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  • Tim Cook's pay drops to $63 million for 2023

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    Appleish said:
    Unlike most uber CEOs, he probably earned it. That being said, tax the rich like we did back in the good ol' 1950s.
    That’s a common misconception. The rates were higher, but almost no one paid them. The income limits were high enough that most people never got to that top rate. And when I say most people, I mean even the so-called rich.  The rich already pay the lion’s share of taxes in this country.  
    watto_cobragrandact73

  • Apple Vision Pro will ship to customers on February 2

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    nubus said:

    lmasanti said:

    it is best to begin from the top… and then easily go down… than begin from the bottom and then try build upon a clunky design. See Quest. (Tesla copied this business model!)
    Apple did in the past launch a few products at the top only to massively restructure things. Lisa ended up in part rebranded as Macintosh XL and part in landfill in Utah with Mac being 75% cheaper! Watch 1st Edition - top price of $12000 - and then series 1 had the top price reduced by 90%. iPhone... Apple launched it at $599 and then dropped it two months later to $399 (33%). Apple should slash the price to $2000 and launch an M3/Wifi 7 version this summer for $2500.
    That may happen, but not because it “should.”  It happens due to market forces.  The iPhone sold way above expectations, so they could justify dropping the price.  The Lisa was severely overpriced and it didn’t sell.  The Watch had that one option but most were far cheaper.  
    watto_cobra

  • Beeper's CEO wants to sue Apple for blocking its iMessage bridge hack

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    Nothing but PR. Apple would obviously destroy this company legally if it wanted to.  Beeper poses no threat to them legally and so they will just keep swatting them away like flies.  

    Anilu_777Alex1Nigorskywatto_cobra

  • Apple will pause U.S. Apple Watch sales starting December 21

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    This is about nothing more than money. And I don’t  just mean Masimo.  Their market cap is 6 billion. Apple’s is 3 trillion.  Right now Apple feels it’s cheaper and easier to announce they’re going to comply with the order and fight it in the courts. If necessary, they’ll simply buy the company outright.  Announcing they are actually going to stop selling the latest. Apple Watch is a brilliant move.  The Biden administration can use any win it can get right now. They’ll probably make a big deal of announcing they saved Christmas or something.  
    watto_cobra

  • European Commission grills Apple and Google on app store risks and ad practices

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    ailooped said:
    I am not a big fan of Apple app store proliferation of in-app purchases, nor the fact that the practice matured and was popularized on it. 

    Every little app these days is trying to become a "subscription" app... I do not want to pay a subscription for a simple 3d scanning app... This is ridiculous and please regulate this. The value added for a sub service should be substantial before it is allowed.


    These are things that consumer protection legislation needs to address.


    Bigger things... How about stop allowing huge multinational tech companies and startups wreck and grab entire industries worldwide??? Google took over advertisement ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE!  Fuck that...

    Now openAi/google/adobe want to take over industrial art/creative writing etc... F*^@ that!

    Airbnb is messing up the global housing market with short term rentals.. Uber is fucking over taxi companies wherever they are available, and the fare is WORSE than before with taxies.


    See the trend here? Disrupt an existing market with superior tech and ease of use... Throw tons and tons of "free" money to lure in people thinking it is cheaper and better, after market is saturated and the "old world industry" out competed, raise prices and gouge consumers. THIS is what EU and every sensible country should be regulating... And yes, that does include Apple.

    IF regulation is non existent, do you really think there is a limit to how much companies are willing to unfairly gouge customers? I highly doubt it. If history or current reality around the globe is any judge, companies (..and certain countries) do not care if people are starving or houseless due to excessive cost of living...

    This is the reason why some companies have bigger coffers than most countries. They are taking over entire industries/sectors of business across the globe... 

    There is absolutely a limit. It’s called the free market. The government does nothing to help.  Every industry in which they get involved ends up being worse.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra