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> "Apple is Dooomed!" Google: 8,310,000 results in 0.38 seconds For the phrase "Apple is Dooomed!", including similar results, I get only 4 pages of google sea
by yesenadam 4y ago
> "Apple is Dooomed!" Google: 8,310,000 results in 0.38 seconds
For the phrase "Apple is Dooomed!", including similar results, I get only 4 pages of google search results.
For "Apple is Doomed!", including similar results, I get 31 pages.
- icedchai 4y agoPerhaps it was sarcasm, and not meant to be taken literally.
- Damogran6 4y agoYou're missing the point. Apple's decisions and methods have been criticized for longer than many HN viewers have been alive. The OP is making a claim that Apple's decisions are unwise [i]despite the fact that it's the most profitable company evar[/i] cite: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-3-trillion-market-cap-first-us-company/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-3-trillion-market-cap-fir... What chance can anyone else have if the Mac Pro is doomed if iPhone sales dip?
- philistine 4y agoPeople have not updated their opinions with regards to facts since 2008. It might actually be new information to that person that Apple is now the most profitable company in the existence of the human race.
- UltraViolence 4y agoThe reason Apple is so profitable is because of the iPhone. The Macs aren't bringing in all that much money and I'm postulating that Mac will lose a lot of market share because they ditched the x86 architecture. Although revenue for Mac is still increasing (most likely because they're making even more profit by using their own CPU) the sales are already softening.
- pjmlp 4y agoBecause they got lucky by being reverse acquired by NeXT. History would have taken another path without that reverse acquisition and Microsoft's money injection.
- Damogran6 4y agoTBF, I'm still a little sour they didn't go the BeOS route. I LOVED BeOS.