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  • Spotify grows to 75M subscribers, earnings disappoint Wall Street

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    gmgravytrain said:
    These analysts are so stupid. They think subscriber growth is so important for streaming services. If a company doesn't have a profitable financial model with a small subscriber base, it doesn't matter how many more subscribers they get. Spotify has never been profitable. They're carrying a free subscription tier that's like a boat anchor to their profitability. There's always this belief on Wall Street that as long as a company has huge market share percentage, it's a great investment. Just a couple of days ago there was some analyst claiming that Spotify was a gold mine and the share price was going to rocket to the stars. Get in now, he said. Typical Wall Street pumping. It's just disgusting how analysts are always trying to deceive investors. I like Spotify and I'm not hoping for it to fail. I just don't like the idea of analysts pumping up a company with a poor business model. It costs unwary investors too much of a loss.
    I generally agree with your point about analysts, even in this case, but it's still a relatively new business so I would argue that subscriber growth is more important than revenue growth is more important than profit, especially when there's a giant like Apple in the game. They need to lock people in so that if/when they do eventually want to pay, they stick with Spotify rather than moving over to Apple. Apple puts its app in front of every iPhone user, Spotify needs to find another way to get people to give them a try.
    1983

  • Apple Watch heart rate monitor saves Florida teen's life

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    Not even a shout out to the real hero of the story - the manufacturer of the car that got her to the hospital. Without Ford, Chevy, Toyota? she'd have died walking to the hospital. Oh and the medically trained people at the hospital i guess deserve a mention
    Soliking editor the grate

  • Mac, iPhone highly preferred over Windows or Android by employees, survey says

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    AppleInsider said:

    It was a similar story for smartphones. Jamf's survey found that 49 percent of organizations allow employees to choose their own smartphone, but for those who can, 75 percent chose Apple or Android, while "less than a percent" chose BlackBerry.


    I think there might be an error here

    tzeshan said:
    Why would people prefer the Android smartphone? The Android OS is only eight years old and a copycat of iOS. Its advantage is cheap.  But why would people prefer cheapness? 

    Depends on the company - many will only offer a low-end SE or an equivalently priced Android, where you get more bang for your buck.
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  • iOS 11 now installed on 76% of compatible devices, up 11% since January

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    foggyhill said:
    dws-2 said:
    This is a true advantage Apple's iOS has over Android. I think they've damaged their advantage somewhat by the number of bugs in iOS 11, especially early on. I hope that iOS 12 is released with significantly less negative drama. Still, Apple should be commended for this upgrade rate. It's awesome, and part of what makes it so much more secure than Android.
    You realise that it's possible to be on an older version of Android but still have the most recent security patch right? Plus the apps are updated independently of the OS so any exploits in the apps are dealt with no matter which OS or patch you have. I've asked this plenty of times, does anyone here know anyone using Android that has had some security problem? I'm sure they are out there just I've never met any of them and I live in Europe where Android has >80% market share.
    Right... Give me a break, inform yourself , there is a shitload of bugs in the underneat layer and most of those are never updated past the first release. If there is a bug, they are sunk.

    Notice the FBI never talks about cracking Android... Why? Because it is TRIVIAL and you don't need 15K and brute forcing passwords to do it either.
    And yet there's still no one that has come forward with even anecdotal evidence that they know someone that has had a real world problem, not just some theoretical exploit. Obviously, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but to suggest that it's a major advantage over Android is just regurgitating Apple marketing.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • iOS 11 now installed on 76% of compatible devices, up 11% since January

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    dws-2 said:
    This is a true advantage Apple's iOS has over Android. I think they've damaged their advantage somewhat by the number of bugs in iOS 11, especially early on. I hope that iOS 12 is released with significantly less negative drama. Still, Apple should be commended for this upgrade rate. It's awesome, and part of what makes it so much more secure than Android.
    You realise that it's possible to be on an older version of Android but still have the most recent security patch right? Plus the apps are updated independently of the OS so any exploits in the apps are dealt with no matter which OS or patch you have. I've asked this plenty of times, does anyone here know anyone using Android that has had some security problem? I'm sure they are out there just I've never met any of them and I live in Europe where Android has >80% market share.
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