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I've always hated Cringely's opinions on Apple and this article is no exception. He has simply been wrong about them time and time again, yet people looking for
by marknutter 10y ago
I've always hated Cringely's opinions on Apple and this article is no exception. He has simply been wrong about them time and time again, yet people looking for FUD disguised as thoughtful criticism keep giving him hits. Apple, by every known metric known to the financial world, is doing spectacularly well. They are innovating at the same pace the always have, which has always been a brand new product category every 3-5 years with a series of incremental improvements on existing products from year to year. They absolutely dominate the wealthiest subset of the consumer market, and as such, they can seek rent for the next 10-20 years and continue to make money hand-over-fist for themselves and their investors without ever introducing a new product again. But they're going to continue to innovate just like they always have, and that innovation is going to be met with skepticism, ridicule, and dismissiveness just as it always has been. Bet against Apple at your own peril. Having closely followed them since 2003 when I made the switch to OS X myself, I've yet to see a single indication that they have made anything but the best business decisions of any company during that same period (possibly ever).
- hash-set 10y agoThey may be a darling of Wall Street, but they have jumped the shark technologically. You've already seen the peak.
- scaryspooky 10y agoHow is releasing the iPhone 7 which is port-wise incompatible with the new MBP a "best business decision of any company" when they clearly knew the product timetables? The Google Pixel phone is better suited for the new MBP than the iPhone. I think there are serious leadership problems at Apple and these sorts of incompatibilities among their own products is a symptom. I'm stuck on my late 2011 MBP because every model after it is failing at the 'professional' part by removing ports and upgradeable/swappable components. USB-C is nice and all but it's not sufficient as the only port (and with only 3 of them left while charging).
- marknutter 10y agoI'm not saying every single decision they've made has been the best. I'm saying that on the whole their decisions have been among the best as demonstrated by their dominant market position and insane growth and profits over the past 16 years.
- at-fates-hands 10y ago>> as demonstrated by their dominant market position and insane growth and profits over the past 16 years If you go back that far - then yes. More recently? Not so much: Apple's iPhone Share Continues To Slip In The US And Japan http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2015/06/30/apples-iphone-share-continues-to-slip-in-the-us-and-japan/#65ac3e141572 http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2015/06/30/apples-iph... Apple's Smartphone Profit Share Slipping Vs. Samsung http://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/apples-smartphone-profit-share-slipping-vs-samsung/ http://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/apples-smartp... Latest Gartner/IDC data shows Apple PC market share & shipments slip, Macs fall behind ASUS globally https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/11/apple-market-share-shipments-mac-q2/ https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/11/apple-market-share-shipments-...
- at-fates-hands 10y agoYou should really read "Haunted Empire" that talks about Apple's struggles right after Jobs died. Right now we're seeing the end result of losing his vision of design. https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Empire-Apple-After-Steve/dp/0062128256/ https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Empire-Apple-After-Steve/dp/0...