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You also are arguing that Apple's assembling of the top talent in the business in writers, producers, top directors, top actors, etc., who have developed many of the most successful shows and movies will fail because their talent is limited to having to make sure they include enough graphic violence and sex or no one is interested in watching what they come up with. WOW. 

Yes, exactly. If you have a lot of money and a lack of original ideas, you buy a bunch of star power to promote your product. Oprah and Spielberg and Aniston are all past their prime. Popular, but safe, boring, and not likely to do anything new or interesting. I'm not saying Apple can't make wholesome family shows, but Tim needs to stop pushing his personal values on the company and the rest of us. Jobs was great because he was a bellwether. He had an instinct for cool new things, and in clever, usable products. Cook has no sense for what people want, and is just pushing his own agenda and milking the already profitable products.

Tim Cooks Ward Cleaver and Mr Rogers approach to TV is going to be a billion dollar bomb. If they cant make a wireless charging mat work with Qi already out there as an example of what to copy, and they cant make a working laptop keyboard, i’ve got to laugh at the arrogance that they think they still have the ability to disrupt anything. They are a big profitable corporation led by a guy with no vision and willing to take no risks. Stocks will be fine, but Apple is becoming like Yahoo...not the best at anything. As a stockholder i find this lack of focus on core products frustrating.

Heard that before.

My biggest peeve? When I have my iPhone connected to my CarPlay unit, and ask Siri to play a song or artist that's on my phone, and Siri can't do a thing because it isn't connected to the Internet.

Apple does take moral positions on issues, such as LGBTQ rights, gun control, privacy protection, freedom of speech, so the argument that they shouldn't take a position on a particular issue is invalid. However, they also want to sell products in countries with what we might consider repressive regimes, so they do need to strike a balance. I would say this app is over the line, but if I was a Saudi woman trying to get out of the country, good advice would be to leave the phone behind.