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Jan 21, 2019
12:25:24pm

kudzucoug All-American

Services are what will keep Apple near the top of the tech companies but

I have been really unimpressed with them in the post-Jobs era. Between maps, Siri, automated cars, battery issues, homepods, etc. there have been a lot of missteps.

Apple isn't in "trouble" but their long term prospects look worse than Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, IMO.

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Article - the end of Apple? Speculates it has big problems...

BYUfan92

1/21/19 12:06pm

Apple probably needs to buy some companies. Diversify its business.

Richbyu

1/21/19 12:13pm

There are some really poor facts in that article that I just had to stop reading

1/21/19 12:13pm

Yes, it's about getting clicks. If he were to look at the next quarters financial results in a blind test (i.e., not

slappy

1/21/19 12:21pm

Services are what will keep Apple near the top of the tech companies but

kudzucoug

1/21/19 12:25pm

you make some valid arguments here but I'm all for jumping on the bandwagon

1/21/19 12:33pm

But how much is a comparable phone from another company?

Jay Rick

1/21/19 1:18pm

Yeah. That was really lazy.

1/21/19 12:42pm

I do believe that a company can price themselves out. Will Apple? I do hear

BYUfan92

1/21/19 1:07pm

But even that is inextricably linked to iPhone sales

KingDave

1/21/19 1:14pm

That is why I pointed out that active devices is more important figure at this

1/21/19 1:55pm

Also, Apple used to own the education market.

Richbyu

1/21/19 12:14pm

Apple hasn't really cared about the education market for years.

fredy

1/21/19 12:20pm

It's a small percentage of Mac sales, which is a small % of total sales.

1/21/19 12:27pm

Yeah. I wonder if that is a mistake?

Richbyu

1/21/19 12:38pm

Chromebooks are way better for education then anything else.

fredy

1/21/19 12:48pm

That's true, but you tend to stay with what you're used to.

Left Shark Coug

1/21/19 12:45pm

I would be interested to see a chart of Apple's success and then match it against when Steve Jobs was involved.

Zenoch

1/21/19 12:38pm

I don't if true or not...but I have moved away from Apple with every product

zonacougar

1/21/19 3:02pm

Leadership is the problem here. Innovation is lacking and their prices

Ash

1/21/19 3:32pm

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