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- utopian0
Apple has laid off all of its contract recruiters, source says
Apple is expected to report sales and profit declines in its quarterly earnings statement tomorrow. The company is also reported to be curtailing smartphone production for a second consecutive quarter.
- detritus0
Huh, so stocks don't go up forever?
Shit, I best take a look at my financial plans, I think I might've miscalculated a bit.
- nb0
This is anecdotal, but I find it interesting: Nearly all my friends/family have an iPhone – and I do, too. I can probably name 50-60 people (25-40 year-olds) off the top of my head that I know for sure who have an iPhone, but only one person that has Android.
All of us have never even looked at other phone brands when shopping or when it's time to upgrade. We all just sort of casually hear about the new Apple phones, and then get whichever iPhone we think is best. There's an assumption there that iPhones are simply better than all other phones. Some of my friends have spent months deciding or waiting for a new iPhone, but still, haven't considered the alternative.
Now, this month I needed to pick a new carrier, and the only reason I considered anything other than iPhone was because of Google Fi. So I went to a couple shops to try to see what the Nexus looks like, and I realized that since the very first iPhone, I have not even walked into a store to look at phones, nor asked an Android user if they liked their device. Never once. Hadn't even occurred to me. I've ordered all my phones from Apple or got them at an Apple store without once doing any research. 7 or 8 years I've had iPhones, since the first year they were out, and it never occurred to me to look at another phone!?!?
It's not like I'm a superfan of iPhone, but I did like it. Obviously the first-gen iPhone was light years beyond any other smart phone. I even got a Samsung tablet a few years back, and didn't like it (Android wasn't as polished back then.)
Anyway, this behaviour is fascinating to me. Generally when people buy products they spend a lot of time (probably too much) decision-making. But in the case of iPhone users, it's the opposite. They're ignoring most of the options, and without a reason!
I've talked to a few friends about it and they all agreed that they don't have any idea what other phones are like. Some of them could name Samsung (but haven't tried one) but nobody could name a single other phone manufacturer. Honestly, until this month, I didn't know who else made phones, either. I've asked a couple if they think iPhones are better and the response is always similar: "You know? I never thought about it. I don't know! I assume they are, right?"
Another thing I learned – which is far less interesting to me – is that current Samsung phones are much nicer than current iPhones. The Galaxy S and Edge series and the Note 5 are so nice to hold and use. Android looks better than iOS, although I can't yet comment on the user experience. Maybe I'll be cursing Android soon and regretting my decision to switch.
I'm not trying to convert anyone to Samsung or Android, I really don't care. My point is simply that it is fascinating how our consumer behaviour is so unique when shopping for Apple stuff.
- To be fair, there wasn't much incentive for me to ask Android users about their devices, as I did own an Android tablet (that I mostly never use).nb
- i have both. Apple and Android. They both annoy me. I wish we didn't have such strict ecosystems.err
- Also make sure you stop using imessage before you switch or you'll miss alot of text messages.err
- https://selfsolve.ap…err
- Yeah, I use iMessages on my MBP, so I'll catch the messages, just might be a bit later...nb
- Hmm, I just set iMessages to only be accessible via my email account, (i.e. I unchecked my phone number.) I hope that works.nb
- It's called brand loyalty and the difficulty of change/learning a new OS.rosem
- I think it's more than brand loyalty. Brand blindness, perhaps. Key: "You know? I never thought about it. I don't know"Peter
- Yeah, it's brand blindness. Although, Android did suck when it first came out, compared to iOS. Now, it's great.nb
- Drumpf1
Apple sees its revenue decline for the first time in 13 years
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/2…- time to pay some attention to what matters the OS and how it looks.darkslateblue
- yes this was all because of iconsmonospaced
- lolinteliboy
- well it was inevitable, couldn't sustain that growth releasing the same products year after year.fadein11
- All the meh is catching up with them.BusterBoy
- People I've spoken to recently about phones now realise iPhones do exactly the same thing, yet are massively overpriced and made of incredibly fragile materialsset
- The only possible reasons to buy an iPhone now are that you still think it's the cool thing to do or are simply afraid of changeset
- ^ or you invested a mint in iOS apps. I can't believe the money some people waste. I'm stilled pissed I paid $1.99 for Angry Birds 5 years ago! :)ETM
- pay for Angry Bird lol - always been free on Android.fadein11
- Yeah a few years after iOS had it.monospaced
- Samsung phones are more expensive than iPhones these days, aren't they?nb
- Not sure. They're all buy one get one free and almost all carriers are giving away Samsung tablets if you sign a contract for any android.monospaced
- Funny thing is that apple would have to lose about 50 times more to drop to samsungs profit margins.monospaced
- Android is NOT Samsung. How dumb are iPhone users. Android is an OS, Samsung is a handset maker. Jesus. There are plenty of far superior options to iPhone.fadein11
- and yet, when you talk about earnings, you HAVE to compare apple to Samsung, etc, and not Android/Google. it's not a matter of dumb, it's the articlemonospaced
- pockets0
A male employee was found dead at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino Wednesday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff.
