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Calls for Tim Cook's resignation over Apple Intelligence miss that he has made Apple what ...
I don’t think he needs to resign as from a financial standpoint, he’s handled the company brilliantly. But maybe he needs to bring in a new senior executive with more product orientation.It seems to me that the car and A.I. failures are primarily the responsibility of the executives in charge of those efforts. Maybe THEY need to be replaced.Years ago, I predicted that Apple would have primarily been a robotics and AI company by now. But it sure seems like Boston Dynamics (now owned by Hyundai), maybe Tesla )depending upon how fake Musk’s demos have been) and a number of Japanese and Chinese companies are way ahead of them.IMO, Apple does have to find a new big business because phones and services are not going to sustain them in the long run. Macs and iPads are already a relatively small part of the business.
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Apple ID is getting a rebrand starting with the release of iOS 18
IMO, that’s not the biggest issue. It’s that Apple provides no way to consolidate iCloud accounts. There’s an issue going all the way back to the AOL days. When Apple made people change their IDs to not use AOL (I forget the exact circumstances), if you created a new AppleID with the same name, it got screwed up forever.rob53 said:Apple ID continues to be misunderstood by some Mac users. Users don’t know when to use their iCloud account password or their Mac login account. I’m not sure changing iCloud to Accounts will help. I know some people use the same account name and password for iCloud and Mac login but not necessarily users who’ve used Apple products for years.Will Apple Account consolidate iCloud and Mac login or will they continue to be separate?Also, if you created a second AppleID (I did so one time when my old ID stopped working (turned out it was an Apple server issue) and another time when I wound up with multiple AppleTV accounts), you could get signed in on another device to the wrong account. If you purchased apps under that account, they would not update when using the “regular” account. Luckily, most of those apps in my case were free apps and I could resolve the situation by deleting them and then reinstalling them and it even kept my data even though it tells you it won’t.In fact, the entire password/keychain system seems screwed up to me. I have multiple entries for the same sites when there should be only one - the one with the latest password. I hope the new password system is more than a rename and new skin.
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AirTag & police save builder from massive stolen car replacement expense
Are you sure about that? When my car was stolen in 2003, the insurance company was insistent on getting the two sets of originals that came with the car and they didn’t send the check until they got them.VictorMortimer said:Oh, and in the US car insurance can't refuse to pay if you've accidentally left the keys in the car. They can't even refuse to pay even if you've intentionally left them in the car unless you've conspired with the thief.Lots of people seem to believe that's a thing here, and it is not.I always thought that was to insure that I purposely didn’t have the car stolen. Same when my daughter’s car was stolen in the 90’s. -
Apple Pay now available in Lowe's home improvement stores
I don't know what State you're in, but in many, stores HAVE to charge for bags - it's the law. It was part of the law that got rid of plastic bags in supermarkets. In NY. for example, stores have to charge at least 5 cents for a paper bag and I think they can charge whatever they want for a cloth bag. I think my local stores charge a quarter.sethm1 said:Lowes should. Given our local store pretty much got rid of all the cashiers except on the garden dept, they need to make it easier for us pay. I shop less any ways at lowes when they starting charging for bags. They also have less help than Home Depot. What I also thought funny, was 2 months ago I stopped by my local Lowes as the Home Depot not on my home. It seemed all the employees were over 65. Thats not a crack at the age given I’m 62, just seemed weird to me. Would not be surprised if in 2024 they announce closing all stores.Close all stores? You really have no idea what you're talking about. The stock is below its all time high of 261 on 12/6/21, but it's still a fairly healthy 222.53. Five years ago, it was at 93.87. If you bought it then and sold it today, that a 47% annual return not including dividends. Last fiscal their EBITA income was over $12 billion. They're a very successful company and I have no skin in the game because I don't own the stock (now I wish I did) and it's very rare that I shop there.
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Apple is a contender to buy canceled 'Coyote Vs. Acme' movie from Warner Bros
The film is already produced. The costs have already been sunk. Seems insane not to release it (if not to theatrical, then to streaming) even though there are costs associated with distribution (unless the film isn't actually finished). Because of the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike and residual delays from the pandemic, there's going to be a window where there's a dearth of new product. Assuming the film is actually finished, IMO, it would have made lots of sense to release it then - unless it's been previewed by the executives and they've determined that it's just terrible.mknelson said:
Probably not a significant factor unless they hire some A-listers for voice acting. The real costs would be for the animators and related hardware.lmasanti said:quote: ”Ultimately, it may come down to money.”
This movie… and many others… were planed with the old contractual relationship with screenwriters and actors… and —just maybe— the new contracts change that situation.
The decision not to release was probably because Discovery/Warner Bros. is so screwed up right now. There are rumors that after paying $85b for it, Discovery will attempt to sell it (and probably take a big loss in the process).
