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So Facebook is appropriately facing scrutiny here.  How has Google’s Screenwise Meter so far gone without reprisal from Apple.  They are also clearly distributing enterprise built apps to outside users.

robbyx said:

I'm not against Apple producing original content, but I don't think it's going to turn into a major revenue stream for them.  I worry the quest for content is a fool's errand.  For years I've said they should buy Nintendo and I still think that would be the best acquisition they could make.  The lion's share of App Store revenue is video games and IAP associated with video games.  Nintendo is profitable, has numerous well-established and beloved global franchises, and does good work when it comes to hardware and game controllers.  I hope the original content play works out for Apple, but I think getting serious about gaming would be a much smarter move.

Content generally has a long shelf life - longer than tech, at least. So from that perspective perhaps this could be a good long play for Apple.  Don’t expect much for maybe 5 years, but by then, they’ll still be hauling in money from their tech and they’ll have slowly amassed some decent to great content.
Prior to Netflix and Amazon producing some big hits, I think a lot of people, including myself, would have said that producing content is out of their (Netflix and a Amazon) wheelhouse and better left to others.  And it is tempting to say that about Apple.  Thing is, there is now a deluge of content out there...and so many draws for our attention that even ‘good’ content (you be the judge) is getting missed.  Unless Apple pulls out some magic and produces a mega hit (or multiple hits) there is a danger that this will fizzle like their social media efforts and other offshoots of the core Apple biz.  Time will tell - I’m not going to expect anything of this for several years, as I noted above.  If they have a chance at success here, I think it’s in the long play.

Well, it’s AI’s prerogative to put their spin on this - for myself (and many others) while I generally feel Apple has very good build quality for devices that may last years, for a device that one carries with them daily, the risk of something happening to it (theft or other damage) is high.  I am super careful with my stuff but no one else in my family is quite so careful (sorry to say it family). So, now insurance is a requirement because repair and replacement costs are so high - and, to boot, insurance on a high cost device is not so trivial in cost.  In the last two years (since the intro of the X) owning an iPhone is akin to owning a car - you gotta finance it and you need to insure it.  That’s too much for me - as much of an Apple fan as I am, more and more of their products remain behind the display window at the store than at home with me.

radarthekat said:
Humor is about the unexpected, the twist, incongruity, unless you think Andrew Dice Clay is funny. 

Now that’s funny!  If you don’t know why, PM me and I’ll explain it to you.