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boltsfan17 said:

stevie said:

It's pretty astounding that Apple can make entire industries, like standalone cameras, completely obsolete.  

Standalone cameras are far from obsolete. Phone cameras have improved over the years but they don't come even close to the quality of DSLR cameras. 

A good photograph is determined by its content far more than by its technical aspects. 

blastdoor said:

I continue to believe that it makes sense to turn Apple into an employee-owned company. 

Wall Street clearly does not believe that Apple has a bright future. But if Apple does have a bright future, then the stock is incredibly cheap. Apple employees are the people best positioned to know what Apple's future might look like. They also are best positioned to affect what that future will be. They should be the owners -- they are the ones who believe in the company, they are the ones who will make it a success, so they are the ones who should profit. 

Suppose Apple spent $50 billion a year buying up AAPL and putting it into employee retirement plans. In 10-20 years, the company could be completely employee owned. And long before it reached 100% ownership, employees would have majority control. 

This is communist/socialist claptrap. As valuable as good customer relations and genuine enthusiasm for the products one is selling are, they're a far cry from qualifications for owning or running a company—especially one of the caliber of Apple. Just keep wailing and moaning over your imagined "inequality" of wages. But any one of you losers just try and step into Tim Cook's or Angela's shoes for even an hour or two. They earn their pay like you'll most likely never comprehend.

stevie said:

Apple doesn't need to spend as much on R and D as other companies because they have the best engineers in the business.

Wrong. They need to spend MORE on R&D than other companies BECAUSE they have the best engineers. Nothing worthwhile is easily obtained. God, I hope you're not an APPL day trader with voting power. Too many of those greedy idiots could indeed spell Apple's doom. 

rogifan_old said:

Can someone explain all the hate around this product? It's not like thousands or even hundreds of Apple engineers were pulled off of other projects to work on this. I don't see why it's so distasteful to some.

And you being the Crown Prince of Critical Comments don't already know? It's because weak minds are denied the fruits of observation. They substitute fixed ideas for simply looking, or they're merely parroting the propaganda which they were paid to parrot. I'd love to handle these products first-hand to feel the quality of the leather, see the quality of the stitching, examine the buckles, all in coordination with the aesthetics of the stainless steel of the watch, as well as the Hermes watch face. I expect that it would be quite nice, and I wouldn't mind paying the price for one.

Siri turn by turn, Apple Maps, and iTunes have worked pretty well from my iPhone via Bluetooth in our 2014 Honda CR-V (without the Honda nav package). And the same setup works even a little better when we traded up to a 2016 CR-V.

We've loved our Hondas. But at this point in time, we seriously don't know if we'll renew our lease when it comes time to, because there may very well be compelling fully electric cars available then, the most intriguing being the Tesla Model 3, as it may come in at around the same price as our CR-V ($30K).

We definitely want to go with Tesla's electrics, for one reason in particular: its free supercharging stations which should fairly completely blanket the country by the end of this year.

Maybe Tesla will include Apple Car Play with the Model 3! Hope springs eternal!