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jdb8167 said:

Monopolies will do that. But don't worry, the DOJ was on the case and punished the culprit that had 5% of the market. Problem solved?

Former Obama press secretary James Carney runs the 250+ person Amazon division that bribes government officials on Amazon's behalf. It's why Amazon's monopoly is propped up by the DOJ and Amazon doesn't pay taxes.

I agree that Apple's recent designs aren't amazing or surprising, but functionally the new MacBook Pro is a HUGE improvement over the 2016 design. The Mac Pro is also a good design. As for Tesla, I find most of their cars eyesores, especially the rear ends and the unreleased truck.

lorca2770 said:

Just a question, since time makes me forget. Wasn’t Arm developed by Apple, and Steve Jobs sold the company in the times of necessity? Careful! I am not talking about the false narrative of Microsoft. Only about Arm

In 1990, when Acorn's RISC chip division didn't have the funds to implement Apple's requested changes for Newton, ARM was formed, a joint venture of Apple, VLSI and Acorn (with Acorn's IP). When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Newton was discontinued and Apple sold its stake in ARM for a big profit, helping Apple's balance sheet until Steve could release iMacs, iPods and eventually iPhones and iPads. (Ironic that both Newton and iPhone were based on ARM.)

jas99 said:

Apple has no competition. Microsoft makes some of the world’s worst software and hardware. 

Honestly, Apple should be at $500 per share and Microsoft should be out of business.

Microsoft's market cap is due to its Azure and Office businesses, not Windows or Surface. Microsoft doesn't really compete with Apple.

Front Row (2005) begat Apple TV (2007), which quite a few people have used; just not on their MacBooks.