> Apple's hardware revenue, both in general and in specific categories such as iPhone, Mac, and iPad, is higher now than ever before. Plus now they have Watch, AirPods, etc.

If you look at the trajectory of iPhone sales (others devices barely matter), its reaching a peak. As are smartphone sales in general.

> (others devices barely matter)

Last quarter, iPhone was 49% of Apple's total revenue, other devices 28%. Obviously iPhone is the biggest, but I wouldn't say 28% barely matters. That 28% is by itself bigger than most companies in the world.

> its reaching a peak

You could have said the same thing in, say, 2018. There are peaks and valleys. I'm not sure anyone can predict the future. In any case, hardware accounts for 77% of Apple's revenue currently.

In a way, you're both right. iPhone sales were 231 million units in 2015 and 242 million in 2021 (with some drops in between).

Revenue is higher in 2021, but probably as a result of selling higher priced SKUs.

comes into effect Nov 3, 2022

That policy is so vague and sprawling, they could literally use it to take money from Biden's account and it would stand in court.

lol

I like “otherwise unfit for publication” whatever the heck that means.

Probably contradicting the narrative with regards to "The Current Thing."

It means whatever it wants in "certain" contexts. I've never seen the word "certain" used to imply so many vague, uncertain things before.

Isn't that a pretty common use of that word?

Sounds like the lawyer did their job. :)

Thanks for reminding us. I am also using Paypal. It is a great payment system.

Whats the point of discussing genetics and research?

Also, its not necessarily about inferiority or superiority, its a discussion of genetic difference amongst humans, which is interesting.

Was a complete turned off by the original monetization model, what has changed?

Sharp eye - we threw it away and went MIT a few months ago! Basically.... we listened to our audience. And it was a great move. So, thank you for giving us the push if you commented or provided feedback in any way!

That's great to hear!

Seriously, it's liberating to -say-. We're so happy with the move. Credit to the community.

Thats not what bot means...

No, they are beholden to the same rules they set in place.

I'm guessing it will be a more privacy focused platform.

not sure how carrying insurance is related to accident prevention, Its mandatory in both cases.

The amount of cases we charge people for accidents is extremely rare because in most cases its an actual accident. People swerving into oncoming traffic, not checking both sides before making a turn...etc.

I'm curious does it matter if its a previous employer? what could they possibly do?

I live in the US, where people and corporations are notoriously litigious and I’ve worked at some terrible places.

For example, I once had a coworker that would openly crush up and snort various pills between calls while fundraising for one of the two main political parties. This was not an issue for management.

I would never post [name of that employer] from any account that could possibly be attached to my name anywhere.

That doesn't sound great but was this person actually doing anything to interfere with you other than existing in your presence?

Just curious, and I agree it's unprofessional. I can be quite judgemental, though.

Yes. A guy railing a line of Concerta right next to me while I was on a call loudly enough for the possible donor to hear and ask about it was a problem for me.

Why would a possible donor ask about a noise that sounds extremely similar to someone blowing their nose? This comes off as moralising for the sake of moralising, nothing actually harmful has happened.

Buddy I don’t know what to tell you here other than the noise a person makes after snorting a pill that was explicitly designed and engineered to be unpleasant to snort is not a normal noise.

Edit: This is the funniest exchange I’ve had on this website, thank you. “Preferring people don’t do lines of apparently excruciating substances right next to me, at work, in an office, while I’m literally on the phone” being “moralizing” is hilarious.

It's good to know I made someone happy, even if it was entirely by accident :)

If they really wanted to make a statement they would boot them from their platform.

This is both more fair and more informative than censoring the company altogether.

Maybe we should stop looking to government for that?