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lkrupp said:

Excuse me but when the literal life-blood of your business model is selling consumer data to advertisers any action to make things more private seems like an empty, if not disingenuous, promise. We’ll see, we’ll see, but remember what happened to Facebook (oh excuse the hell out of me, I meant META) when Apple’s tracking policy took hold... they crashed and burned.

And since when has the typical Android user cared about privacy?

My hearing is like a brick wall, deaf tone; yet, for the barb of the pirate, I do not go anywhere without my iPad pro, the spatial sound is like having a concert hall on my hand. No stereo, no quad…, simply pure sound. Jaayyyzzzuuuzzz

iOS_Guy80 said:

goodbyeranch said:

GeorgeBMac said:

$5Million for a design?   $300,000 for a piece of clear glass?

Apple needs to get fully over its design supercedes function obsession.  

It did gain some separation from its obsession with thin and light Macs at the expense of functionality.  But it needs to do the same for its stores.  They are centers for customers to do their research, obtain education, get quality service and, oh yeh, buy products.  But NO customer goes to an Apple store to see the pretty glass front.

Yes, image matters.  But, as Porsche has proven:   "Form [needs to] follow function"

You have an argument when it comes to design/funciton of products. You have less of an argument when it comes to the retail stores. They function to inspire people with the awe of seamless, transparent spaces that seem to be made of light. Another option: throw out the meme of form follows function completelhy. Form follows culture. Porsche has a culture, Apple has a culture, COMPUSA had a culture.

Whenever I travel I always visit an Apple store I enjoy looking in awe at the pretty glass fronts.

GeorgeBMac said:

$5Million for a design?   $300,000 for a piece of clear glass?

Apple needs to get fully over its design supercedes function obsession.  

It did gain some separation from its obsession with thin and light Macs at the expense of functionality.  But it needs to do the same for its stores.  They are centers for customers to do their research, obtain education, get quality service and, oh yeh, buy products.  But NO customer goes to an Apple store to see the pretty glass front.

Yes, image matters.  But, as Porsche has proven:   "Form [needs to] follow function"

5 million designs?

Oh, please do not forget that Cathedrals and Megachurches for their beauty, romans columns and fountains are on need of the spiritual needs. Same thing, just a bit selective in your appreciation. Impressing Matters for Life, and for Afterlife, it goes in our genes LOL

byronl said:

the cia has been evil af for a century now