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  • Apple Car can be a success without a wow factor

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    JP234 said:
    This will go down as the second costliest mistake Apple Inc. ever made. Only the firing of Steve Jobs was worse. History has not been kind to automakers, not even great ones like Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Packard and Studebaker. Or even large ones like American Motors. Or Chrysler, whose history of bankruptcies, bailouts and buyouts is so littered it's impossible to keep track of them all (the current owner, Stellantis, just announced the closing of the Belvidere assembly plant, which makes Jeeps, laying off about 1,300 workers. Merry Christmas, at least they're giving the required 90 days notice, so workers can sabotage Jeeps on the line for the next 3 months). Why does Apple believe that they can start up a car company from scratch??? Why would ANYONE want to start a car company? Money can't assure success in this field. Heavy manufacturing is NOT the same as technology manufacturing.

    If it happens, that is. Not sure the board will approve this venture when they get a true cost analysis.
    Or so they said about the cell phone industry (Nokia, Blackberry, Erickson, etc etc) before Apple entered it.

    I don’t think Apple will do their own automobile manufacturing, have they ever made any of their products in recent memory?  Think Foxconn and their other assembly manufacturers at present.  LG or another Asian manufacturing behemoth seems like a likely partner in my mind.

    Tesla is starting to show its age and weaknesses….static design, poor build quality, a suck of corporate profits into Elon’s wealth and especially the long-standing beta-project known as AutoPilot…a combined class action lawsuit and FTC fine waiting to happen, not to mention Elon’s toxicity in general which alienates employees and customers.
    9secondkox2welshdogukrunrskippingrock

  • Jean-Louis Gassee doesn't know who an iPad is for, and thinks you don't either

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    And I would add that iPads are incredibly stable & long-lived compared to computers and phones, personally I need all three & each has their own benefits.
    macpluspluslolliverlogic2.6jeffharriswatto_cobrajony0

  • Twitter staff nearly decimated by Musk's 'extremely hardcore' demand

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    Since the Saudis and others remain co-investors, Elon is opening himself to litigation or worse find himself “Khashoggi-ed” by his behavior.  

    Honestly he should be surrounded by a phalanx of lawyers to check his behavior at all times.  Even if he is purposefully trying to destroy the company and avoid paying off a loan due to some theoretical bankruptcy protection provision he is still leaving himself open to catastrophic litigation.
    JaiOh819secondkox2blastdoorronnwatto_cobralolliver

  • Apple's strong fourth quarter leaves analysts optimistic in a sea of tech disappointment

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    AAPL is up over 6 points on the open, horrorshow tolchocks are being administered to the ones who consistently sell Apple short.
    lkrupprezwitsjas99

  • Apple Korea offices raided by antitrust officials [u]

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    A morning raid seems a bit heavy-handed and disruptive, wouldn’t a team of government tax attorneys have taken care of it?  Then again the government does this to Samsung on occasion.
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