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Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#31

I would point out that the Apple Watch and AirPods are both great rather than dull products, but I strongly suspect the author here was not making a good faith attempt to analyze Tim Cook's product legacy.

Removing headphone socket under the premise of thinness just to force consumers into buying wireless ones was a genius move for their profits. They should have made them a bit easier to loose too.

The 3.5mm headphone jack adapter is $9. How are they forcing people to buy wireless ones?

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#32

I would point out that the Apple Watch and AirPods are both great rather than dull products, but I strongly suspect the author here was not making a good faith attempt to analyze Tim Cook's product legacy.

Removing headphone socket under the premise of thinness just to force consumers into buying wireless ones was a genius move for their profits. They should have made them a bit easier to loose too.

Lightning and USB-C adapters have been a thing since that change was made if not before. Even assuming the one time cost of $10 for Apple’s adapter was too rich for your blood, you can get a 5 pack on Amazon for $8. And that’s before you get k to the usb headphones out there.

No one, absolutely no one was “forced” to buy wireless headphones.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#33

This reads like a particularly biased and hateful rage-infused hit piece by someone suffering from woke psyschosis.

That’s a whole lot of words that, when strung together, mean absolutely nothing. Good job.

Made perfect sense to me, not sure why you think it means "absolutely nothing", even if you disagree.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a whole lot of words that, when strung together, mean absolutely nothing. Good job.

Made perfect sense to me, not sure why you think it means "absolutely nothing", even if you disagree.

Using “woke psychosis” seriously in a sentence is its own kind of psychosis.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#35

There is a lot to criticize about TC, but if you think the Apple Silicon move is dull (not in terms of technology, but what experiences it opens), you are incredibly stupid and shortsighted.

TL;DR Cook kept an already mature Jobs era initiative alive

Apple's first chip, A4, was released in 2010 before Jobs was gone

Given how long it took then to get a single chip physically manufactured the business plan had been sorted out for years, likely not long after the switch to Intel

They were just waiting for manufacturers to hit the right metrics

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#36
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

tale as old as time. cis gay white men joining the Log Cabin and advocating against trans rights as soon as they taste power is another example it reminds me of playground socialization. the cool kids bully you for a long time and so you socialize with the outcasts. one day you get invited into the cool crowd, minimally welcomed with some reservations, and suddenly you're bullying the outcasts you used to associate w…

Have you ever wondered how you sound to other people?

I'm very comfortable with not being liked by people :)

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#37

Worthington's Law strikes again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vudnMLzZjTg

seems to be:

People who make more money than you are *better* than you, and are therefore above reproach.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Worthington%27s_law

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Made perfect sense to me, not sure why you think it means "absolutely nothing", even if you disagree.

Using “woke psychosis” seriously in a sentence is its own kind of psychosis.

Seems quite a good phrase to me.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

#39

Seems a lot of people bought those dull products.

"Supersize Me" iPhones.

I was thinking more like:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Markham-...

or

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/South_Sa...

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation

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post #28

The phone I bought from China eats Apple hardware for breakfast. It's got IP69 protection, only 7mm thick, a massive battery that charges incredibly quickly (4800mah). It's basically like an iPhone air but it only cost me about $500 (Motorola X70 Air) When Apple embraces Silicon Carbide batteries I'm sure they're going to make amazing stuff. It's not like they haven't impressed on the hardware side. If you look at so…

Except it's got a mid-tier processor, and likely pretty under-performant cameras like most Motorola stuff? Compromises here.

The processor is great and so is the camera.
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