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You offered no evidence for the statement "Clearly, Apple is always on its own side". And that's my point. This is a thing people say, sans evidence, that is
by etchalon 9y ago
You offered no evidence for the statement "Clearly, Apple is always on its own side".
And that's my point.
This is a thing people say, sans evidence, that is then excepted as a gospel truth because it makes some amount of
"evil businesses are always evil" sense.
- logfromblammo 9y agoApple Q3 2017: "The Company posted quarterly revenue of $45.4 billion and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.67. These results compare to revenue of $42.4 billion and earnings per diluted share of $1.42 in the year-ago quarter.... "Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.63 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on August 17, 2017 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 14, 2017...." Apple is on its own side, and it is winning. It occasionally allies itself with users, and they mutually benefit from the arrangement. The users, of course, do not release quarterly reports on how happy they are, and don't break that down by any particular company, so we can't compare to see who benefits more. But Apple also--more rarely--does something hostile to users. I would cite as an example the removal of TRRS connectors from newer iPhones. Clearly, in that, Apple was squarely on its own side, and users that didn't like the change could use a dongle or sod off.
- etchalon 9y agoSo far the evidence you've presented is that Apple makes money, and that they abandoned a technology they no longer felt merited inclusion in a product. That is not evidence of malevolence on Apple's part, nor specifically that the inclusion of anti-tracking technology has malicious business-case intent.