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sog35 said:

anantksundaram said:

sog35 said:

battlescarred1 said:

Has Apple gotten to the point that not even their conference poster are original ideas?

Have you gotten to the point where even your trollish comments are not original ideas?

Give it a rest homey. Apple stock is at an all time high. Last quarter was the biggest quarter EVER for iPhone, Watch, Mac, and Services.

Apple has the #1 smartphone, tablet, laptop, all-in-once, and smartwatch. Plus #1 in music (streaming + download sales), the biggest digital store (App store), and the highest customer satisfaction.

Your time to post trollish remarks have passed. You should have done this when the stock was $90

Um... care to tell us what has changed about iPhone, Watch, Mac, Services and all the "#1s" and "customer satisfaction" since the stock was in the $90s, except that you've now stopped your whining bout why/how Tim Cook should be fired?

Apple was as great a company when its stock was in the $90s as it is today.

1. iPhone returned to growth (which was a huge worry)

2. Watch is still on track

3. Airpods prove Apple still got it

4. Services grew 18%

So I'd say much has changed since the stock was $90

You just proved his point. So.. nothing has changed. None of those things were a shift in strategy. Its simply a result of what they were doing when the stock was lower. 

Apple's overall strategy didn't change, neither did their HW strategy, SW strategy, philosophy, their leadership, the fundamentals of their product line, or anything else that goes to the core of the company. Their iPhone strategy did not change. They didn't go chuck out everything and reinvent themselves as a company since then. They just continued following their roadmap, which has lead them and continues to lead them to success, regardless of petty and childish naysayers like you who have such a thin-skin as to be unable to ride out any fluctuations in stock price.

Tim was not a shitty CEO @ $90/share, but an amazing one now that the stock is higher. You were just monstrously wrong, as you always are, and had zero faith in Cook or in Apple, so you were happy to tear them down. You assumed the stock market was God. The sad thing is that you don't have the character to admit you were wrong, you instead have to invent this fictional reality where Apple "changed", by reaching so, so hard as we can see from your post. How pathetic. Whats sadder is that you've obviously learned nothing, and you'll be back to calling for Cook's head when the stock irrationally drops lower, and fucking up every thread in this forum. Cook was right, Apple was right, Wallstreet (and clowns like you) were wrong. Show some spine and admit that for once. You've beed demanding that Cook be FIRED for a year now.

Do you think Apple would be in a BETTER position had their taken your shitty, reactionary advise which would have been an absolute disaster in terms of stability and PR? A CEO replaced? Be honest. 

So the author of the bullshit BI article responded to his tweet:



So, because she couldn't get a statement from him, she published unsubstantiated garbage instead. What a pathetic excuse. The "let's talk now" almost sounds like an ultimatum, that if he doesn't talk to her, she'll publish more crap. Why should he be forced to talk to this nobody?

anantksundaram said:

I am going to finally get around to buying an AppleTV 4. The 2nd Gen in the basement is getting long in the tooth (e.g., the YouTube app is gone), so I have to bite the bullet. 

This is the FIRST EVER Apple product purchase that I can recall where I am going, "meh."

The only question I have is whether I should save $50, i.e., whether a 32GB will suffice...

I use my ATV4 for:

- Watching all my paid subscriptions and live TV guide
- Netflix
- Plex for my local content
- Viewing our photos and albums on a big screen through iCloud library
- Screen mirroring from iPhone/iPad when shared browsing
- Airplaying photos/videos
- Light gaming
- Watching Youtube clips
- Controling homekit products through Siri
- Yoga (my wife and I use an app as a virtual class a couple times a week. Much more convenient than trudging to and paying for classes)
- A virtual fireplace/fishtank/etc to enhance the atmosphere when we're hosting
- Streaming music through spotify and Apple Music
- And a couple other things that don't occur to me now..

Yeah.. definitely not a "meh" product for me. Probably the most useful and value-filled Apple product I own. It feels like a fucking steal to me for $200. If I had to choice but to pay 5X as much for it, I would, because it is used constantly for a variety of things and enhances our lives. But, to each their own. 

sog35 said:

Glass door is filled with losers who could not cut it and then bitch about it on the internet.

If you want to work hard then Apple isn't the place for you. 

Tim Cook is doing a FINE job 

Why is Cook doing a FINE job now in contradiction to your previous 5,000 rants? Because the stock is up $4? Is that all it takes? Is your opinion of Cook a direct mathematical algorithm connected to the day's current stock price? Will he go back to being "pathetic" and "unfit" tomorrow when the stock is down $2? You're one of the most superficial posters I've ever seen.