DAalseth

The first clue:

Texas will also benefit from a new factory, consisting of a 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility due to open in 2026.

You don’t build a factory in one year. This had to be in the planning stages for several, over five if a new building is involved. As someone on another site pointed out Cook is a real businessman. He can win while making the other guy think he did. 

you can purchase it standalone for $7.99 a month, or $69.99 annually.

Then you are not purchasing it, you are renting it. 

davidw said:

DAalseth said:

When I first heard about Apple getting a cut from sales outside of the AppStore I thought it was wrong and would come back to bite Apple in the ***. 30% to offset the cost of running the store was fine. But once someone loads the app I never agreed with Apple claiming a cut of sales from other people’s stores. That always struck me as abusive.

If one purchased the digital downloaded version using the  Amazon app, then Apple charged a commission.

 

And I always thought that was a very bad idea. If I buy a grocery bag from Target, Target doesn’t get a cut if I use it at Fred Meyers. 

When I first heard about Apple getting a cut from sales outside of the AppStore I thought it was wrong and would come back to bite Apple in the ***. 30% to offset the cost of running the store was fine. But once someone loads the app I never agreed with Apple claiming a cut of sales from other people’s stores. That always struck me as abusive.

I found the MagSafe case interesting. Integrated MagSafe was dropped from the 16e. A good number of people online have argued that wasn’t a big deal because you can get the same feature by using a MagSafe case. I wonder if Apple might drop integrated MagSafe from all of the 17 line, at least from the 17Air. It would save them money and with the Air it would give them another bit they could shave off the thickness.