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  • Institutional ownership of AAPL on the rise leading into iPhone 12 cycle

    Institutional investors have never been a plus for Apple stock. Their investment not on the merits of the company, but rather speculators on stock price. They dump and get on board through either herd instinct or peripheral issues.  They rarely invest time to understand Apple,  it rather pigeon hole it with connection to reality. 
    lkruppFileMakerFeller
  • Saudi dissident sues iPhone spyware firm over Khashoggi communications surveillance

    The reality is one countries legal process is another countries anti-human rights spyware.  The efforts by EU and the US to force Apple to provide backdoors become attack points by Russia, Venezuela, China, Phillipenes, etc., spyware on dissents.  

    This reinforces Apple’s concerns that the “end justifies the means” mentality that permeates justice systems in all countries.  
    78Banditdewmelibertyforall
  • iPhone owners aren't upgrading to iPhone X due to price, lack of exciting features, survey...

    I don’t know about others, but my reasons for not upgrading immediately to iPhone 8 or X are varied even though I am on the Apple buy program. 

    1.  I find upgrading every other year works for me and I end up owning a fine iPhone after 2 years. Think of buying a car.  Pay it off then worry about next car. 
    2.  There is some prudence in not jumping on major hardware model change until kinks worked out e.g., screen burn in.  
    3.  I have gotten iPhones every two years since original iPhone was released and have NOT been driven by new features with the exception of the first model to the next to get 3G. I like the new features, but they have NEVER been so compelling to make me change. 
    4.  Cost is always a concern, but with installment plans with carriers or now Apple it is hidden so I tend to get the biggest and best to my wife and myself. This makes resale value higher or a happier hand me down owner. 

    So there is no one thing Apple could do to change my behavior over the last 10 years and makes these surveys pretty one dimensional and fails to provide any real insight into complex buying behavior by customers. 

    My bet is if you asked the same customers every 30-45 days you would get different answers 80% of the time. 

    baconstang
  • Steve Wozniak suggests Tesla, not Apple, will create the next successful tech moonshot

    Woz seems to be seduced by the buzz, but the Musk initiatives remain very problematic from a business perspective.  Yes exciting, but still problematic. 
    StrangeDaystmaywatto_cobramagman1979bb-15baconstanganton zuykovjony0colinngSpamSandwich
  • Editorial: A disappearing computer so big it's invisible

    Generally agree with article albeit HomeKit was missing in discussion.

    This remains a bit of a hobby and a usecase consistent with cost remains elusive. I suspect like Texas roofs, this makes sense for new homes where the cost is incidental, but in my case for lighting, heat, cooling, outlets, video etc., is expensive. 

    I am talking about $3-4K and that is very costly for at the end of the day convenience. When the cost drops below $1K for a small home it may make a lot more sense. 

    pscooter63