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Warren Buffett may be one of the greatest investors of all time, but he's also made his share of bad moves over the decades.  At one time, for example, Berkshire Hathaway had a huge stake in McDonald's, but Warren dumped it all in 1998.  Since then, McDonald's has outperformed him, returning 2031% while Berkshire Hathaway has returned 1300%.  

I don't have a problem with USB-C per se, and I'll admit that it'll be convenient to use the same chargers for a Mac and an iPhone. And like most everyone else, I probably have a drawer full of obsolete charging cords from past devices.   BUT I do have a problem with government bureaucrats mandating a particular technology.  To me, this is a recipe for stifling innovation.  Suppose that 40 or 50 years ago, some government bureaucrats had said, "Enough with all these various I/O port standards.  Just use RS-232 and move on."   Can you imagine what a drag that would have been on technological progress?  Let the free market work this out.

ironsword said:

I suppose you could call it loyalty but at the same time you don't really have a choice if all your apps are apple - you're locked into the iOS ecosystem. If you're on android, you have an actual choice of choosing which manufacturer you want to use without sacrificing all those apps you've already bought...

Well, that's exactly right.  The Android user could go from Samsung to Moto to Pixel and feel little to no pain.  But the iPhone user who switches to Android will lose some apps. While both sides have their own  "switch" apps, the Android-iOS switch will raise some logistical issues with things like calendars  and music where the iTunes/Apple Music experience is very seamless while the Android music scene is very fragmented. 

The switch is somewhat analogous to the PC world.  It's no big deal to switch between a Dell and a Lenovo or whatever, but a Mac is a different story.

Aside from the aforementioned inconveniences, another factor is that among the very young crowd, I'd imagine that iPhone loyalty is close to 100%.  The teens in my family tell me that it's considered uncool to use Android.  It is preferable in their circles to be using an older or low-end iPhone rather than a top of the line Android device.

The old saw about investing... 
In the short run, the stock market is a voting machine.
In the long run,  the stock market is a weighing machine.

The company just put up great numbers but not as great as some analysts predicted.  As such, the stock is going to be beat up a bit.  It happens.

As long as the company makes great products that the public wants to buy, the stock will be fine in the long run.

Well, I canceled an online custom-build order that pushed into December, and went ahead and picked up a stock 32gb/1tb/Max model from the Apple store yesterday.
Having been using a 13" M1 MBP for the last 5-6 months, it's a bit of culture shock... the new 16" seems so dazzling and huge compared to the 13".  But the new machine also seems like a beast in terms of weight.  In terms of footprint and heft, this is very much a throwback to earlier MBP generations like my old 2015 & 2007 models.  Heck, they even had room to add back USB-A for good measure, but I suppose that would have been a bridge too far.    In terms of performance, the new machine blows away the 13" M1.   I don't know if it's the processor or the speedy RAM or both, but this thing is no slouch.  I do a lot of PDF document editing in my work, and tend to have a lot windows with complex images open simultaneously, and the 13" M1 can be sluggish.  Not so with the new machine.  It flies.