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SpamSandwich said:

Cramer is one of the leading counter-indicators of investment strategies. Whatever he says, do the opposite.

Aaaand tiredest meme of the day goes to...

kamalwatt1 said:

LG just beat Apple to the punch with the fingerprint reader embedded under the screen.

It's not under the screen. It's under the glass.
Hey, guess where Apple's fingerprint reader is; it's under the glass too.
As long as a phone still uses some kind of a 'thumb-button' for any other 'button-clicking' feature, why not put the fingerprint reader under 'that' glass? What? you want to put it under glass somewhere 'else' on the screen so that you can go back and forth between putting your thumb on a special 'print-reader' area, and then move your thumb over to the button area for performing button actions?

koop said:

DED's been on a rampage since Apple's quarterly. Getting a little dizzy from all the spin and pom poms.

Wow. Great response. What else you got?

asdasd said:

SpamSandwich said:

This fellow is a creative officer... and I've seen no evidence that he has experience with packaging or display work. He's essentially an ad man. I wonder how the hell he's going to carry on with the core Apple values of clean design and attention to detail. Packaging and display work is an entirely different game.

In my estimation, Tim made a major mistake putting Jony Ive in charge of UI design. I hope and pray this is not another razzle-dazzle hire who will be given charge over things he has no clue about.

I don't think Cook can tell bozos from non-bozos. 

This guy has no socks. 

Steve Jobs had no shoes.

boeyc15 said:

radster360 said:

I kind of agree with @sog35 on some of the point. ...

God forbid, me also... but he has some elements in his rambling rants diatribes that ring true... partially, maybe, sometimes, on occasion.

Here are some things that could be used as legit criticisms against Apple and Yes there are valid counter arguments also.

• The unwritten 80(user uses it, needs it etc) / 20 (user does not) rule is ok as it goes; but eventually with enough products/feature, your users are going to be bit by the 20 artificial limitation you build in and tick them off!!!. Perhaps shoot for 90/10 or maybe, just maybe a 99/1!
• Passing on some established internet opportunities like You-tube and Waze.
• Instead of 115 billion stock buyback, buy Comcast, Disney or whatever. Something to be longer term 'stable' revenue generator. Otherwise admit profits could go drastically down once iPhone growth phase is over.
• Apple      Music is a disaster;  its focused on the industry execs / entertainer profits and not focusing on the customer access/user experience. Free (ad supported) Customer access for ALL USERS, not a pay per month is the natural profit level for industry. Taking down Apple radio (ad supported) etc... is a flip from Steve Jobs view. 15 Mil users is trivial in the sense of 1Billion potential users. What if they charge 20 dollars a year for streaming...x 500 million users... not too shabby
• Low memory storage in devices is crap- 80/20? rule, is used to upsell, cloud up sell;  or makes for faster obsolesce (and I think Steve would do this too)
• Tossing professional apps aside is short sighted--- same 80/20 rule - but professional apps lead the way for consumer updates-- gives status/cache to Apple from the movers/shakers in various industry. Steve wanted to 'compete' and kick ass! with professional industry.. no freaking solid gold computer on my wristy thing is going to do that.
• Non-user upgradeable devices is crap (and I think Steve would do this too)
• ATV4 not 4k capable (WTF? 80/20 rule again)?
• Ipad pro 9.7-- USB 2 data speeds (WTF? 80/20 rule again)
• Lack of ports. One more stinking port on the MacBook.. really, that's a deal breaker for you Apple? (80/20 rule again?)
• $1699 WDCC... really, even though its a lottery and you have $200 billion in the bank (oh forgot had to pay back share holders first)
• ibook author 'fantastic'... um what happen?
• Bring back skeuomorphism. I have no idea how to get a lot of features anymore with out going to 'google' to find out how. This isn't Microsoft!!
• A car?  Pick you lane and stay in it Apple.. pun intended

You know, the problem here is not sog. The problem is that we have all become accustomed to years of brainless hatred and bashing of this great company, so that if someone offers up any kind of (actual) 'legitimate' questioning or criticism of Apple, they are simply swept into the crapbox as a "hater" "idiot" "basher", etc.
Anybody who can read without blind bias, can tell the guy loves Apple. Probably even has a good portion of his personal life tied up with the company and it's products (as many of us do).

As to your list; I agree with 'most' of your bullets. The rest I do not. That's what makes world go 'round, I guess.