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>>12333582
more like they cant make the next "it" thing twice in a row apparently

every services or product they make since 2008 is essentially slaved to the iphone, unlike when ipod and iphone were made, to fail or succeed on their own merits (no mac compy required)

theyve been coasting around their keystone (iphones) for a decade now, instead of looking for the next big thing, they are instead focusing on their current big thing to milk as much cash as they can from it

but their anti-consumer policies are growing too great for their marketing cult to overcome

>>12333597
apple has moved on from a hardware risk taker, to a software self wank company
whether or not the loss of Jobs is to blame is a moot point, they have stopped trying to get ahead of the curve, and instead begun focusing on holding onto the curve with a death grip

(also they have been neglecting their mac, and macbook divisions for years now, this is nothing new, in some ways they did it arguably since the mid 2000's (aughts) as they transitioned to portable hardware)

AAPL works to make their ecosystem inescapable now, instead of making it more enticing than their rival companies
it is a bad omen for their future, especially if they double down with excuses for why they arnt doing as good as they once were (muh china, muh battery issues), instead of looking for a new way to succeed (look at this cool new thing!)

the fact that the best mackintosh compy you can get is a hackintosh, not an apple product, is a small sample of how bad their problems have become on the hardware front

they rely on their marketing team instead of innovation, and that is a terrible way to run any company, regardless of sector or market