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mpantone said:

It's worth pointing out that the Services Division has been the fastest growing business unit at Apple since before the pandemic.

It's important to remember that Apple views itself primarily as a software company: one whose software and services run best on their own proprietary hardware.

Remember that things like Apple TV and Apple Music run on hardware other than Apple's own devices. A lot of the hardware categories that Apple is involved in are saturated in industrialized nations. There's more growth potential in emerging markets.

It's also worth pointing out that something like F1 has worldwide appeal, not like Nascar which is basically limited to North America.

There's precedent in someone taking more control in film distribution. Taylor Swift did it with her Eras Tour film, bypassing the studios and film distribution network by negotiating with the major theater chains. That means the studios and distributors got shut out of a revenue cut which is where most of your movie ticket goes (the theaters actually get very little, their profitability is mostly from concessions -- that pricey tub of popcorn and soda).

Taylor Swift steamrolled the competition and the handful of studio releases that happened around the Eras Tour film release got crushed at the box office. It was a mic drop moment for the film industry. Along with her re-recorded releases of many of her earlier albums shows the entertainment industry that artists having more control over business strategies can work.

Clearly Apple took note of this. Hell, she's the one who convinced Apple to change their streaming royalty system to more fairly serve the artists.

Tim Cook rather hangs out with Hollywood celebrities while Jensen Huang meets politicians of all nations to promote Nvidia´s future.

Doesn´t Apple have anything better to do except promoting a movie, which pops up in my wallet? 

Grizzmick said:

I’ll believe this when I see it, I can’t see apple producing such a niche product which nobody has been able to make profitable unless they have found a way to make a foldable screen that doesn’t look crap.