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darkvader said:

macminion said:

Why? Why? Eliminate the hole. Magsafe it all the way! Forget what the EU governments want.

Because wireless charging is inefficient and slow.  USB-C it all the way!  It's great to see the EU doing this.

Right, because government has any place doing stuff like this.  Maybe they should mandate all travel mugs are the same size…I hate when they don’t fit in my car’s cup holder.  Also, RGB should be illegal.  So should anything under HDMI 2.2.  RCA outputs? Antiquated! Illegal! 

Oh, great, a device that watches me even more closely to determine how to respond.  I'm sure that won't be even more abused int he future.  As for Siri, I would just like it to work more seamlessly and be better at accurate dictation, especially over Bluetooth. 

aderutter said:

It’s crazy that they don’t realize the madness of demanding a user with only one device, albeit a 4K device, pay their top-tier price regardless of how much they use the service.

Another big problem is they think having a big catalogue of irrelevant content is more valuable than a small catalogue of higher quality titles. 

I will never subscribe to a service that has ads, one pays to avoid ads.

Agreed with all of this.  I have 4K TV's, so I have to pay the premium price (or I did, I just canceled or "paused").  That's insane.  I never use more than one stream at a time in my household.  

The content is another major issue.  The other streamers have eaten their lunch on current network/cable TV shows.  They, of course, aren't about to sell their content to Netflix.  I watched Breaking Bad on Netflix up until the last season, where I picked it up as it aired.  Now, you can use AMC+ or even regular AMC OnDemand through your provided for that.  It used to be that binging shows was a Netflix thing and nothing else. Now there is AppleTV+, Hulu, YouTube TV, Peacock, Paramount, Disney+, AMC+, Discovery+ and Prime, to name a few.  That leaves Netflix with some older movies, Netflix original shows, and Netflix movies.  Once the few shows I watch are done with a season, why would I keep it? For the occasional documentary? I'll re-activate when Umbrella Academy seasons 3 and Squid Game season 2 drop.  

Hastings and company have made some bad decisions and put Netflix through some tough times. Remember separating the DVD and Streaming plans? Then he said they would separate the two businesses into Netflix and Quikster. Two strikes there.  Then, they went billions into debt for content creation and acquisition.  They grew out of that by producing some great originals.  But now? Without a major shakeup beyond a stupid ad-priced tier, Netflix may be in real trouble.  

A bit of history on how things can change so quickly:  Blockbuster had 9,000 stores and $5.9 billion in revenue in 2004.  By 2006, it lost 75% of its value.  It filed for bankruptcy in 2010.  Netflix's fall, if it comes, will likely be more gradual.  But it may well come.  

It doesn’t sound like he necessarily quit over this policy. Perhaps that was part of it based on his team’s response.  

At this point, no one should listen to any price targets or assessments of Apple's performance.  They announce record-breaking quarters on the regular and you still have several mainstream analysts expressing concern about the next quarter.  I've come to believe that's just how it is with Apple and Wall Street.  

I will also note that while it's news, headline after headline stating "X brokerage lowers price targets for Apple due to economic headwinds" really gives a skewed impression of Apple's incredible financial position.  It's somewhat misleading, because "lowerng the target" means predicting a $40/share (or about 30%) increase instead of a 45-50% increase from current levels.  I'm sure its not intentional on AI's part, other news outlets or the analysts themselves.  But the effect is it paints a negative expectation when the real story is Apple is doing incredibly well amongst challenging market conditions.