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The copy editor put a click-bait title on the article to get more hits/views, but if you read past it you'll find a fairly even and uncontroversial analysis. It
by roymurdock 8y ago
The copy editor put a click-bait title on the article to get more hits/views, but if you read past it you'll find a fairly even and uncontroversial analysis. It's not an op-ed piece whining for more innovation as the title might imply
The author emphasizes how Apple has created an ecosystem with its iPhone, but that it needs to extract more value from the services provided to that ecosystem to make up for declining sales of the devices themselves (instead of continually raising device prices)
Authors for these publications rarely if ever write their own headlines
- hinkley 8y agoA significant proportion of HN comments lately have been apologist about the nature of headlines. I can’t help feeling like we should stop apologizing. They suck, they’re inflammatory. I think it should be okay to complain about them. No, I really believe we must complain about them. Loudly, and in numbers.
- roymurdock 8y agoNah just try to avoid reading these publications. if you really want to understand a market you need to pay to either have a phone call with an expert or buy market research. these articles are written solely to grab your attention and get you to look at ads. sometimes they are good if the journalist had integrity but in the vast majority of cases they're not because the journalist is not an expert in what they're covering/has deadlines to meet and is churning out content on some topic specified by their boss