I think he saw apples stock dive yesterday and ended it
- Jeez the drop wasn't even bigmonospaced
- 6.5%monospaced
- yea it wasnt that bad, just lost 8 billion thats allpockets
- people commit suicide at their work place because of conflicts that affect them personally, not because of stock fluctuationspl33nidoru
- though those conflicts could of course be linked to apple's resultsspl33nidoru
- i was actually joking about the suicide because of stock i assume it was stress in the workplacepockets
- You assume it's stress in the workplace? Why?monospaced
- why not? use use google? try checking out the stress that comes with working there.pockets
- you use*pockets
- up into the icloud he goesCygnusZero4
- pockets0
here mono:
"PayScale found that even the top companies can have stressful work environments. Of the top 200 companies on the Best Employers list, tech companies were among the most stressful places to work. Intel (39%), eBay (36%), Apple (33%), IBM (33%), and Amazon (27%) have the most stressful work environments, with employees reporting poor scores on the "low job stress" scale."
http://www.businessinsider.com/t… (2013)
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"Paranoid management, disrespect, constant tension, and long hours."
http://www.businessinsider.com/a… (2014)
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"I found Apple to be a sheltered workshop. The common language spoken being passive aggression, sarcasm and Kool-Aid fuelled stories of ‘success’ designed to manipulate and intimidate naive workers who have never experienced corporate life outside the Apple walls. "https://roadlesstravelled.me/201… (2015)
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#4 Apple tied with Ebay
66% of employees said their job was stressful.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kars… (2016)- Why are you directing this at me?monospaced
- I didn't say you were wrong! Read ffs. I asked a question. Damn y'all.monospaced
- oh, then you just ask dumb fucking questions..my badpockets
- My question wasn't dumb.monospaced
- Appreciate the tantrum style post with research and links in some weird ass attempt to call me out tho. Very drake of you.monospaced
- yurimon0
http://gizmodo.com/apple-will-kn…
Apple Will Know If You've Tampered With Its New Macbooks
Sucks for the money you are spending.
- For warranty purpose? So people don't fuck it up and expect apple warranty to cover it?pango
- well i think its coincidental that all of sudden a company that provides certified tech repair service wouldnt want you messing without using the service.yurimon
- So ya warranty stuff. it only covers defects of their own product. Not after someone monkied with it.pango
- All of a sudden? Nope.monospaced
- its not an upgradable product anymore. i wonder if there is a coloration between warranty threat and people using the tech service.yurimon
- well i'll leave the wondering to you. let me know when you find a definitive answer with proof. Not just speculation.
Good job man!pango - lol, @ good job.yurimon
- Well I bet you've done hours of research and houndreds of phone calls. This is me acknowledging it. :)pango
- oh shatahp. mono hacked your account. you should change your password.yurimon
- Hehehepango
- stop being a dumbass yurimonospaced
- stop being a cunt, monodoesnotexist
- What the fuck did I do here? The idiot implied I hacked an account and somehow I'm a cunt? Something's wrong with you.monospaced
- pango got the joke.yurimon
- I... Actually don't... Im just laughing along... Hehehehe.......
....pango - https://media.giphy.…
Hehepango
- portmanteau-2
I'm getting bored with their products, so predictable
- drgs0
I was one of the first to have an Apple laptop (Powerbook G4 ca 2001, which btw was one of the best products I ever owned), and one of the first to drop the brand in 2010. Switched all my electronics, like a dog sheds its winter fur
I don't own anything Apple these days
- how do you know you were one of the first?fadein11
- hahahah @fadeinnb
- smart, sick of their expensive products, cannot afford, overratedportmanteau
- becuz its engraved 1/1000000 underBennn
- I should add, it makes me angry I cant afford, which makes me hate even more grrrrrzzzzzportmanteau
- If you bought/sold the stock just like that, you'd be in pretty good shapeformed
- What did you switch to?yuekit
- HP zbookdrgs
- Ugh hppango
- dont take my example, for me HP is going back to the roots http://www.qbn.com/r…drgs
- yeah, they look to be back on the right trackformed
- imbecile0
- So that's why they settle with samsung.sted
- #lolPhoneimbecile
- lolcube was ahead of it's timepinkfloyd
- lol@pinkfloyd...trueutopian
- uglinessBennn
- Oh look more bad, fake fan art of a non existent product. Why do people even talk about this shit?monospaced
- UVW mapping, how does it work?! More toss from some goon on a messageboard. If you're going to do a 3D mockup, at least do it right.face_melter
- rotfl because of the curved glass. this concept was made at the time apple agreed to change patents with samsung. curved display is something you would expect.sted
- nb3
https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2…
APPLE MUSIC
“The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber.
“Wait,” I asked, “so it’s supposed to delete my personal files from my internal hard drive without asking my permission?”
“Yes,” she replied.
When I signed up for Apple Music, iTunes evaluated my massive collection of Mp3s and WAV files, scanned Apple’s database for what it considered matches, then removed the original files from my internal hard drive. REMOVED them. Deleted. If Apple Music saw a file it didn’t recognize—which came up often, since I’m a freelance composer and have many music files that I created myself—it would then download it to Apple’s database, delete it from my hard drive, and serve it back to me when I wanted to listen, just like it would with my other music files it had deleted.
