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  • Apple TV+ chiefs speak about the service's creation and future path

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    Always some damn naysayer who out the gate is critical. Apple will make some flops and so will Disney. Amazon took years to be the household name it is now. I’m sure Apple is in this for the long haul. The problem with most of us on the consumer side is we think failure means the end of something. I’m just glad we have some choices outside of network tv and definitely will be cutting the cord next few months. Apple’s $4.99 is a sweet price and looking forward to Disney as well as I’m into the MCU. 
    lolliver

  • Tim Cook offers tribute to Steve Jobs on 8th anniversary of his passing

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    JonG said:
    Jobs originally opened Apple Fifth Avenue in 2016, and since then it has received over 57 million visitors.

    Umm. Might want to correct your last graph typo as I’m pretty sure zombie Jobs didn’t open the store 5 years after he died. 
    Ah your mistaken JonG article says 2006. You might have read to quickly. 
    watto_cobra

  • Consumer Reports puts iPhone 11 Pro Max at top of smartphone rankings

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    bluefire1 said:
    The extra battery life alone almost got me to trade in my Max for the Pro, but I’m probably going to wait for the 2020 iPhone.
    Me too. I was so itching to trade in. But if this one has people gushing 2020 iPhone is going to be pretty sweet. Will hang on to my Max. 
    watto_cobra

  • Consumer Reports puts iPhone 11 Pro Max at top of smartphone rankings

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    Folio said:
    Perhaps more impressive is Bloomberg's Mark Gurman review today calling Pro best in class, almost tripping over himself with compliments.
    That is impressive. 
    chasmwatto_cobra

  • Apple's Cook addresses App Store monopoly, Apple TV+ launch, iPhone 11 in interview

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    avon b7 said:
    Cook didn't deal with the App Store monopoly issue. He skirted it.

    The question is not that Apple offers this or that and users can get content that Apple doesn't offer via a web browser.

    The question is that there is no other App Store and Apple is therefore the only one taking a cut, deciding what the cut is and deciding what is allowed and what isn't. On top of that, it is competing in the store with its own apps. The proportion of those apps is irrelevant.

    Maybe he had a beer too many but if these are his arguments, they don't hold much water.
    Let me ask you. How is that any different than what brick and mortar stores like Walmart do? They build the store they ‘rent’ shelf space to other brands. They also have they own brand that directly compete with the brands they are renting to. Happens all over retail. Yeah you might say that 30% is too steep but the model makes good business sense. I build the store I set the store rules. 
    mike1StrangeDayswatto_cobratmayjony0