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JP234 said:

As long as Apple isn't selling it to third parties (they aren't), I fail to see the harm Elliot Libman has incurred, nor what compensatory and punitive damages to which he's entitled.

fairlop said:

Madbum said:

dmskalnm said:

Apple has tons of cash. This is what's it's for: to extend your lead when the market is in a downturn. Judicious is fine (does that mean that Apple wasn't judicious previously?) but tying a hand behind your back when you're making record revenue doesn't make sense.

dmskalnm said:

Apple has tons of cash. This is what's it's for: to extend your lead when the market is in a downturn. Judicious is fine (does that mean that Apple wasn't judicious previously?) but tying a hand behind your back when you're making record revenue doesn't make sense.

Nah, stores might have been necessary 10 years ago, not anymore. Cash should be used for R and D and acquisitions and stock buy backs ,

Close the non performing stores   immediately ,  can save a ton of cost there just closing 1/3 of them 

Stores are likely to still be useful and necessary as service centres and for genius bar etc to support the ever increasing user base of products.

spheric said:

The point of version numbers is that they're fucking NUMBER VERSIONS. 

USB 3 —> USB 3.1 —> USB 3.2 Gen 1 —> USB 3.1 Gen 2 —> USB 3.2 Gen 2 —> USB4 Gen 2 —> USB4 Gen 3 —> USB4 Version 2.0. 

Obviously. 

Go fuck yourself, USB Consortium. 

(Sorry, do I seem angry? Yeah.)

CheeseFreeze said:

discountopinion said:

Endpoint protection services and software is an essential business that Apple is giving away to Microsoft and others.

it is a glaring gaping hole in the Apple service portfolio and security services is currently MS fastest growing segment and one of the reasons Azure was not ignored in favour of AWS.

A personal Microsoft 365 subscription includes Defender for MacOS.

Apple releasing obsolete scanning features is not impressive for a company that has trust and privacy as part of the value prop.

honestly - add another 5 dollars per month to AppleOne and include XDR like agents across the device family with iCloud as the management console. Ties well into the SMB push they are doing and MDM offering.

Users of Apple devices not being targeted or at lower risk is not true. 

This is a multi Billion dollar business in the waiting for Apple.

I think that approach would hurt Apple’s brand. It would suggest that without this $5 service, their operating system is not safe, and you need to pony up dollars to make it safe. 

By offering it for free, they make it part of their value proposition and focus on productivity and content services, aka turning your computer or phone into a “vending machine of services and products”.

DAalseth said:

You know, I get the feeling that “Big Tech” is where the “Big Three” automakers were in 1962. Fat, abusive, turning out a decent if not great product, complacent. I just get a feeling that some little company will come out of nowhere and introduce a new way of doing things. Maybe a new phone OS, maybe a new online hang out, maybe a new way of putting customers and businesses together. I don’t know. If I did I’d be jumping all over it. But I get the feeling that for all the people who love Amazon, and gush over Android, or yes pine for the next Apple thing, there’s an undercurrent of discontent. Somebody is going to come in, be the next little upstart company that is “for the rest of us”. Someone will come in and drop the 21st century equivalent of the Toyota Corolla, or Honda Civic, or Apple II. When they do “big tech” will be caught completely flatfooted. They’ll disregard the little guy until one day they find that a lot of their customers, died in the wool Windows and Mac fans, hard core Android and iOS users have jumped ship for something better. 

It’ll be the best thing that could happen to them.