the companies R&D, employees and infrastructure result in innovations that allow growth out of the buggy whip business and into the next big things like iPods>iPhones>Apple Silicon>AR/VR>transportation>healthcareJWSC said:
People should be clear about what they mean when they say stock buybacks are a throwaway.sconosciuto said:
Stock buybacks are often a throwaway. When Trump and the GQP juiced the stock market in 2017 with tax cuts, a huge chunk went into buybacks. Execs cashed in of course, and all of that sugar-high “wealth” created by juicing stocks with our tax dollars vanished in thin air in March 2020.Madbum said:
Stock buybacks are a throw away? Do you have a Retirement account? Mutual funds?melgross said:While I was an owner, and employer, in businesses, I would prefer Apple take some of those tens of billions they’re throwing away in stock buybacks, and give their employees better compensation in various ways. I don’t like the way things have been going. It used to be one of the best places to work, but it’s quickly becoming repressive. There’s no need for that, Apple can afford to do anything required to meet employee expectations.Perhaps you heard all the people bitching about bailing out the airlines after they did all those stock buybacks?
If you’re fiduciary responsibility is to the shareholders there are few better options than to buy back stock. It’s basic math. For example, if a company has 1000 shares outstanding each valued at one dollar and The company by his back 200 shares, The remaining 800 shares are now worth $1.25.
You would be better off making the case that that money might have been better spent on human capital rather than enriching shareholders. But stock bybacks are no throw away
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Apple now requires Unidays verification for education purchases
Long overdue. Apple tightened up the Military/Veteran store and 3rd party Corporate Employee plans several years ago. One thing I admire about Apple is trying to fairly adjudicate policies. I may not like a policy but there is a fair chance someone else isn't skating by it. In my days I've seen lots of resellers try to take advantage of discount policies this tightens up one more loophole.
