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  • Stephen Colbert gets severed in a comedic 'Severance' parody

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    I have never seen the show but will just because enjoyed this so much. The actual weirdness of the real show must be amazing. I
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  • Epic Games versus Apple appeals to be heard on October 21

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    KTR said:
    App,e could disband the AppStore.  This will mean people will have to sell their soft ware to the retail channel.  Which shipping  will bring up the cost.  They will have to pay for shipping to the retail channels.  And they will have to maintain inventory skus. Etc.  So, in my opinion, the 30% is not expensive
    Before Apple the standard was 70% commission and $10,000 a year for the privilege. 
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  • Apple radically cuts down on acquiring firms for technology and talent

    genovellegenovelle
    So Microsoft paid $69 million for a game developer? And they are supposed to be one of the top game developers already. Odd. 

    For perspective, Apple’s single largest acquisition to date was Beats. They got a thriving brand, compatible hardware, a streaming service, and additional talent. Oh and a company that was already profitable and popular. 

    For just just a 9 billion more Apple could have acquired a Beats every year back to 1996 when they acquired Steve Jobs’ Next Computer for $400 million. 
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  • Apple is just getting started with Apple Silicon

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    22july2013 said:
    Apple's market penetration of the PC marketplace has been stuck under 10% for over 25 years. One way Apple tried to remedy this in the 1990s was to grant licenses to other companies to build Mac clones.
    WIKIPEDIA: From early 1995 through mid-1997, it was possible to buy PowerPC-based clone computers running Mac OS, most notably from Power Computing and UMAX. However, by 1996 Apple executives were worried that high-end clones were cannibalizing sales of their own high-end computers, where profit margins were highest.[18]

    A total of 33 companies made Mac clones, fully licensed. Apple could take this approach again if it wants to crack the 10% market penetration of MacOS. There's no need for anyone to ridicule me for suggesting this, as I'm already sure nobody will agree with me that Apple should try this again. However what's different this time around is that many countries are hassling Apple for not allowing competition on their devices, and if Apple licensed other manufacturers to build hardware clones and/or to replace the OS on Apple's devices, that would likely reduce the cries of "monopoly."

    Market share chasing was the foolish game they were sucked into back then. It was the primary factor that nearly killed apple. It would be dumb to do that. They currently make a majority of the industry profits because they dominate the most profitable segment of the market. The market share chase devalued the Mac and siphoned sales while negatively impacting profitability. 

    Jobs killed this immediately upon his return because it was counter productive. None of the PC companies that whose model they were copying at that time survived as they were. IBM exited retail and Dell’s founder found an equity group to go private because they were bleeding out and shareholders were running out of patience. 
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  • Apple lifts mask mandate for corporate employees

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    bonobob said:
    So will Apple respect employees’ desires to work in a masked environment, or work from home if that’s not possible at their location?
    Working from home full time is not realistic for the majority of Apple employees. If that is what they need, a secretive hardware based innovation dependent company like Apple is probably not a good fit for them. 
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