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Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by kodablah »

oflannabhra wrote: post #36
avar wrote: post #30

> Apple said it would stop providing unit sales for iPhones, iPads, and Macs in fiscal 2019, a step toward becoming more of a services business. While some pundits praised the move as a way to highlight a potent new business model, many analysts complained it was an attempt to hide the pain of a stagnant smartphone market. Can companies just pull this sort of "yeah those numbers look bad, so we're not publishing them…

what regulation forces a company to report how much it sells of X? Most regulation requires reporting around revenue, not units. As the article notes, Apple was unique in reporting unit sales at all.

> what regulation forces a company to report how much it sells of X?

That's not what was asked. What was asked is if they can just change what they usually report because it looks bad.

Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by beat »

brobdingnagians wrote: post #16

I think Apple has some serious issues with growth; they have expanded a huge amount based on a few key and impressive products and ideas at the right time and in the right way, but I think they've ridden that pony almost as far as it can go [but they've done a better job than most at it]. They have done very well with it, but like most corporations who do that, they usually miss the next big thing, because it is some…

What they can do is simply buy up companies that have already built leading positions in emerging tech markets. When you have such fat stacks of cash sitting around, it's an easy growth strategy.

Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by bunnycorn »

bedhead wrote: post #29
sanderjd wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the next big thing that they have missed?

I think it's pretty clear that online video slipped right through their fingers. They were early with Apple TV and Steve Jobs' assertion that he had "cracked" TV back in 2011. And what happened? They did almost nothing and let Netflix run away with it. Apple wasn't even a contender. Same thing goes for mapping, which was highlighted in that recent blog post. They came out with Apple Maps years ago but almost did noth…

Online video and Maps.

Markets that started before the iPhone and when Apple was collaborating very closely with Google.

Apple let Google win in those markets without opposition and then Google stabbed Apple in the back with Android.

Reminder that the original iOS versions had YouTube built in, and Google Maps.

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Post by bunnycorn »

beat wrote: post #52
brobdingnagians wrote: post #16

I think Apple has some serious issues with growth; they have expanded a huge amount based on a few key and impressive products and ideas at the right time and in the right way, but I think they've ridden that pony almost as far as it can go [but they've done a better job than most at it]. They have done very well with it, but like most corporations who do that, they usually miss the next big thing, because it is some…

What they can do is simply buy up companies that have already built leading positions in emerging tech markets. When you have such fat stacks of cash sitting around, it's an easy growth strategy.

If Netflix wasn't already such a over-inflated company (P/E of 110), they would outright buy the company.

Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by macintux »

yuy910616 wrote: post #39
ethagknight wrote: post #19

I don’t think he mentioned it, but the easy way for Apple to grow to a $2T company is to get my household, a typical locked-in Apple household with an iPad or iPhone for every person and a computer for each adult and an AppleTV at every TV, to start paying for ever more services through those Apple devices. TV service. Ubiquitous internet service. Financial services like payments but grow into banking. manage all my…

I think an Apple (read integrated, user friendly) solution to internet of things could be more imminent, and interesting. One of the draw back of the current solution for IoT is connecting different eco systems, such as GE light bulb to Amazon Echo. If apple have a solution that is elegant and 'just works', i'd be interested in that

Apple already has a smart home initiative; what am I missing?

There were early complaints that Apple was making too many demands on manufacturers with regards to security, but given the utter shitshow that is IoT these days, it sure seems like it was a good idea.

Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by ryandrake »

xfitm3 wrote: post #31
ethagknight wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the payment itself, yes, if you want it all automated. Automated payments are to the biller’s enormous benefit (ahem cable company...) To manage or keep un-automated or see reports or change features, it currently requires a separate app, login, UI, or other legacy portals. It’s annoying. Apple could streamline it, and remove a layer of complexity while taking over the transaction (and gain data gold mines)

I rarely make changes so I don’t see the value here. I have every recurring bill setup to auto pay. If I had to manually pay bills I would go insane.

Interesting. I choose to manually pay all my bills, and avoid monthly subscriptions for things. This allows me to see billing shenanigans as soon as companies attempt them, rather than months later. Comcast just recently raised my bill by 15% or so because that's what they do, and I was able to avoid it before paying it. With auto-pay I would have just kept paying the higher rate. I also try to manually pay everything to avoid forgetting subscriptions, like OP mentioned.

Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by sametmax »

ethagknight wrote: post #19

I don’t think he mentioned it, but the easy way for Apple to grow to a $2T company is to get my household, a typical locked-in Apple household with an iPad or iPhone for every person and a computer for each adult and an AppleTV at every TV, to start paying for ever more services through those Apple devices. TV service. Ubiquitous internet service. Financial services like payments but grow into banking. manage all my…

Great idea. This way when this powerful gigantic entity will screw up, or worse, misbehave, all your life will be destroyed at once. It's very efficient !

Re: Apple’s Social Network

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Post by _2d30 »

sanderjd wrote: post #18
brobdingnagians wrote: post #16

I think Apple has some serious issues with growth; they have expanded a huge amount based on a few key and impressive products and ideas at the right time and in the right way, but I think they've ridden that pony almost as far as it can go [but they've done a better job than most at it]. They have done very well with it, but like most corporations who do that, they usually miss the next big thing, because it is some…

What is the next big thing that they have missed?

Smart speakers and possibly smart home in general. They won't/haven't missed entirely, but they are quite behind Alphabet and Amazon.
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