Fatman

FU To all the counterfeiters. The proof NO other ear buds looked like this prior to Apple’s AirPods, They even ripoff the same white color and charging case. Maybe the Chinese Government should invest in design classes for their citizens. Would love to see what ideas 1.4 billion people could come up with without resorting to stealing - they could possibly come up with a better design than Apple.

Facebook, Google use personal data maninly for profitable marketing and advertising purposes. But TikTok is a Chinese Government Trojan horse app that uses personal data and access to seek out ways to breach companies, governments, and schools for the purpose of spying on specific individuals and for stealing intellectual property. There is no other way China could have advanced so quickly from having very little to now being on par with the same military, space and computing capacity and technologies as the US. We’ve spent many decades developing concepts, testing & refining them, so they can steal in minutes of downloading. They do not want another US company to see the code used in TikTok because it will prove the truth. I don’t like Trump, but actions against China are critical to the survival of the US. I hope Biden has enough! Intelligence, energy and strength to continue and even amplify these efforts.

Epic hurts it’s users, Apple does not.

Thanks Ray. Strange Days I was referring to market manipulation by those that want to see a fall in Apple stock price, of course not by Apple itself, why would they ever want to start a damaging rumor that their own core product is delayed? ... unless they have buybacks scheduled and are willing to take on massive risk for insider trading :-)

Retail store landlords and shopping malls often charge high rents to companies to setup a storefront in high traffic, premium locations. Companies are not forced to lease a spot, they have choices to sell their goods elsewhere. Some companies feel that they benefit from that relationship and pay high rents to get in front of the audience they want to. The App Store is a digital mall that caters to many shoppers, companies can choose to participate if they pay ‘rent’ but these companies have other options, They can sell through Google, Xbox, PlayStation, their own online store and even physical retail stores. So again why is Apple the bad guy? For creating a great ‘virtual mall’ that took billions to develop and maintain - now companies like Epic and cash poor countries want to take that away?