- If your problem is just principals then there isn't any issues here. That's how teleportation works. Object moves from one location to another.omg
- The full article explains the problems: it converted the authors WAVs to AACs, for example.nb
- I'm soooooo glad I never signed up for the free 3-month trial of Apple Music.nb
- Apple's online solutions have always been absolutely fucking rotten.face_melter
- I almost lost 160gb of well organized hand picked mp3s with the 11.1 update in 2013. hdd recovery saved me from a complete nervous breakdownsted
- shittt. i was just about to sign up. think will wait till they iron out crap like this.inteliboy
- To be fair, there is a difference between Apple Music, and iTunes Match which causes this file deletion shitstorm. But it's still a bad system nonetheless.face_melter
- I don't use iTunes match, but the Apple Music side of things seems to be working fine for me. All music locally stored. Maybe I'll go read the article now!Ianbolton
- To be fair, I recall Windows Media Player trying to do something equally dickish to my music folder about a decade ago. Although that was a decade ago.detritus
- This is what you get when you "buy" something you don't physically control. Fuck the cloud.i_monk
- mekk0
Stop this shit and make a new decent laptop, ffs.
- My 13" Retina is decent.nb
- decent yes but I want CPUs and GPUs as well as chipset architecture from today, not from three years ago.mekk
- Their CPUs and GPUs are 3 years old? Really? Damn! I didn't know.nb
- Not trying to be a dick. I seriously don't know. My computer is decent, I dig it.nb
- upgradable?yurimon
- i have a 6700HQ/970M-3GB-GTX... in my laptop all for $1800 :)deathboy
- whoops trunicated... samsung950M.2 512GB(2.2GB read speeds!!), 1TB HHD, 16GB DDR4, onkyo speakers, plenty of ports/readerdeathboy
- utopian4
Cupertino's mayor says Apple is 'not willing to pay a dime' in taxes
Cupertino Mayor Barry Chang is not pleased with Apple, the most valuable corporation in the world and the city's largest and most economically flush resident. In an interview with The Guardian posted today, Chang assailed Apple for evading taxes and hiding profits in offshore accounts, saying "Apple is not wiling to pay a dime." He says the company's practices are leaving Cupertino — the home of both Apple's current headquarters and the new 2.8 million-square-foot "Spaceship" campus — overcrowded and decrepit.
"They’re making profit, and they should share the responsibility for our city, but they won’t," Chang said. "They abuse us." Apple pays a tax rate of about 2.3 percent thanks to loopholes in the system, The Guardian reports, and paid the city of Cupertino $9.2 million from 2012 to 2013, despite housing around $181 billion overseas. Chang says the company should pay far more, and he tried to force Apple to gift $100 million to Cupertino for infrastructure projects. The motion was struck down by the city council.
- we buy their shit and pay their taxes, sweet dealmoldero
- wait. 2.3%? am I misreading this, thats what they get taxed???sofakingback
- yup, corporations own America, you know, "keep govt out of things" and "free markets" as long as they are controlled by big businessformed
- you pay the taxes via sales tax? if they pay taxes you end up paying it no corp is going absorb costs.yurimon
- at least thats the mentalityyurimon
- Wow, FUCKING DIRTY PRICKS! +1portmanteau
- Build a toll road in and out of the Apple campus.i_monk
- utopian2
- platos atlantisyurimon
- "Giant mountain of dirt always evolving"
A series of words I never thought I would ever see in my lifetime.face_melter - Who deigned it?teh
- What is going to take off as a saucer too???portmanteau
- pockets2
MacBook customized to resembler 1980s Apple IIe, They're $3,000 and limited to an edition of ten.
- shoulda carved some real vents, imomonospaced
- put a colored logo decal and painted some lines on top of the case... how does that make it look like a IIe?zarkonite
- I think they powder coated it that putty beige offwhite toomonospaced
- is the performance the same as the IIe, that would be awesome.yurimon
- this is well done.utopian
- zarkonite-3
Their ads have really turned to total shit, they're just product demos now.
- wow.. that was pretty much the worst thing i have ever watched.autoflavour
- is this real ? that is just awful.d_gitale
- I certainly know what time it is, sir. Time you fucked right off.face_melter
- so bad.Al_dizzle
- what?! no downvotes?!oey
- embarrassingly badprophetone
- like, i'm embarrassedprophetone
- monospaced-4
Apple is now an energy company, too.
Apple has quietly created an energy subsidiary, ‘Apple Energy’ LLC, registered in Delaware but run from its Cupertino headquarters. The company was seemingly formed to allow it to sell excess electricity generated by its solar farms in Cupertino and Nevada, with plans to sell electricity across the whole of the US.
[Apple Energy LLC] is a Delaware limited liability company and is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Inc. [Contact is] Apple Energy LLC, One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014
- Straight to Panama.portmanteau
- Alternative energy being downvoted.monospaced
- didnt google try that?floatingpointmotion
- honestly, no idea, but I'd be stoked if every major corporation did something like this.monospaced
