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  • Programmer who spearheaded Swift to exit Apple [u]

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    asdasd said:
    The exodus from Apple is a bit scary. 

    Right? This stuff practically never happens.

    Everyone at Apple, regardless of position, pay, contribution, and other opportunities, stays at Apple, all the time, for the rest of their lives, even after death. 

    Why, I just had a glimpse of a mummified Bertrand Serlet being wheeled toward the Apple HQ cafeteria! I think he's having the veggie wrap.
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  • Phil Schiller discusses iPhone's impact on Apple, 10 years after launch

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    dysamoria said:

    The most successful product has become an addiction. Once the fad ends, what will Apple do?

     They'll just create another multi-billion dollar, years long (probably decades long) "fad" and rinse/repeat. 



    Here's a clue:

    The iPhone (that is, Apple's MOBILE HANDSET) isn't a "fad"... it's a staple of daily life. You're just looking at Apple's version of it. 

    The problem with the whole "fad" bullshit, is that the iPhone is *not* the iPhone: it's Apple's entire mobile ecosystem, and the service and support that goes with it. And that isn't a fad, it's a fact of life. 
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  • CEO Tim Cook's compensation cut by $1.5M following Apple's 2016 decline in sales

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    What's interesting is that if these strictures were applied to the rest of the industry, executive offices would look like a barren wasteland industry-wide. Especially at Microsoft. 

    Apple execs get a pay cut for a slight decline in performance, yet Nadella still has a job at Microstupid.  
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  • Hands-on: AirBar turns MacBook Air into a touchscreen laptop

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    Terrible idea. 
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  • Apple's changes to macOS PDF handling stymie third-party developers, cause data loss

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    slurpy said:
    I've edited HUNDREDS of PDFs with Preview in Sierra and have encountered zero problems so far. I have no doubt that some bugs do exist, but the piling on to this report, by people who have no experienced any issues but are suddenly convinced that the application is "broken", is predictable and pathetic. SJ rolling in his grave, yada yada, right guys? This is getting so fucking tired. 

    1. Apple software has never been perfect
    2. Apple software is objective no worse now than it has been anytime in its history
    3. Apple products are being used by many, many more people than ever before
    4. People using Apple products are whinier and more entitled than ever before


    Amen. Couldn't have said it better myself. 
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