Luis.A.Masanti

quote: “But, it still has support pages on AirPort routers too, and those are as dead as a doornail.”

Maybe… the reason why AirPort routers have pages is… because it was an Apple's product.

quote: “Let's start simply, by looking at Attorney General Merrick Garland's…” 


The big question about this trial is… What is AG Garland going to earn?
No the case in itself… but… Will he get a judicisry promotion? A political stance?

Everything else are… just details to get there. A big win over the biggest company… What a promotion!

My two cents… worthless as usual.

quote: “Competitors aren't happy with Apple's iPhone dominance.”

 correct quote should be:
”Competitors aren't happy with Apple's CUSTOMERS THAT BUYING THIER PRODUCTS GIVES THE COMPANY iPhone dominance… OVER THEIR OWN PRODUCTS!”

We the customers choose iPhones over other cellphones… We choose what Apple made. We made Apple what it is… (at lest in the bank!)

Steve Jobs used to say: “We want to develop the best products to our customers. If we succeed they buy the devices… and we can come back tomorrow to keep working!”

“Analysts, analysts, analysts…” read this aloud in Ballmer's monkey-jumping style.

Apple —at least— is using in device machine learning from the original 2007's iPhone's keyboard.

But wait… the analysts do not paid too much attention to that but… to the fact Apple… ‘seems to follow the herd’ of using server side AI!
After 40 years of following its own way… to become the most valued company… to release the most successful product… analysts and financial advisors still think that ‘following the herd’ and ‘making big acquisitions’ is the way to success!

quote: “Apple has hired away an advertising executive from NBCUniversal, as it continues to build out its rumored video ad business for Apple TV+.”

First, my thought. Then, my wish.

Rumors usually follow the… normal path of general business… and apply that conclusions to Apple. But Apple… at leas as I see it… follows other… self-choosen… rules.

Streaming media lives on ad-revenues… except Apple. In other companies… including a cheaper tier with ads is a way to get more subscriptions.
But… Apple has opted for ‘quality of programming’ and… obviously… the best user experience.

That… for me… means ‘avoid TV ads.’ That's my thought. 

But as Apple is hiring ad people… it is obvious that… something is being cooked.

And my wish is… that Apple TV+ stay always free of ads… but sports could include them!

In soccer's World Cup… in the TV transmissions… there are advertisement in the side of the field but there are also ‘blocks’ where the local TV station add its own advertisements.
Maybe… soccer or baseball… or anything coming in the subject… could include ‘in screen’ advertisements or… advertisement in between actions and games.

Once again… I hope we never see any ad-supported tier in Apple TV+!