red oak

You should start labeling these pieces "Opinion" 

Seems like a hard concept for you to understand Foxconn builds plants at the direction of Apple, for use exclusively by Apple 

The FU’s are starting to pile-up for Cook.   1) Over reliance on China mfg,  2) Apple Car 10 year R&D fiasco, 3) No plan to lower App Store commission over time leading to court imposed changes,  4) The on-going 12 year Siri clusterfuc*,   5) Botched AI rollout,  6) Over emphasis on DEI and “Justice” over product innovation,  6)  Weak Board of Directors 

This was suppose to be Apple’s golden age and now things just seam to be going sideways 

avon b7 said:

red oak said:

krawall said:

I think it's time for the gloves to come off. honestly... this is a disgrace. How long are you guys across the pond (westwards, to be clear) watching this disaster unfolding?

Yes the US are very important for the whole world's economy, but there's limits to everything. We should stop this appeasing and just call out things what they are. The US government decided that diplomacy is no longer "in", so the rest of the world should not be trying to uphold principles towards the US that are not reciprocated. 

“Time for the gloves to come off”.    LoL.  The EU has no technology.    Zero. Nothing.   That is why it spends all its time with bureaucracy  and trying to fine everyone 

Go ahead and “take your gloves off”  LoL 

Technology isn't everything.

There is an EU document out there from the pandemic period analysing strategic dependencies between the EU and other countries/trading blocs.

The US was dependent on the EU for over 260 products. 

The EU was dependent on the US for 15.

Areas where the EU was ahead included Advanced manufacturing, IoT, security, advanced materials, photonics and active ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry. 

Most of that happens to involve 'technology'. 

“An EU document out there”.   LoL 

The EU is a leader in NONE of those examples you give.   NONE.    You really think the EU leads the US in advanced materials?    What are you smoking.   I’m surprised you did not list Spotify as your leading tech company 

krawall said:

I think it's time for the gloves to come off. honestly... this is a disgrace. How long are you guys across the pond (westwards, to be clear) watching this disaster unfolding?

Yes the US are very important for the whole world's economy, but there's limits to everything. We should stop this appeasing and just call out things what they are. The US government decided that diplomacy is no longer "in", so the rest of the world should not be trying to uphold principles towards the US that are not reciprocated. 

“Time for the gloves to come off”.    LoL.  The EU has no technology.    Zero. Nothing.   That is why it spends all its time with bureaucracy  and trying to fine everyone 

Go ahead and “take your gloves off”  LoL 

Nothing significantly new for a AW 11 launch.   I think Apple needs to go to a 2 year update cadence.    They did it last year for AW Ultra, only offering new color change

So, I'd just keep the AW 10 for another year with no changes.   But, launch new Ultra 3 in Sept that upgrades the SOC and offers satellite connectivity.   Then tick-tock between the two so there is one AW update every year.     And update SE every ~ 3 years 

It's sad, but that's the reality of where this product category is now