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  • Google mocks Apple's AI delays while standing in a graveyard of late and abandoned product...

    humbug1873humbug1873
    Well since I no longer buy American products, I wouldn't go for Google either.
    williamlondonsparejmn@gmail.combloggerblog

  • Apple's Q3 2025 cash dividend is up in spite of growing tariff concerns

    humbug1873humbug1873
    melgross said:
    greginprague said:
    melgross said:
    Quite frankly. $0.26 is well under what Apple should be paying. They buy much more stock back than they pay in dividends.
    They “could” pay much more than $0.26 quarterly.  Why should they do so?  I prefer the buybacks.  That doesn’t create a taxable event for me.  I think they pay a 1% fee to buy back versus a 15-20% qualified divided tax rate for most folks.  How is that better?
    I totally dislike buybacks. There is zero evidence it causes the stock to rise and it takes all of that money and burns it. What could the company do with all that money? Marketing, R&D, maybe even a factory. Give employees better benefits so they wouldn’t feel they have to unionize.  Apple has bought somewhere in the range of $780 billion shares over the years. A total waste of money. There is no reason they should be paying a 0.5% dividend. Not with all that profit. They also said they have $108 billion in debt and issued more. This is all to finance buybacks. That’s good in your eyes?
    Well the dirty truth is worse ... Apple is actually going in debt to pay for dividents and stock buybacks. In the end Apple will be hollowed out financially and since no next great things seems to be happening, since people no longer want to buy American, since Chinese manufacturers have picked up on the technology front, tough times are ahead. The trick is do dump AAPL before it falls to pieces.
    jibwilliamlondon

  • Apple's $94B Q3 soundly beats Wall Street thanks to iPhone and China growth

    humbug1873humbug1873
    It's going to be tough ... as a customer I will no longer buy American, if that can be avoided. I guess I'm not alone in that in the civilized world. As a stockholder I'm pissed, that Apple is eating the tariff taxes - Americans should pay more for Apple products as in a big beautiful bill with added Trump Taxes  - thankfully I sold most of my AAPL stock after the last election (at almost peak AAPL), time to get my money out of the US.
    williamlondon

  • Apple staring down $2 billion in total tariff costs in total before end of September

    humbug1873humbug1873
    Time to increase prices in the US. It's completely inacceptable that stock holders should swallow that tax.
    williamlondon

  • How to use Starlink with iPhone & how to disable it if you don't want it

    humbug1873humbug1873
    I'm a T-Mobile (in Germany) subscriber ... but thankfully I don't live in this shit-hole country. So I don't have to cancel my mobile phone subscription. Because my houshold is a Musk-Free zone.

    Then again should Apple decide to enable the swastica-net of Musk, it could easily become an iPhone-free zone.
    rayboJanNL