michael scrip

tommy0guns said:

dws-2 said:

i don't know why this bothers people so much. For most people, they essentially get free data to play videos, and on a small phone screen, the videos are decent quality. For others who want higher def video, they can just turn off Binge On. Data is limited, especially over the air, and this seems like an ideal solution to me.

Consider phone and text. You used to pay for use. You would keep count of your minutes and texts. Then data plans became a thing and those older plans became worthless and confusing. 

We also should remember how data plans originated.  In the old days of flip phones... you had to connect to the "web" at crazy high prices. It wasn't even a plan at all... it was pay what you use.  It kinda sucked though... so not many people used data on an old flip phone.

Then smartphones like the Blackberry came along and you paid a flat $30 a month for an "always on" data connection.   That is... your email just came to your phone without having to manually connect.  And you could surf the web too (barely).   The carriers didn't have a problem with allowing "always on" and therefore "unlimited" data on smartphones at that time since there was no way you were burning through that much data on a Blackberry. I know... I had one.  

But with the next generation of smartphones... people could actually DO stuff with their smartphone.  Browsing full websites... streaming music and video... all sorts of stuff. And the networks were fast... sometimes faster than your home internet connection.  

The carriers were in a pickle.  They had to scramble to figure out how to fix this problem.  No longer did they want to offer "unlimited" data on these advanced phones.  So they implemented data caps.  Voice and texts eventually became devalued... and it was data that became the primary thing.

Offering unlimited data on a Blackberry in 2009 is a lot different than unlimited data on an iPhone in 2016.

But I think if carriers are gonna be bold enough to offer unlimited data today.... they need to shut up and do it.  I know why T-Mobile offered unlimited data a couple years ago... they wanted to be more attractive than other carriers with data caps.  But they soon realized that people took them up on this offer... and started USING their smartphones and hundreds of gigabytes a month.

Hey carriers... put up or shut up!

jeffdm said:

kraytinprime said:

Where is Tim Cook?

The stock was $134 a few months ago. Now its almost $99. The stock is down almost 30% and almost $200 billion. Yet Tim Cook does nothing?  Why doesn't Tim Cook address these rumors? All Cook needs to do is reiterate guidance for the December quarter and this would still be at $125.

 You're not fooling anyone by taking a new ID, Sog35.

I got some rude comment on my YouTube channel last night from a sog35

How weird is that?

Number 2 smartphone OEM in the world by volume

Number 1 company in the world by profit

Let's fire the CEO

lkrupp said:

“ The performance is down 2.2 percentage points from 2014...” And this is what Wall Street will latch onto. Apple is Doomed™

Exactly. I can already see the headlines: "Apple has disappointing Christmas..."

I'd like to know the actual numbers though... not just the percentage.

It's entirely possible that Apple sold more units this year... yet they could still lose percentage.  We don't know because Flurry doesn't give us the sales numbers.  That's the problem with comparing anything with percentages... it's based on the size of the market at any given time.

But I think Apple would be happier selling more units themselves rather than increasing their percentage among all companies.

redefiler said:

michael scrip said:

Some questions:

Is Apple required to bring that money home to the US?

If Apple could get the same tax rate and benefits in the US that they get in Ireland... would Apple start keeping all their money in the US?

Does anyone wonder why so many companies set up shop in Ireland in the first place?

1. Nope

2. Yes

3. Because the Irish goverment attracted Apple to Ireland as part of a program aimed at bringing more tech jobs to the country and bolstering its economy beyond its predominantly agrarian based exports.  It was a smart move and a good deal for both Ireland,  this fact is often left out because it hurts the social justice warrior dramatization of the story.  

Thanks.

I also read that Steve Jobs started doing business in Ireland in 1980.  Seems like they've had a relationship with Ireland for quite a while!