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  • Apple will not buy Disney, no matter how often it hears that it will

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    mjtomlin said:
    If Apple make any large acquisition they should buy Sony. Sony could offer so much IP, not just media, but gaming, home electronics, and a ton of other technologies including display and camera.
    Actually not a bad move at all. That would bring Bungie games into the gold as well. Sony Puctures, Music, screen technology and manufacturing, cameras, etc and give Apple a sub brand to address needs that Apple doesn’t like to put its main brand on. A Sony purchase would make much more sense than say…Beats. 

    But… the antitrust people would try to get in the way because it’s just too smart a move. 

    If not Disney, then So y would be a great buy. 

    But Apple should buy Disney. 
    williamlondon

  • Apple will not buy Disney, no matter how often it hears that it will

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    danox said:
    JP234 said:
    macxpress said:
    JP234 said:
    Instead of buying Disney, why not return some of that spare cash to us investors, who actually OWN Apple?

    Because it makes better business sense to buy a great IP that will make your stock worth even more longterm. 
    You have a good point, but with one important caveat: that great IP MAY make your stock appreciate. There is no guarantee that it WILL. And as far as I'm concerned, I'd rather have a bird in the hand than maybe/maybe not two in the bush, at some indeterminate future date. Disney is a volatile and high risk company, that really adds no value to Apple, which has not only the most loyal customer base in the world, with incalculable intellectual property, hardware, software, systems and services. If Apple won't pay me a special dividend, then I'd prefer we grow the operations we already own, rather than attempting to buy it from some other entity. (And that DC universe is a cash-burning turkey compared to Marvel's).

    You may be right. But history shows that most attempts at growth through acquisition ultimately fail. (Take a look at the Time/Warner/AOL example).

    The Pixar, Marvel honeymoon is over for Disney.
    It’s kinda sad. They had the perfect setup and then ruined everything with agenda insertion. 

    Just go back to good movies that real people like. They didn’t need to change the formula. It was working. Then they broke it. 

    They should teach courses in college marketing using this example of what not to do when inheriting massively successful IPs. 
    williamlondon

  • Apple will not buy Disney, no matter how often it hears that it will

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    Parhaps Apple won’t buy Disney. 







    But it should. 
    williamlondondarkvader

  • Bad Apple Maps data leads to droves looking for lost Apple products at same Texas address

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    This man needs to be compensated by Apple ASAP. Unacceptable. 

    He could have been beaten, shot, stabbed, killed, etc. as these folks believed he stole their property. 

    I am not a lawsuit advocate, but this guy has a case here if he wants to pursue it. Better if Apple would proactively do the honorable thing by compensating this guy who has to suffer for their error - in addition to fixing the problem right away. 
    ronnlkrupp

  • Tim Cook will talk to US Lawmakers about China challenges

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    Responsible US lawmakers: “China is a hostile nation intent on defeating the USA from within and without. We need to be careful and up our game, not feeding the dragon.”

    cook: “but but but… more money! Sure we handed over data centers and invested 275 billion dollars into an actual evil communist dictatorship, but it’s good for our checkbooks.” 

    The world: 🤯
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