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  • Layoffs in some of Apple's retail channels have begun

    JFC_PAJFC_PA
    Not Apple Store staff. These are at places like Best Buy per the article. 

    “ some Apple retail channel employees who work in places like Best Buy stores”
    Bart YCluntBaby92watto_cobraFileMakerFeller

  • Apple Card is a drag on Goldman Sachs, says CEO

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    neverindoubt said:
    eightzero said:
    First: boo hoo hoo for GS. 

    Second: how does a credit card actually lose money for the issuer? I get that some people simply welch, and that the card issuer offers incentives in cash back, but AC is no different that any other card in this regard. GS gets the usual swipe fees, and I'm guessing AAPL gets a cut. The article cites a $350 cost for each customer, but wgi did they pay that to? AAPL? Or is this some sort of aggregate overhead cost cited to bring out the pity party for GS "losses?"

    Third: boo hoo hoo for any credit card company.

    In case you weren’t being performatively clueless, the $350 cost to acquire a customer would have been paid out in advertising expense (TV, print, Google) and promotional expense (sign up bonus, referral bonus). In other media accounts it’s being held out as atypically high but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

    Once you have a credit card customer, it’s hard to lose money on them individually, but your business can definitely lose money overall if the customers cost too much to acquire.
    And it’s the start up part of the curve: where investment is going to outweigh income. 
    FileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • 2023 16-inch MacBook Pro vs 2021 MacBook Pro - compared

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    Skeptical said:
    Let me guess. It’s faster. 
    Hey! Spoiler alert!
    lordjohnwhorfin

  • Apple considering 2025 debut of touchscreen MacBook Pro

    JFC_PAJFC_PA
    Im a bit torn: I won’t like smudging my screen so I doubt I’d use it unless somehow it was smudge proof, and I’d be leery of the OS maybe pushing me to use touch once it’s available as a default with the pad being secondary. 
    watto_cobra

  • Kuo doubles down on iPhone 15 Pro having no physical buttons

    JFC_PAJFC_PA
    With MagSafe charging efficiency at half of a cable I’d not welcome that change. My travel battery pack burden instantly doubled. 
    williamlondondarkvaderwatto_cobra