sirlance99

DAalseth said:

One part of the decline was that for a while BB was “fudging”their sales numbers by having BOGO promotions. Get one BB and get a second one for the wife, or the kid, or your business partner for free. Moved a lot of BlackBerries but did not add to the bottom line. It also made them look desperate. I do find it amusing how back then BB made a big deal about they were secure and the iPhone wasn’t. Now security and encrypted communication is APPLE’S big selling point.

StrangeDays said:

sirlance99 said:

lkrupp said:

StrangeDays said:

Uh oh, better fire Tim Cook like all those knuckleheads said to do.

Not knuckleheads but ASSHATS, and many of them live here. Can’t wait for the armchair CEOs to expound on how Apple could have done much better if it had followed their advice. All the blathering about Tim Cook, Apple’s QA “decline”, crappy software, lack of a headless Mac with slots, political stances, environmental policies, the list goes on for ever. All the blowhards that come in here ranting about Apple can take a slow boat to China, but remember to wear a mask, losers.

This is all you talk about and you never actually contribute anything good here. Go home and stay off. It only makes you look like the asshat as you like to call everyone else that has a different opinion than yours. 

Nonsense. He makes valid criticisms over the type of opinions we often see. Faulty opinions, IMO, and thus the criticism is reasonable. 

Your post, however, is just a personal insult. Ad
hominem attacks. 

lkrupp said:

wizard69 said:

lkrupp said:

wizard69 said:

StrangeDays said:

Uh oh, better fire Tim Cook like all those knuckleheads said to do.

Actually considering the revenue they have now I would expect much more out of Apple than we are getting.   The Mac line is a significant mess.   They could do with  better management of all operating system lines too.  

In otherwords we really need to see Apple investing in its future.  

And it’s future ain’t the Mac.

It might not be a huge part of Apples future but without a Mac like product they can realize a future where home automation, true smart homes, come into existence.    Even today the only reason I have to spend a lot of money with Apple is in the Mac line and right  now that would be a waste of money.   The lack of attention with respect to Mac hardware is disgusting. 

The other issue alluded to is the state of their system software software on all platforms.   Even iOS is suffering from an endless line of bugs.    It has gotten so bad that I’m closing out Safari many times a day as it starts to malfunction.  In some cases I just close out all apps and start over.   It has been along time since I thought that was a useful action 

You are free to blindly defend Apple but I see their lack of investment in products to be dangerous leaving them open to competition they can’t handle.  In many ways they are a modern day RIM that doesn’t believe a superior product can unseat them. 

Of course Apples greatest near term threat is the coming election and the misguided desire to tear big business apart.   It is saddening to think about what might happen to Apple because a broken up Apple would seriously impact the ability of the resultant companies to compete.  

Well, if what you claim is even remotely true, terrible software, horrible hardware, bug riddled everything it begs the question... why are you still using Apple hardware and software? I ask that in all sincerity. Many like you are constantly ranting about your Apple gear, bugs, QA, lack of innovation, etc. If you bought a refrigerator and experienced nothing but trouble and repair bills, why would you buy the same brand again? 

And just for the record I experience none of the problems you claim you have with Safari and it’s running all day long. My last system boot was 18 days ago. Same goes for Mail (another app that people like to rant about). I have a hard time believing what you say you experience.

lkrupp said:

StrangeDays said:

Uh oh, better fire Tim Cook like all those knuckleheads said to do.

Not knuckleheads but ASSHATS, and many of them live here. Can’t wait for the armchair CEOs to expound on how Apple could have done much better if it had followed their advice. All the blathering about Tim Cook, Apple’s QA “decline”, crappy software, lack of a headless Mac with slots, political stances, environmental policies, the list goes on for ever. All the blowhards that come in here ranting about Apple can take a slow boat to China, but remember to wear a mask, losers.

flydog said:

jungmark said:

I always wait at least a week before updating. 

Given that there are over 1.5 billion iOS devices, the odds of a device being bricked are lower than being struck by lightning. 

But wait away if it makes you feel better.