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Savvy move, IF one can pinpoint the blame for any privacy slip and therefore shift to Apple TV to get wholly within protected ecosystem. Case in point: Last night I was searching in private mode using Safari iOS 12.3 iphone X on Duck Duck Go. Everytime I clicked on a link (for fish sauce) I was served an advertisement, based on past browsing history days ago (cat scratching issue). Even though I keep in phone in private dark mode and use DDG, someone was tracking! When one small banner ad exploded and took up 80 percent of real estate I cut short my search. Looked up DDG on Wiki and see they still make big claims but are allied with Yahoo and Bing. But I'm not sure who to blame really. DDG? ATT my provider? Siri who I've given much tracking leeway? How do I (and Apple) prevent in future? It's a dystopia come true, when ads takeover and infringe on productivity. Most of time I switch off Javascript on mobile, but not last night.

Never thought of that gay privacy angle with regard to ads and personal security. Privacy is probably more a visceral issue to Tim Cook because I imagine he was gay at a time when accidently coming out was probably dangerous in some spots of US. Anyway now that's a big plus for Apple and to me helps make his privacy statements more credible. Privacy is key issue not just for this, grappling w abortions, medical issues, but also for finances. Don't you think Russian or Chinese agents would love to know who has highest student debt in certain strategic industries in US, Europe, Japan, etc.? Privacy is even more than a personal issue. Finally more people are wising up.

What irks me more are the smaller guys online who advertise ApplePay upfront, so you fill up a cart, and then it disappears on checkout. I'm not implying intentional bait and switch, but it recently happened to me on nuts.com and globebrands.com. They both inquired by email why I left my cart, and I told them about the disappearing apple logo on checkout.

When the dust settles, you’ll likely find Apple stock is a bargain here. The drop several years ago into the 90s from 130s plus happened due to Year over Year decline in EPS after the big screen China bump. It stopped being a growth company for a year or two. That’s not the case today, as far as I can tell. But might need clarity on China situation before a rebound

Am I missing something? Key to me is installed base still growing DOUBLE DIGITS. That’s off a very large base. That’s good news for HW and services. That’s more incredible to me, given that Apple killed cheapest entry phone SE. And seems to take much of worry out of lengthening phone cycles, since once you’re in ecosystem we all know that you tend to keep buying wider variety of offerings. Look forward to buy a few more shares on the dip. ;-)